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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Pandora

Detects Pandora tool to extract credentials from password managers

Suspicious / huntingPandoraditekSHen detectionBSD 2-Clause LicenseCompiles with YARA-X
Author
ditekSHen
Date
2020-11-06
Modified
2024-09-25
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

Detects Pandora tool to extract credentials from password managers

Associated malware family: Pandora.

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 7 patterns (7 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
indicator-tool-pandora.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_Pandora : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Pandora tool to extract credentials from password managers"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "3f71f24b-755f-5967-afbf-04a512bd0a19"
		date = "2020-11-06"
		modified = "2024-09-25"
		reference = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection"
		source_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/yara/indicator_tools.yar#L1677-L1691"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "dd5be3b99b62ec40c242225d9420b9ce299c4f348882b0380289309dfedbc1e8"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "process PID:" fullword wide
		$s2 = "Dump file created:" fullword wide
		$s3 = "System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule('Everyone', 'FullControl', 'Allow')" ascii
		$s4 = "{[math]::Round($_.PrivateMemorySize64" ascii
		$s5 = "rundll32.exe C:\\Windows\\System32\\comsvcs.dll, MiniDump $" ascii
		$s6 = "\"payload\":{\"logins\":" ascii
		$s7 = "\\pandora.pdb" ascii

	condition:
		uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them
}

Strings (7 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"process PID:"fullword wide
$s2text"Dump file created:"fullword wide
$s3text"System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule('Everyone', 'FullControl', 'Allow')"ascii
$s4text"{[math]::Round($_.PrivateMemorySize64"ascii
$s5text"rundll32.exe C:\\Windows\\System32\\comsvcs.dll, MiniDump $"ascii
$s6text"\"payload\":{\"logins\":"ascii
$s7text"\\pandora.pdb"ascii

Condition

uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 5 of them

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • At least 5 patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: ditekSHen

Source repository: ditekSHen detection @ e76c93dcde

Licence: BSD 2-Clause License (repository licence)

Copyright notice: Copyright 2021 by ditekSHen (https://github.com/ditekshen/detection).

Original rule

Mirrored via YARA Forge 20260927, which prefixes rule names with the source and adds normalised meta fields.

Rule id: 3f71f24b-755f-5967-afbf-04a512bd0a19

Tags:FILE

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