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MALPEDIA_Win_Pngdowner_Auto

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

MalwarePngdownerMalpedia signator rulesCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Compiles with YARA-X
Author
Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Date
2026-05-04
Modified
2026-05-18
Score / Quality
75 / 75

What this rule detects

autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Associated malware family: Pngdowner.

It defines 10 patterns (0 text, 10 hex, 0 regex).

Summary generated from the rule's metadata and condition.

Rule source

win-pngdowner-auto.yarCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
rule MALPEDIA_Win_Pngdowner_Auto : FILE
{
	meta:
		description = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
		author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
		id = "b53f0bc4-3876-5756-ac42-cb9aa9ca06da"
		date = "2026-05-04"
		modified = "2026-05-18"
		reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pngdowner"
		source_url = "https://github.com/malpedia/signator-rules//blob/c901f97b7df03e41917da74c2a84b04c227316c2/rules/win.pngdowner_auto.yar#L1-L119"
		license_url = "N/A"
		logic_hash = "d6f30b3fcff4c56c7d3e7c33985656981c9f751feaebe05f2a5db7446ec453a2"
		score = 75
		quality = 75
		tags = "FILE"
		version = "1"
		tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
		signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
		malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
		malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
		malpedia_version = "20260504"
		malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
		malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

	strings:
		$sequence_0 = { f3ab b920000000 8dbc2420020000 f3ab }
		$sequence_1 = { 0fb641ff 0fb6d2 3bc2 0f8794000000 808801e5400004 40 }
		$sequence_2 = { 8d942430010000 51 52 e8???????? 83c420 8d442418 }
		$sequence_3 = { 5f c1e204 8d4c0c0c 45 }
		$sequence_4 = { 5d 5b 81c420000100 c3 8b94243c000100 83c9ff 8bfa }
		$sequence_5 = { 51 89742424 e8???????? 83c414 85c0 }
		$sequence_6 = { 56 57 8b348d40e64000 8d1c8d40e64000 8d3cc0 }
		$sequence_7 = { 6813000020 56 896c242c c744243404000000 ffd7 85c0 }
		$sequence_8 = { c744243004000000 ff15???????? 85c0 750b 5f 5e }
		$sequence_9 = { 8b4d10 0bc9 0f84e9000000 8b7508 8b7d0c 8d0520e34000 }

	condition:
		7 of them and filesize < 131072
}

Strings (10 patterns)

IdentifierTypeValueModifiers
$sequence_0hex{ f3ab b920000000 8dbc2420020000 f3ab }
$sequence_1hex{ 0fb641ff 0fb6d2 3bc2 0f8794000000 808801e5400004 40 }
$sequence_2hex{ 8d942430010000 51 52 e8???????? 83c420 8d442418 }
$sequence_3hex{ 5f c1e204 8d4c0c0c 45 }
$sequence_4hex{ 5d 5b 81c420000100 c3 8b94243c000100 83c9ff 8bfa }
$sequence_5hex{ 51 89742424 e8???????? 83c414 85c0 }
$sequence_6hex{ 56 57 8b348d40e64000 8d1c8d40e64000 8d3cc0 }
$sequence_7hex{ 6813000020 56 896c242c c744243404000000 ffd7 85c0 }
$sequence_8hex{ c744243004000000 ff15???????? 85c0 750b 5f 5e }
$sequence_9hex{ 8b4d10 0bc9 0f84e9000000 8b7508 8b7d0c 8d0520e34000 }

Condition

7 of them and filesize < 131072

In plain words (Heuristic)

  • The file must be smaller than 131072 (a cheap guard that skips large files).
  • At least 7 patterns in the rule must match.

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References

Licence & attribution

Author: Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com

Source repository: Malpedia signator rules @ c901f97b7d

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (repository licence)

Original rule

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

Rule id: b53f0bc4-3876-5756-ac42-cb9aa9ca06da

Metadata

version1
toolyara-signator v0.6.0
signator_configcallsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue
malpedia_rule_date20260422
malpedia_hasha182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14
malpedia_version20260504
malpedia_licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
malpedia_sharingTLP:WHITE

Tags:FILE