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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Copyright (C) 2024 Mandiant, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at: [package root]/LICENSE.txt
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+Extract files relevant to capa analysis from VMRay Analysis Archive and create a new ZIP file.
+"""
+import sys
+import logging
+import zipfile
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from capa.features.extractors.vmray import DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_PASSWORD, VMRayAnalysis
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Minimize VMRay Analysis Archive to ZIP file only containing relevant files"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "analysis_archive",
+        type=Path,
+        help="path to VMRay Analysis Archive downloaded from Dynamic Analysis Report page",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--password", type=str, default="infected", help="password used to unzip and zip protected archives"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+
+    analysis_archive = args.analysis_archive
+
+    vmra = VMRayAnalysis(analysis_archive)
+    sv2_json = vmra.zipfile.read("logs/summary_v2.json", pwd=DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_PASSWORD)
+    flog_xml = vmra.zipfile.read("logs/flog.xml", pwd=DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_PASSWORD)
+    sample_file_buf = vmra.sample_file_buf
+    sample_sha256: str = vmra.sample_file_analysis.hash_values.sha256.lower()
+
+    new_zip_name = f"{analysis_archive.parent / analysis_archive.stem}_min.zip"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(new_zip_name, "w") as new_zip:
+        new_zip.writestr("logs/summary_v2.json", sv2_json)
+        new_zip.writestr("logs/flog.xml", flog_xml)
+        new_zip.writestr(f"internal/static_analyses/{sample_sha256}/objects/files/{sample_sha256}", sample_file_buf)
+        new_zip.setpassword(args.password.encode("ascii"))
+
+    # ensure capa loads the minimized archive
+    assert isinstance(VMRayAnalysis(Path(new_zip_name)), VMRayAnalysis)
+
+    print(f"Created minimized VMRay archive '{new_zip_name}' with password '{args.password}'.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())