Analysis
- max time kernel
86s - max time network
154s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
16/07/2026, 12:16
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
stpsu_epac.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
18 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
stpsu_epac.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
18 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target stpsu_epac.exe
- Size 345KB
- Sample260716-pfjs8scy2p
- SHA256 506ca1e1148669f6cba4e12126d2586480bacc722c6e764cc934e18b1cf32b9a
- MD5 4ec8be221965b296e3007346db1103ca
- SHA1 b6ab1ca5d103f485a707351b5e674f6aa6189e21
- SHA512 c55608c6da955056f310eeef14742ff659454ae0b63618256e8cc3618817dbab68960114e8773225cb7b009b718369f1864920114324cf241c872c982c747315
- SSDEEP 6144:q0AfC/GoazJF1GzvlT4hZMz7yf/aW1STvZda6:uSGoazGvlcck1Sfa6
- TLSH T129740317668D29AFEC434673B49220D2E6FAF1C877A340263E0E6EC45452B116B63FF5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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valleyrat_s2
Version
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1.0
C2
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47.75.103.130:5252
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47.75.103.130:80
Attributes
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campaign_date
2026. 7.16
Signatures
- Family: ValleyRat
ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.
- Detects ValleyRAT payload 12 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4268-9-0x000002215BB40000-0x000002215BB97000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4268-10-0x000002215BB40000-0x000002215BB97000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-44-0x0000000006450000-0x00000000064A7000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-79-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006B17000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-116-0x00000000084B0000-0x0000000008507000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-152-0x0000000009460000-0x00000000094B7000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-189-0x000000000A410000-0x000000000A467000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-200-0x000000000A410000-0x000000000A467000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-225-0x000000000A6C0000-0x000000000A717000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-262-0x000000000F870000-0x000000000F8C7000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-300-0x000000000F780000-0x000000000F7D7000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/6084-338-0x0000000010540000-0x0000000010597000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 - Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths 00000EE40E593994.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes 00000EE40E593994.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths explorer.exe - Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions 00000EE40E593994.exe - Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools 00000EE40E593994.exe - Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe - Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
pid Process 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 5964 xez2ti8a.exe 3096 iomkgf3g.exe 1972 dpfv7rvv.exe 4576 r8et72hs.exe 1180 1by8acxn.exe - Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
pid Process 5964 xez2ti8a.exe 3096 iomkgf3g.exe 1972 dpfv7rvv.exe 4576 r8et72hs.exe 1180 1by8acxn.exe - Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths 00000EE40E593994.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions 00000EE40E593994.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes 00000EE40E593994.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 44 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\T: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: explorer.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 00000EE40E593994.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 6084 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 6084 explorer.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 6084 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4268 00000EE40E593994.exe 6084 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3812 wrote to memory of 4268 3812 stpsu_epac.exe 87 PID 5964 wrote to memory of 6084 5964 xez2ti8a.exe 80 PID 6084 wrote to memory of 248 6084 explorer.exe PID 3096 wrote to memory of 6084 3096 iomkgf3g.exe 80 PID 6084 wrote to memory of 5472 6084 explorer.exe PID 1972 wrote to memory of 6084 1972 dpfv7rvv.exe 80 PID 6084 wrote to memory of 4808 6084 explorer.exe PID 4576 wrote to memory of 6084 4576 r8et72hs.exe 80 PID 6084 wrote to memory of 2716 6084 explorer.exe PID 1180 wrote to memory of 6084 1180 1by8acxn.exe 80 - 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
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeexplorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS1⤵
- Windows security bypass
- Enumerates connected drives
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6084 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stpsu_epac.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stpsu_epac.exe"2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3812 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00000EE40E593994.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00000EE40E593994.exe" --child "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stpsu_epac.exe"3⤵
- Windows security bypass
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Deletes itself
- Executes dropped EXE
- Windows security modification
- Enumerates connected drives
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4268
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\lxnv2x71\xez2ti8a.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\lxnv2x71\xez2ti8a.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5964
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\s5y7pr8s\iomkgf3g.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\s5y7pr8s\iomkgf3g.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3096
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\tdu1gabk\dpfv7rvv.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\tdu1gabk\dpfv7rvv.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1972
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\yysao3lj\r8et72hs.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\yysao3lj\r8et72hs.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4576
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\cvsa9b69\1by8acxn.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\cvsa9b69\1by8acxn.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1180
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\84mjp070\1jyjk8pu.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\84mjp070\1jyjk8pu.exe1⤵PID:3496
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\zd6hzi76\dv647eht.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\zd6hzi76\dv647eht.exe1⤵PID:2204
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\plwxczxf\p4f3fuoz.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\plwxczxf\p4f3fuoz.exe1⤵PID:3716
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\v8fo59y1\23wte7dt.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\v8fo59y1\23wte7dt.exe1⤵PID:4056
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\lxnv2x71\config.log
- Size 317KB
- SHA256 9b7b3c5d2e8d548045fcd119e8fa80e45158e363610e4ed23fdec9959dd7565a
- MD5 c8771553c61f8ceecd51bcb2b536c515
- SHA1 8d1b338be2038b56017bb658be4f7396d6276583
- SHA512 8b40237c12d85d3f08a98c34cbba234677f8d00ebd4cb0810a2be827d85a68699b43536ffe6f9b7d5b3a18c67dbfdfe16917254b94d70af1473eb57da8a6911d
- SSDEEP 6144:P8jMFYTOSOs19lKy5wc71VupW7YetRMel04hhPeJ/E8D5cczKD:UomyTGl1/7/+e3Be4es+o
- TLSH T1F064D0C74A48229199F4FF34F356C2480EA226A97902A07146B37DA277F3A53954F7CF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\lxnv2x71\webview_support.dll
- Size 107KB
- SHA256 b1cd1835523b5a80507592531bec904ced47328501462c4566fa964a04d01252
- MD5 49ef3cc4baedc19f02e44929590af3ab
- SHA1 a5726cef9132e73c65d6c02181925e64e60b9504
- SHA512 8097b68b7f20148b14f42af3feca54e856f301b4c6ebe61a40970c6c91a9926f68b2a5e8dbb8b4ef04e81cdfbf8f7ceb2aeac348ae4cb338ef661b73b24c81ea
- SSDEEP 3072:hWi3MF1M3iZWeIMSvvrX8o7njWmAtpFrpqpKbE8IFqTa9s:r3qGLeInXRs
- TLSH T126B34A67B6E900BBE1778678C4674A45D772B8514BA1AFAF03A4425A1F233D08D3DF31
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\lxnv2x71\xez2ti8a.exe
- Size 350KB
- SHA256 56c244aded0313ebda795841c0db38dbe3e3321f5c9302cc166d5de39c417cb2
- MD5 4fc050633f860b43e66f4a43b06795b7
- SHA1 128533b22c908239f6aa22486fbf66ac8fc9822f
- SHA512 cc2e6871fe9e5db154923c57ea161ad265af268346d35f59e4490e93b30940a0105a9725e7c2ffbd9bf826109a8e09313f48a0ff58fd7fe0447a4644ce42babc
- SSDEEP 6144:HLvQi6Lx4OtdU2eA37Z1/UoInhMho9guvV99nL:HzQRxleArZ1shukfnL
- TLSH T1BD742719BE6448E5F966A2FC8A758F4AE6717C150B21D7CF0370721A3F336E28D39621
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\kernelquick.sys
- Size 30B
- SHA256 6b4bbbce480fbc50d39a8ec4b72cdb7d781b151921e063dd899fd9b736adcf68
- MD5 ae50b29a0b8dcc411f24f1863b0eafde
- SHA1 d415a55627b1aded8e4b2cbba402f816b0461155
- SHA512 d9a9ba42d99be32d26667060be1d523dcd20eafa187a67f7919002cc6da349fd058053c9c6f721d6fdb730ea02fbaa3013e51c0c653368bd6b3f57a4c0fcaba8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00000EE40E593994.exe
- Size 345KB
- SHA256 506ca1e1148669f6cba4e12126d2586480bacc722c6e764cc934e18b1cf32b9a
- MD5 4ec8be221965b296e3007346db1103ca
- SHA1 b6ab1ca5d103f485a707351b5e674f6aa6189e21
- SHA512 c55608c6da955056f310eeef14742ff659454ae0b63618256e8cc3618817dbab68960114e8773225cb7b009b718369f1864920114324cf241c872c982c747315
- SSDEEP 6144:q0AfC/GoazJF1GzvlT4hZMz7yf/aW1STvZda6:uSGoazGvlcck1Sfa6
- TLSH T129740317668D29AFEC434673B49220D2E6FAF1C877A340263E0E6EC45452B116B63FF5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH