v9.2.1 (#2685)

* ci: downgrade Ubuntu version to accommodate older GLIBC versions

* ci: upgrade Windows version to avoid deprecation

* ci: exclude pkg_resources from PyInstaller build

* update CHANGELOG

* update spec file

* ci: check if build runs without warnings or errors

* update CHANGELOG

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

* update build commands

.github/pyinstaller/pyinstaller.spec

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ a = Analysis(
         # only be installed locally.
         "binaryninja",
         "ida",
+        # remove once https://github.com/mandiant/capa/issues/2681 has
+        # been addressed by PyInstaller
+        "pkg_resources",
     ],
 )
 

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             # use old linux so that the shared library versioning is more portable
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux
             python_version: '3.10'
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             artifact_name: capa
             asset_name: linux-py312
             python_version: '3.12'
-          - os: windows-2019
+          - os: windows-2022
             artifact_name: capa.exe
             asset_name: windows
             python_version: '3.10'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
-      - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+      - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
       - name: Upgrade pip, setuptools
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
@@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .[build]
       - name: Build standalone executable
         run: pyinstaller --log-level DEBUG .github/pyinstaller/pyinstaller.spec
+      - name: Does it run without warnings or errors?
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-2022" ]]; then
+            EXECUTABLE=".\\dist\\capa"
+          else
+            EXECUTABLE="./dist/capa"
+          fi
+
+          output=$(${EXECUTABLE} --version 2>&1)
+          exit_code=$?
+
+          echo "${output}"
+          echo "${exit_code}"
+
+          if echo "${output}" | grep -iE 'error|warning'; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${exit_code}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Does it run (PE)?
         run: dist/capa -d "tests/data/Practical Malware Analysis Lab 01-01.dll_"
       - name: Does it run (Shellcode)?

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: dist/*
       - name: publish package
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@f5622bde02b04381239da3573277701ceca8f6a0  # release/v1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@76f52bc884231f62b9a034ebfe128415bbaabdfc  # release/v1.12.4
         with:
           skip-existing: true
           verbose: true

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, macos-13]
         # across all operating systems
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         include:
           # on Ubuntu run these as well
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.10"
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.11"
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             python-version: "3.12"
     steps:
     - name: Checkout capa with submodules
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install pyyaml
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
       run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
     - name: Install capa
       run: |
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ghidra-tests:
     name: Ghidra tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [tests]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,7 +6,51 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-### New Rules (15)
+### New Rules (0)
+
+-
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### capa Explorer Web
+
+### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
+
+### Development
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v9.2.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.2.1...master)
+- [capa-rules v9.2.1...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.2.1...master)
+
+## v9.2.1
+
+This point release fixes bugs including removing an unnecessary PyInstaller warning message and enabling the standalone binary to execute on systems running older versions of glibc.
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- ci: exclude pkg_resources from PyInstaller build @mike-hunhoff #2684
+- ci: downgrade Ubuntu version to accommodate older glibc versions @mike-hunhoff #2684
+
+### Development
+
+- ci: upgrade Windows version to avoid deprecation @mike-hunhoff #2684
+- ci: check if build runs without warnings or errors @mike-hunhoff #2684
+
+### Raw diffs
+- [capa v9.2.0...v9.2.1](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.2.0...v9.2.1)
+- [capa-rules v9.2.0...v9.2.1](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.2.0...v9.2.1)
+
+## v9.2.0
+
+This release improves a few aspects of dynamic analysis, including relaxing our validation on fields across many CAPE versions and processing additional VMRay submission file types, for example.
+It also includes an updated rule pack containing new rules and rule fixes.
+
+### New Features
+- vmray: do not restrict analysis to PE and ELF files, e.g. docx @mike-hunhoff #2672
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+### New Rules (22)
 
 - communication/socket/connect-socket moritz.raabe@mandiant.com joakim@intezer.com mrhafizfarhad@gmail.com
 - communication/socket/udp/connect-udp-socket mrhafizfarhad@gmail.com
@@ -22,22 +66,23 @@
 - nursery/disable-firewall-features-via-registry-on-windows mehunhoff@google.com
 - nursery/disable-system-restore-features-via-registry-on-windows mehunhoff@google.com
 - nursery/disable-windows-defender-features-via-registry-on-windows mehunhoff@google.com
--
+- host-interaction/file-system/write/clear-file-content jakeperalta7
+- host-interaction/filter/unload-minifilter-driver JakePeralta7
+- exploitation/enumeration/make-suspicious-ntquerysysteminformation-call zdw@google.com
+- exploitation/gadgets/load-ntoskrnl zdw@google.com
+- exploitation/gadgets/resolve-ntoskrnl-gadgets zdw@google.com
+- exploitation/spraying/make-suspicious-ntfscontrolfile-call zdw@google.com
+- anti-analysis/anti-forensic/unload-sysmon JakePeralta7
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - cape: make some fields optional @williballenthin #2631 #2632
 - lint: add WARN for regex features that contain unescaped dot #2635
 - lint: add ERROR for incomplete registry control set regex #2643
-
-### capa Explorer Web
-
-### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
-
-### Development
+- binja: update unit test core version #2670
 
 ### Raw diffs
-- [capa v9.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.1.0...master)
-- [capa-rules v9.1.0...master](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.1.0...master)
+- [capa v9.1.0...v9.2.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/compare/v9.1.0...v9.2.0)
+- [capa-rules v9.1.0...v9.2.0](https://github.com/mandiant/capa-rules/compare/v9.1.0...v9.2.0)
 
 ## v9.1.0
 

capa/features/extractors/vmray/__init__.py

@@ -96,14 +96,7 @@ class VMRayAnalysis:
                 % (self.submission_name, self.submission_type)
             )
 
-        if self.submission_static is not None:
-            if self.submission_static.pe is None and self.submission_static.elf is None:
-                # we only support static analysis for PE and ELF files for now
-                raise UnsupportedFormatError(
-                    "archive does not contain a supported file format (submission_name: %s, submission_type: %s)"
-                    % (self.submission_name, self.submission_type)
-                )
-        else:
+        if self.submission_static is None:
             # VMRay may not record static analysis for certain file types, e.g. MSI, but we'd still like to match dynamic
             # execution so we continue without and accept that the results may be incomplete
             logger.warning(

capa/version.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "9.1.0"
+__version__ = "9.2.1"
 
 
 def get_major_version():

pyproject.toml

@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ dev = [
     # we want all developer environments to be consistent.
     # These dependencies are not used in production environments
     # and should not conflict with other libraries/tooling.
-    "pre-commit==4.1.0",
+    "pre-commit==4.2.0",
     "pytest==8.0.0",
     "pytest-sugar==1.0.0",
     "pytest-instafail==0.5.0",
-    "flake8==7.1.1",
+    "flake8==7.2.0",
     "flake8-bugbear==24.12.12",
     "flake8-encodings==0.5.1",
     "flake8-comprehensions==3.16.0",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ dev = [
     "flake8-no-implicit-concat==0.3.5",
     "flake8-print==5.0.0",
     "flake8-todos==0.3.1",
-    "flake8-simplify==0.21.0",
+    "flake8-simplify==0.22.0",
     "flake8-use-pathlib==0.3.0",
     "flake8-copyright==0.2.4",
     "ruff==0.11.0",
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ build = [
     # These dependencies are not used in production environments
     # and should not conflict with other libraries/tooling.
     "pyinstaller==6.12.0",
-    "setuptools==76.0.0",
+    "setuptools==80.9.0",
     "build==1.2.2"
 ]
 scripts = [

requirements.txt

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
 msgpack==1.0.8
 networkx==3.4.2
 pefile==2024.8.26
-pip==25.0
+pip==25.1.1
 protobuf==6.30.1
 pyasn1==0.5.1
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
 pycparser==2.22
-pydantic==2.10.1
+pydantic==2.11.4
 # pydantic pins pydantic-core, 
 # but dependabot updates these separately (which is broken) and is annoying,
 # so we rely on pydantic to pull in the right version of pydantic-core.
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ pyelftools==0.32
 pygments==2.19.1
 python-flirt==0.9.2
 pyyaml==6.0.2
-rich==13.9.2
+rich==14.0.0
 ruamel-yaml==0.18.6
 ruamel-yaml-clib==0.2.8
-setuptools==76.0.0
+setuptools==80.9.0
 six==1.17.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 viv-utils==0.8.0

scripts/capa2yara.py

@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ def convert_rule(rule, rulename, cround, depth):
     depth += 1
     logger.info("recursion depth: %d", depth)
 
-    global var_names
-
     def do_statement(s_type, kid):
         yara_strings = ""
         yara_condition = ""

scripts/lint.py

@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ class DoesntMatchExample(Lint):
                 return True
 
             if rule.name not in capabilities:
+                logger.info('rule "%s" does not match for sample %s', rule.name, example_id)
                 return True
 
 

tests/test_binja_features.py

@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ def test_standalone_binja_backend():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(binja_present is False, reason="Skip binja tests if the binaryninja Python API is not installed")
 def test_binja_version():
     version = binaryninja.core_version_info()
-    assert version.major == 4 and version.minor == 2
+    assert version.major == 5 and version.minor == 0

web/explorer/package-lock.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                 "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.23.0",
                 "jsdom": "^24.1.0",
                 "prettier": "^3.2.5",
-                "vite": "^6.2.3",
+                "vite": "^6.3.4",
                 "vite-plugin-singlefile": "^2.2.0",
                 "vitest": "^3.0.9"
             }
@@ -3426,6 +3426,51 @@
             "dev": true,
             "license": "MIT"
         },
+        "node_modules/tinyglobby": {
+            "version": "0.2.13",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tinyglobby/-/tinyglobby-0.2.13.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-mEwzpUgrLySlveBwEVDMKk5B57bhLPYovRfPAXD5gA/98Opn0rCDj3GtLwFvCvH5RK9uPCExUROW5NjDwvqkxw==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "fdir": "^6.4.4",
+                "picomatch": "^4.0.2"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=12.0.0"
+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/SuperchupuDev"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/tinyglobby/node_modules/fdir": {
+            "version": "6.4.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fdir/-/fdir-6.4.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-1NZP+GK4GfuAv3PqKvxQRDMjdSRZjnkq7KfhlNrCNNlZ0ygQFpebfrnfnq/W7fpUnAv9aGWmY1zKx7FYL3gwhg==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "peerDependencies": {
+                "picomatch": "^3 || ^4"
+            },
+            "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+                "picomatch": {
+                    "optional": true
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/tinyglobby/node_modules/picomatch": {
+            "version": "4.0.2",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-4.0.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-M7BAV6Rlcy5u+m6oPhAPFgJTzAioX/6B0DxyvDlo9l8+T3nLKbrczg2WLUyzd45L8RqfUMyGPzekbMvX2Ldkwg==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=12"
+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/tinypool": {
             "version": "1.0.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tinypool/-/tinypool-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -3561,15 +3606,18 @@
             "dev": true
         },
         "node_modules/vite": {
-            "version": "6.2.3",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-6.2.3.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-IzwM54g4y9JA/xAeBPNaDXiBF8Jsgl3VBQ2YQ/wOY6fyW3xMdSoltIV3Bo59DErdqdE6RxUfv8W69DvUorE4Eg==",
+            "version": "6.3.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-6.3.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-BiReIiMS2fyFqbqNT/Qqt4CVITDU9M9vE+DKcVAsB+ZV0wvTKd+3hMbkpxz1b+NmEDMegpVbisKiAZOnvO92Sw==",
             "dev": true,
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
+                "fdir": "^6.4.4",
+                "picomatch": "^4.0.2",
                 "postcss": "^8.5.3",
-                "rollup": "^4.30.1"
+                "rollup": "^4.34.9",
+                "tinyglobby": "^0.2.13"
             },
             "bin": {
                 "vite": "bin/vite.js"
@@ -3672,6 +3720,34 @@
                 "vite": "^5.4.11 || ^6.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/vite/node_modules/fdir": {
+            "version": "6.4.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fdir/-/fdir-6.4.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-1NZP+GK4GfuAv3PqKvxQRDMjdSRZjnkq7KfhlNrCNNlZ0ygQFpebfrnfnq/W7fpUnAv9aGWmY1zKx7FYL3gwhg==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "peerDependencies": {
+                "picomatch": "^3 || ^4"
+            },
+            "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+                "picomatch": {
+                    "optional": true
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/vite/node_modules/picomatch": {
+            "version": "4.0.2",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-4.0.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-M7BAV6Rlcy5u+m6oPhAPFgJTzAioX/6B0DxyvDlo9l8+T3nLKbrczg2WLUyzd45L8RqfUMyGPzekbMvX2Ldkwg==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=12"
+            },
+            "funding": {
+                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/vitest": {
             "version": "3.0.9",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vitest/-/vitest-3.0.9.tgz",

web/explorer/package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.23.0",
         "jsdom": "^24.1.0",
         "prettier": "^3.2.5",
-        "vite": "^6.2.3",
+        "vite": "^6.3.4",
         "vite-plugin-singlefile": "^2.2.0",
         "vitest": "^3.0.9"
     }

web/public/index.html

@@ -210,35 +210,19 @@
     <div class="row flex-lg-row-reverse align-items-center g-5">
       <h1>What's New</h1>
 
-      <h2 class="mt-3">Rule Updates</h2>
-
-      <ul class="mt-2 ps-5">
-        <!-- TODO(williballenthin): add date -->
-
-        <li>
-          added:
-          <a href="./rules/change registry key timestamp/">
-            change registry key timestamp
-          </a>
-        </li>
-
-        <li>
-          added:
-          <a href="./rules/check mutex and terminate process on windows/">
-            check mutex and terminate process on Windows
-          </a>
-        </li>
-
-        <li>
-          added:
-          <a href="./rules/clear windows event logs remotely/">
-            clear windows event logs remotely
-          </a>
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-
       <h2 class="mt-3">Tool Updates</h2>
-      
+
+      <h3 class="mt-2">v9.2.1 (<em>2025-06-06</em>)</h3>
+      <p class="mt-0">
+        This point release fixes bugs including removing an unnecessary PyInstaller warning message and enabling the standalone binary to execute on systems running older versions of glibc.
+      </p>
+
+      <h3 class="mt-2">v9.2.0 (<em>2025-06-03</em>)</h3>
+      <p class="mt-0">
+        This release improves a few aspects of dynamic analysis, including relaxing our validation on fields across many CAPE versions and processing additional VMRay submission file types, for example.
+        It also includes an updated rule pack containing new rules and rule fixes.
+      </p>
+
       <h3 class="mt-2">v9.1.0 (<em>2025-03-02</em>)</h3>
       <p class="mt-0">
         This release improves a few aspects of dynamic analysis, relaxing our validation on fields across many CAPE versions, for example.