mandiant / mandiant/capa-rules

parse-credit-card-information -> mimikatz.exe_:0x444E02

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Description

[parse-credit-card-information](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/blob/7128cdbdd1a8c42cdaa1ddcf35a19803ecac20f0/collection/credit-card/parse-credit-card-information.yml) match reported for mimikatz.exe_:0x444E02

I've noticed FPs for this rule for other internal binaries as well. The character checks detected by this rule (`=`, `?`, etc.) are also found in common processing for things like URIs, etc..

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Research direction

Start with collection/credit-card/parse-credit-card-information.yml and inspect the reported match at mimikatz.exe_:0x444E02. Compare the rule's character checks with the URI-like processing described in the issue and determine how false positives should be reduced without losing genuine matches. Done means the rule no longer reports the cited false positive and remains validated against relevant examples.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
yaml
Domain
reverse-engineering, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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