mandiant / mandiant/capa-rules
block system shutdown
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Description
Used by malware to prevent a target system from rebooting during sensitive operations.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-shutdownblockreasoncreate
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Microsoft documentation for ShutdownBlockReasonCreate, then inspect existing capa rules for how Windows API capabilities are represented. Identify the appropriate rule location and confirm how rules are validated. Done means capa can identify programs that block system shutdown for this behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- reverse-engineering, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100