Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/09/2026, 05:45

General

  • Target
    F89A414276E136A36BDA7952CA8F6BE2.exe
  • Size 692KB
  • Sample260911-gfxfbsstft
  • SHA256 aff88ff4d9ea55fdab0b75966cdf8eea13c3d511e0d00df29f9f57768db193e3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 134.122.155.220:443

  • 134.122.155.220:80

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\F89A414276E136A36BDA7952CA8F6BE2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\F89A414276E136A36BDA7952CA8F6BE2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4400
    • C:\###.exe
      "C:\###.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe shell:::{3CD1F936-70F7-495B-B743-B0BD5273C535}
        3⤵
          PID:4232
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~sys_25385.sys
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~sys_25385.sys
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3152
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5056
      • C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe" -onlyctrl
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4488
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /c "C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe -reonlyctrl"
          3⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2084
          • C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe
            C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe -reonlyctrl
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            PID:1960
    • C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe" -onlyctrl
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2732
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c "C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe -reonlyctrl"
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4644
        • C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe
          C:\ProgramData\SvcHostLoader\SvcHostLoader.exe -reonlyctrl
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:4492

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          ###.exe

          • Path C:\###.exe
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 7a15b288cca08e308e2610042bc010fe31353980b84cbae8f0677adfaab75fe1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ~sys_25385.sys

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~sys_25385.sys
          • Size 43KB
          • SHA256 9d438f1a82ca8ae0c5ddeb523ed1882367c5f4254a3184afdfca8de4e8ceb838
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1960-40-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-98-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-26-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-25-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-28-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-30-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-29-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-32-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-34-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-33-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-36-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-106-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-102-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-39-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-65-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-97-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-105-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-94-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-44-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-90-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-89-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-86-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-81-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-82-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-78-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-73-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-57-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-58-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-74-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-20-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-62-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-70-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1960-66-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-59-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-68-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-67-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-64-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-72-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-60-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-56-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-75-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-76-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-53-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-80-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-54-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-52-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-83-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-84-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-49-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-88-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-50-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-48-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-91-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-92-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-45-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-96-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-46-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-42-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-100-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-99-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-37-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-104-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-38-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4492-24-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002A000-memory.dmp