Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251231-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251231-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
06/01/2026, 09:13
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
setup.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20251231-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
setup.exe
Resource
win11-20251231-en
General
- Target setup.exe
- Size 11.1MB
- Sample260106-k6srlsfv2e
- SHA256 24e3f03ee91ed871c949387221b64e435649dda3552fe51fc0b6eaecb6d9ff27
- MD5 f6f48ddd62cf9fd06a3f817d5f12932d
- SHA1 2ee2d11584211859db0ea6d502fcbcf8c2bcc41d
- SHA512 bf5dde963c45ba99357fc1cef5e140e4157db9d8d7af96c5178c0056a034b805ea58fb594368214c86ce4325811ed26d34f55bf612bda5dd21a1819bccd40fad
- SSDEEP 49152:FZLfJ8g6n7h3pVVR2UArFlw7LErFQrhxBq6ffaxQxiQPNxqPcITACzgOnN5L+vXG:vbJ6FX2jMkWMqoDG37GbTPn4WNU
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detect SalatStealer payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b3e0-3.dat family_salatstealer - Salatstealer family
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" powershell.exe - salatstealer
SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.
- Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
flow pid Process 18 440 powershell.exe 19 440 powershell.exe 20 440 powershell.exe 21 440 powershell.exe 22 440 powershell.exe - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 3908 smss.exe 3500 smss.exe 1004 smss.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs
Steal credentials from unsecured files.
- Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Recovery ReAgentc.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Recovery\ReAgent.xml ReAgentc.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\655d5503-f328-d036-2bf5-1aae06fb03f3 setup.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe setup.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\smss.exe smss.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\smss.exe smss.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Logs\ReAgent\ReAgent.log ReAgentc.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\setuperr.log ReAgentc.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\diagerr.xml ReAgentc.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\diagwrn.xml ReAgentc.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language setup.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language smss.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language smss.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language smss.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ReAgentc.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 46 IoCs
pid Process 5000 setup.exe 5000 setup.exe 5000 setup.exe 5000 setup.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3500 smss.exe 3500 smss.exe 440 powershell.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 440 powershell.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 1004 smss.exe 1004 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe 3908 smss.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 3908 smss.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 440 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5000 wrote to memory of 3908 5000 setup.exe 81 PID 3908 wrote to memory of 440 3908 smss.exe 82 PID 3908 wrote to memory of 3500 3908 smss.exe 84 PID 3908 wrote to memory of 1004 3908 smss.exe 86 PID 440 wrote to memory of 4448 440 powershell.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5000 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3908 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe3⤵
- UAC bypass
- Badlisted process makes network request
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:440 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ReAgentc.exe"C:\Windows\system32\ReAgentc.exe" /disable4⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4448
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\smss.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\smss.exe" -3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:3500
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\smss.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\smss.exe" -3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1004
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵PID:2728
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"1⤵PID:2988
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
3Credentials In Files
3Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe
- Size 11.1MB
- SHA256 24e3f03ee91ed871c949387221b64e435649dda3552fe51fc0b6eaecb6d9ff27
- MD5 f6f48ddd62cf9fd06a3f817d5f12932d
- SHA1 2ee2d11584211859db0ea6d502fcbcf8c2bcc41d
- SHA512 bf5dde963c45ba99357fc1cef5e140e4157db9d8d7af96c5178c0056a034b805ea58fb594368214c86ce4325811ed26d34f55bf612bda5dd21a1819bccd40fad
- SSDEEP 49152:FZLfJ8g6n7h3pVVR2UArFlw7LErFQrhxBq6ffaxQxiQPNxqPcITACzgOnN5L+vXG:vbJ6FX2jMkWMqoDG37GbTPn4WNU
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_plwepl5c.qlq.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512