Analysis

  • max time kernel
    299s
  • max time network
    303s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/07/2026, 16:33

General

  • Target
    rufus4.14.exe
  • Size 15.3MB
  • Sample260716-t2pc3ac18v
  • SHA256 9a0cea11f75f63bbff8d0cea420787da972e78d8eb3baa14cd575f55bde369d8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 10 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 23 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 17 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus4.14.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus4.14.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:460
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus4.14.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus4.14.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3860
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bundle_a26ujo_1\rufus-4.14.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bundle_a26ujo_1\rufus-4.14.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5040
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bundle_a26ujo_1\runner_ea99c6c5.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bundle_a26ujo_1\runner_ea99c6c5.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2216
  • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2548
    • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4388
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s fhsvc
      1⤵
        PID:3844
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -s WPDBusEnum
        1⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:5732

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            svc_74333cb8.log

            • Path C:\ProgramData\svc_74333cb8.log
            • Size 659B
            • SHA256 d6866bbf0e6d80eb6f0e3d465bf9242789be750be9d3fa391d2946d4c7744a83
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            svc_74333cb8.log

            • Path C:\ProgramData\svc_74333cb8.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 fcd9c6add8272b0d1f3ffce7e704416a019516f2a5d4a1e0028c155046298e28
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 95KB
            • SHA256 9d2b40f0395cc5d1b4d5ea17b84970c29971d448c37104676db577586d4ad1b1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 81KB
            • SHA256 62173a8fadd4bf4dd71ab89ea718754aa31620244372f0c5bbbae102e641a60e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 120KB
            • SHA256 1ea3dd3df393fa9b27bf6595be4ac859064cd8ef9908a12378a6021bba1cb177
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _decimal.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_decimal.pyd
            • Size 248KB
            • SHA256 9aac010a424c757c434c460c3c0a6515d7720966ab64bad667539282a17b4133
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _hashlib.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_hashlib.pyd
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 caa4d2f8795e9a55e128409cc016e2cc5c694cb026d7058fc561e4dd131ed1c9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 154KB
            • SHA256 60793c8592193cfbd00fd3e5263be4315d650ba4f9e4fda9c45a10642fd998be
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _socket.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\_socket.pyd
            • Size 77KB
            • SHA256 e6deb751039cd5424a139708475ce83f9c042d43e650765a716cb4a924b07e4f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            base_library.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\base_library.zip
            • Size 859KB
            • SHA256 4bf1b2c937d680135c4d1e1c062f2d489b16f6f6f6357072707a44a4728dd505
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libcrypto-1_1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\libcrypto-1_1.dll
            • Size 3.3MB
            • SHA256 9b7b4a0ad212095a8c2e35c71694d8a1764cd72a829e8e17c8afe3a55f147939
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libffi-7.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\libffi-7.dll
            • Size 32KB
            • SHA256 f60dd9f2fcbd495674dfc1555effb710eb081fc7d4cae5fa58c438ab50405081
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python310.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\python310.dll
            • Size 4.3MB
            • SHA256 14b06796f288bc6599e458fb23a944ab0c843e9868058f02a91d4606533505ed
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            runner_ea99c6c5.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\runner_ea99c6c5.exe
            • Size 9.1MB
            • SHA256 9d2f3d3801788b6e46a2b7e4b61c4eaf3bece5642994e998961421ee6268ddf1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            select.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\select.pyd
            • Size 29KB
            • SHA256 db85f2f94d4994283e1055057372594538ae11020389d966e45607413851d9e9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            unicodedata.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI4602\unicodedata.pyd
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 1fb2d66c056f69e8bbdd8c6c910e72697874dae680264f8fb4b4df19af98aa2e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            rufus-4.14.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bundle_a26ujo_1\rufus-4.14.exe
            • Size 1.9MB
            • SHA256 9fcad316c82ba3d0c3130c9f43fb0fe147e9eb62e1bf830716a0bbb6c58d24ee
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2216-126-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-122-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-103-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-105-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-104-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-106-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-108-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-107-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-109-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-127-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-123-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/2216-84-0x0000000003020000-0x0000000003C7D000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-121-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-125-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-67-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-120-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-128-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-130-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-131-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-152-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-175-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5040-176-0x00007FF7C7E30000-0x00007FF7C83DE000-memory.dmp