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22/07/2025, 19:20

250722-x2jdlafm2x10

22/07/2025, 19:16

250722-xyssvsywdt7

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    22/07/2025, 19:20

General

  • Target
    WPS_Setup_x64.exe
  • Size 71.0MB
  • Sample250722-x2jdlafm2x
  • SHA256 8ec8f191124be5bc424cc9ea7f4ee9896791e0a9f0627c58a5cedf3bee18c389
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 43.224.226.100:9090

  • 43.224.226.100:9091

  • 43.224.226.100:9092

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2025. 6. 8

Signatures

  • ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Valleyrat_s2 family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3436
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WPS_Setup_x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WPS_Setup_x64.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1564
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /C power""sh""ell.exe -Executi""onPo""licy Bypa""ss -Comma""nd Ad""d-MpPre""ference -Exc""lusionPath C:\, D:\, E:\, F:\
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4544
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            power""sh""ell.exe -Executi""onPo""licy Bypa""ss -Comma""nd Ad""d-MpPre""ference -Exc""lusionPath C:\, D:\, E:\, F:\
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4716
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\chrmstp.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\chrmstp.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2496
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /C "start rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TrustAsia\intel.dll,DllRegisterServer"
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5852
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
            rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TrustAsia\intel.dll,DllRegisterServer
            4⤵
            • Blocklisted process makes network request
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:5688

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Snegee.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Snegee.ini
          • Size 104KB
          • SHA256 febc2a32d55c1f05f0a2a3cdf2acad625602967c5ef2876557897b25614c06b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_mfp5lepw.iqk.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mfp5lepw.iqk.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          InstallOptions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
          • Size 15KB
          • SHA256 35895cc05a559c252a915cef70a15b425deadfbc41d5e83a04add37cb7d55d67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 5b7f308ac3a621457ac948cc2f29ede99789c249856bcac33fc6a8db54600e69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ioSpecial.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 8ad812ee20cf2c81dc4bd8ccbc3a7fa3908ad9d1c9fb1f9bd27b93246810a417
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ioSpecial.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
          • Size 1014B
          • SHA256 d49197dc2a25a2d78d1f3097c8d5689dae9f6defe4947f585133d27ce02a7925
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ioSpecial.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
          • Size 1014B
          • SHA256 262d4b364163e5756416bf46b62cacf50d8363676bc1d00e5e14b7e9ae2528ee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          nsExec.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg8955.tmp\nsExec.dll
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 8833cb7557f68a5b97ec984ab431d28c463e751cb2b50baf8236c130eed92c8c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          chrmstp.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\chrmstp.exe
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 135f302bf50a9579824205c9aee1a832e886bb0a0189eaecfbc75ced73a884e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Config.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TrustAsia\Config.json
          • Size 227KB
          • SHA256 1736f36a1212ff0d4bc744c857119629f7cf508b370d9e2279c5bccc2a281129
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          intel.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\TrustAsia\intel.dll
          • Size 2.2MB
          • SHA256 48f6db51b346cdd0df63c0ec3b72ae9d7adadb57c0c126109f7a4098c3d51970
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1564-247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/1564-143-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/1564-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/1564-234-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/1564-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/1564-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000818000-memory.dmp

          memory/2496-138-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2496-142-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-105-0x0000000006BC0000-0x0000000006BF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-113-0x00000000052D0000-0x00000000052E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-120-0x0000000007FA0000-0x000000000861A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-121-0x0000000007920000-0x000000000793A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-122-0x0000000007980000-0x000000000798A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-123-0x0000000007BB0000-0x0000000007C46000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-118-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C4E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-125-0x0000000007B20000-0x0000000007B31000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-126-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007B6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-127-0x0000000007B70000-0x0000000007B84000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-128-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007C6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-129-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-112-0x00000000052D0000-0x00000000052E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-87-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D36000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-106-0x0000000070430000-0x000000007047C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-104-0x000000007F3C0000-0x000000007F3D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-103-0x0000000006640000-0x000000000668C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-102-0x00000000065F0000-0x000000000660E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-101-0x0000000006020000-0x0000000006374000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-91-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000006016000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-90-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005FA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-119-0x00000000075F0000-0x0000000007693000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-86-0x00000000052D0000-0x00000000052E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-89-0x0000000005640000-0x0000000005662000-memory.dmp

          memory/4716-88-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005F38000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-230-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-229-0x0000000002CA0000-0x0000000002CD9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-248-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-251-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-256-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-257-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-258-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-259-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-260-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-261-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-262-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-263-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-264-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-265-0x0000000004200000-0x000000000421B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-270-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-271-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-273-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-272-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D22000-memory.dmp

          memory/5688-276-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A7000-memory.dmp