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DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Pwdump7

Detects Pwdump7 password Dumper

Suspicious / huntingditekSHen 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 Pwdump7 password Dumper

Targets: Windows PE.

It defines 5 patterns (5 text, 0 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

Download .yar
indicator-tool-pws-pwdump7.yarBSD 2-Clause License
rule DITEKSHEN_INDICATOR_TOOL_PWS_Pwdump7 : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "Detects Pwdump7 password Dumper"
		author = "ditekSHen"
		id = "dc6ff544-b9de-547b-9fa8-7d0b32e9592d"
		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#L242-L254"
		license_url = "https://github.com/ditekshen/detection/blob/e76c93dcdedff04076380ffc60ea54e45b313635/LICENSE.txt"
		logic_hash = "f84ab69ecc6837a826dc8726785165b8135edf51a47fb5bbaf19dc589b3032bd"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"

	strings:
		$s1 = "savedump.dat" fullword ascii
		$s2 = "Asd -_- _RegEnumKey fail!" fullword ascii
		$s3 = "\\SAM\\" ascii
		$s4 = "Unable to dump file %S" fullword ascii
		$s5 = "NO PASSWORD" ascii

	condition:
		( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of them ) or ( all of them )
}

Strings (5 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$s1text"savedump.dat"fullword ascii
$s2text"Asd -_- _RegEnumKey fail!"fullword ascii
$s3text"\\SAM\\"ascii
$s4text"Unable to dump file %S"fullword ascii
$s5text"NO PASSWORD"ascii

Condition

( uint16( 0 ) == 0x5a4d and 4 of them ) or ( all of them )

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must start with “MZ” — a Windows executable (PE).
  • All patterns in the rule must match.
  • At least 4 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: dc6ff544-b9de-547b-9fa8-7d0b32e9592d

Tags:FILE

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