Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/07/2026, 12:18

General

  • Target
    Tax-Number635863.exe
  • Size 24KB
  • Sample260721-pgmlhshc49
  • SHA256 a5fad3d78a6c7592176718cb852aa46839dc72d131400f00e534dcb2b1d525ee
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • yk.ggdy.com:8003

  • yk.ggdy.com:80

  • 103.59.103.30:8888

  • 103.59.103.30:6666

  • 127.0.0.1:80

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2023. 6.30

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 11 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.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax-Number635863.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax-Number635863.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4120
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2296
  • C:\Windows\Temp\DCRCVDrv.sys
    C:\Windows\Temp\DCRCVDrv.sys
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2784
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    "cmd /c start "" /D "C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5" Tax-Number635863.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2472
    • C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\Tax-Number635863.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\Tax-Number635863.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4536
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe"
        3⤵
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:6028

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Tax-Number635863.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\Tax-Number635863.exe
        • Size 24KB
        • SHA256 a5fad3d78a6c7592176718cb852aa46839dc72d131400f00e534dcb2b1d525ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 120KB
        • SHA256 184146852727a9db4eea06178716bec3cdbb1015c911f6b0f915b184ad7775b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msvcp140.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\msvcp140.dll
        • Size 540KB
        • SHA256 def46aa6a8f72f27bafac0c43334419486a4d1dcdb6c479a8ef7034b3e1fa4cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ucrtbase.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\ucrtbase.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 c2ed69b4a1bb9432c75134e813c70539e27c8c1fe96a784d9be78c874e93d9d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcruntime140_1.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\USB3YTGH5\vcruntime140_1.dll
        • Size 46KB
        • SHA256 e6bfb3662ab4b1969a73441dbe35c96d51441b6bff8cf1fe7430bd5b246ca605
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        20260721132313.jpg

        • Path C:\ProgramData\quickScreenShot\20260721\20260721132313.jpg
        • Size 133KB
        • SHA256 0b1b9863fe11ebee7bfb902f44c280d8654cc7fbe58665c086c1926a94e83ea2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DCRCVDrv.sys

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\DCRCVDrv.sys
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 87e8d39db624f37d3e77aedf487a2dfd197f71a4730ea74f4e7a4341deaec2ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2296-33-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-25-0x00000000034A0000-0x00000000034D3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-27-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-26-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-28-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-32-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/2296-49-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004069000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-2-0x0000000000010000-0x000000000003D000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-48-0x0000000003EC0000-0x0000000003EF9000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-50-0x0000000003EC0000-0x0000000003EF9000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-52-0x0000000003EC0000-0x0000000003EF9000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-51-0x0000000003EC0000-0x0000000003EF9000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp