Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 04:20

General

  • Target
    1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260620-eyjk3set6y
  • SHA256 1603899e2cbe71abad453b7c2735a294b93e23e4bedcb9e9f8e74b08b2564efb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 47.243.155.184:770

  • 47.243.155.184:771

  • 127.0.0.1:80

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 6. 2

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 39 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 57 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5424
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-T5AGJ.tmp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-T5AGJ.tmp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.tmp" /SL5="$40218,1652482,826880,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2776
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3388
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /f /tn "WindowsLockHost" /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:6020
      • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
        "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\France Relaxed Itinerary Overview.docx" /o ""
        3⤵
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Enumerates system info in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4536
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5292
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /tn "WindowsLockHost" /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5196
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2676
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /tn "WindowsLockHost" /tr "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:236
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2044
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2904
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2540
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2820

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 599B
        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        gb.xsl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD77F2.tmp\gb.xsl
        • Size 262KB
        • SHA256 6230814bf5b2d554397580613e20681752240ab87fd354ececf188c1eabe0e97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-T5AGJ.tmp\1c0209189afed95d24febf040caa52b1.tmp
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 81cbdf0b346c93b49887aec09df28c1732bbf3ecf24059833daa92f923a15270
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        France Relaxed Itinerary Overview.docx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\France Relaxed Itinerary Overview.docx
        • Size 711KB
        • SHA256 dfe31e1eb74ccb5959ff40f3c28b430041c81da6418c6dacaecc6a7101466a3c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LockAppHost.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockAppHost.exe
        • Size 74KB
        • SHA256 65e0de657a7bd32aaf53239edecc608b1bf08ea0a6cfed58894993c437b83b15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LockHostingFramework.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\LockHostingFramework.dll
        • Size 235KB
        • SHA256 fae029e2f7b17ff9cdf0baf953b1d03d1a7e636f236533d70c7ae1b23837f20e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msiexec.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\msiexec.dll
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 8eca63d50f5e0a39d5015b86a7c2c86b4140cde495c680685387fda84f958432
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wbem.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\guo6sa2ris\wbem.dll
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 ed72873639c4d756b3da17e9e6d2f7c9e9c27daca6d0e474ccdc3242b5958430
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CUSTOM.DIC

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\CUSTOM.DIC
        • Size 16B
        • SHA256 a91a702aab9b8dd722843d3d208a21bcfa6556dfc64e2ded63975de4511eb866
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex
        • Size 2B
        • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2540-538-0x000001AD01DE0000-0x000001AD01E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-527-0x000001AD01900000-0x000001AD01920000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-514-0x000001AD001E0000-0x000001AD002E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-528-0x000001AD01EF0000-0x000001AD01FF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2540-558-0x000001AD14260000-0x000001AD14280000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-110-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-84-0x0000000003060000-0x00000000030BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-67-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-115-0x0000000073950000-0x0000000073992000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-109-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-66-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-74-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-65-0x0000000002970000-0x000000000298C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-87-0x0000000003060000-0x00000000030BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-83-0x0000000003060000-0x00000000030BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-79-0x0000000003060000-0x00000000030BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2676-77-0x0000000003060000-0x00000000030BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2776-40-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000BAF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2776-6-0x0000000003280000-0x0000000003281000-memory.dmp

        memory/2776-9-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000006070000-memory.dmp

        memory/2776-8-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000006070000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-89-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-61-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-71-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-31-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000362000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-32-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000722000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-106-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-80-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-78-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-58-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-59-0x0000000002330000-0x00000000023B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-62-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-108-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-111-0x0000000073950000-0x0000000073992000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-86-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3388-85-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-46-0x00007FFAFED00000-0x00007FFAFED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-42-0x00007FFAFED00000-0x00007FFAFED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-47-0x00007FFAFC8C0000-0x00007FFAFC8D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-43-0x00007FFAFED00000-0x00007FFAFED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-44-0x00007FFAFED00000-0x00007FFAFED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-45-0x00007FFAFED00000-0x00007FFAFED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-48-0x00007FFAFC8C0000-0x00007FFAFC8D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-82-0x00000000036B0000-0x000000000370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-81-0x00000000036B0000-0x000000000370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-107-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-76-0x00000000036B0000-0x000000000370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-88-0x00000000036B0000-0x000000000370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-112-0x0000000073950000-0x0000000073992000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-60-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-105-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-69-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-63-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-64-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5292-75-0x00000000036B0000-0x000000000370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-41-0x0000000001000000-0x00000000010D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5424-0-0x0000000001000000-0x00000000010D8000-memory.dmp