Actor(s): Pirate Panda
PcShare is a open-source backdoor which has been seen modified and used by Chinese threat actors, mainly attacking countries in South East Asia.
rule win_pcshare_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.pcshare." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pcshare" malpedia_rule_date = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 50 68???????? e8???????? 83c408 85c0 740d 8b16 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // 68???????? | // e8???????? | // 83c408 | add esp, 8 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 740d | je 0xf // 8b16 | mov edx, dword ptr [esi] $sequence_1 = { 7425 0fb601 0fb6fa 3bc7 7714 8b55fc 8a9250220610 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 7425 | je 0x27 // 0fb601 | movzx eax, byte ptr [ecx] // 0fb6fa | movzx edi, dl // 3bc7 | cmp eax, edi // 7714 | ja 0x16 // 8b55fc | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp - 4] // 8a9250220610 | mov dl, byte ptr [edx + 0x10062250] $sequence_2 = { 2bee 85c9 750e 8d442eff 8932 894204 } // n = 6, score = 100 // 2bee | sub ebp, esi // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 750e | jne 0x10 // 8d442eff | lea eax, [esi + ebp - 1] // 8932 | mov dword ptr [edx], esi // 894204 | mov dword ptr [edx + 4], eax $sequence_3 = { 50 e8???????? 8b4c2440 e9???????? 83f8fe 0f85effbffff 8b4c2414 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8b4c2440 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x40] // e9???????? | // 83f8fe | cmp eax, -2 // 0f85effbffff | jne 0xfffffbf5 // 8b4c2414 | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14] $sequence_4 = { 8b442444 c7462800000000 895e38 897e34 85c0 741d 8d48ff } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b442444 | mov eax, dword ptr [esp + 0x44] // c7462800000000 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x28], 0 // 895e38 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x38], ebx // 897e34 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x34], edi // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 741d | je 0x1f // 8d48ff | lea ecx, [eax - 1] $sequence_5 = { 3bc6 7505 b8???????? 6a05 68???????? 50 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 3bc6 | cmp eax, esi // 7505 | jne 7 // b8???????? | // 6a05 | push 5 // 68???????? | // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | $sequence_6 = { 56 8918 e8???????? 89742410 } // n = 4, score = 100 // 56 | push esi // 8918 | mov dword ptr [eax], ebx // e8???????? | // 89742410 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x10], esi $sequence_7 = { 8b4c242c 85c9 7510 3b5c2430 746b 43 895c241c } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8b4c242c | mov ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x2c] // 85c9 | test ecx, ecx // 7510 | jne 0x12 // 3b5c2430 | cmp ebx, dword ptr [esp + 0x30] // 746b | je 0x6d // 43 | inc ebx // 895c241c | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x1c], ebx $sequence_8 = { 8d4c2438 50 89442430 e8???????? } // n = 4, score = 100 // 8d4c2438 | lea ecx, [esp + 0x38] // 50 | push eax // 89442430 | mov dword ptr [esp + 0x30], eax // e8???????? | $sequence_9 = { c7413c00000000 895134 c20c00 6aff 68???????? } // n = 5, score = 100 // c7413c00000000 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0x3c], 0 // 895134 | mov dword ptr [ecx + 0x34], edx // c20c00 | ret 0xc // 6aff | push -1 // 68???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 893708 }
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