PEpper is an open source tool to perform malware static analysis on Portable Executable. Following are some of the features supported by the tool;

  • Suspicious entropy ratio
  • Suspicious name ratio
  • Suspicious code size
  • Suspicious debugging time-stamp
  • Number of export
  • Number of anti-debugging calls
  • Number of virtual-machine detection calls
  • Number of suspicious API calls
  • Number of suspicious strings
  • Number of YARA rules matches
  • Number of URL found
  • Number of IP found
  • Cookie on the stack (GS) support
  • Control Flow Guard (CFG) support
  • Data Execution Prevention (DEP) support
  • Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) support
  • Structured Exception Handling (SEH) support
  • Thread Local Storage (TLS) support
  • Presence of manifest
  • Presence of version
  • Presence of digital certificate
  • Packer detection
  • VirusTotal database detection
  • Import hash

Installation

eva@paradise:~$ git clone https://github.com/Th3Hurrican3/PEpper/ eva@paradise:~$ cd PEpper
eva@paradise:~$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
eva@paradise:~$ python3 pepper.py ./malware_dir

CSV Output

outcome

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Notes

  • Can be run on single or multiple PE (placed inside a directory)
  • Output will be saved (in the same directory of pepper.py) as output.csv
  • To use VirusTotal scan, add your private key in the module called “virustotal.py” (Internet connection required)

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