Analysis
- max time kernel
33s - max time network
335s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/10/2026, 05:43
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Open_to_view.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Open_to_view.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
winhttp.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
winhttp.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target Open_to_view.exe
- Size 25KB
- Sample261020-getcaavy9l
- SHA256 de0b9b6656c9e9fc9db4271610a09c2ae27d07c5a4757e94b2e0314a9dda6ee4
- MD5 e6363b8ec386338ce08f159a739f0e97
- SHA1 331e7b016cc9d497463c8519086cf2b9e07c21ed
- SHA512 aa2998c56f85c70e2bfc02646d67c3cf586b4335226a248845b548be95b4451d6e778d3d79388b411f8a5669ee6af02473c73a808d2b40a4c906c2b9afa81388
- SSDEEP 384:RpK9Wnrf8uylcxFYQt+hQlP0A1r2VHRN7DDtdQ5R9zC4W9rQ:e9WnIuyCr+AO1ds9z+c
- TLSH T1F6B27C82A39854C2ED6795B0D2B4E253AC39779A0B50D2EF1250E65C0F623C5BE3C72D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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valleyrat_s2
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1.0
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47.243.109.132:5252
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campaign_date
20261019
Signatures
- Family: ValleyRat
ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 2916 powershell.exe 1196 powershell.exe 4664 powershell.exe 4160 powershell.exe 5784 powershell.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\Y: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\Z: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\B: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\D: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\G: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\I: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\J: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\T: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\V: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\X: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\H: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\L: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\M: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\N: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\O: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\P: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\Q: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\S: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\U: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\K: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\R: Process not Found File opened (read-only) \??\W: Process not Found - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5712 clgyl55v.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 5712 clgyl55v.exe - Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Opens a raw handle to a physical disk, which bypasses file system access controls and is used for disk inspection, anti-VM checks and privilege checks.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\PhysicalDrive0 Open_to_view.exe - Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1262770251-41185387-1005173349-1000_Classes\NotificationData Process not Found Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1262770251-41185387-1005173349-1000_Classes\NotificationData\0D83063EA3B8FCF5 = 0100000000000002 Process not Found - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4292 Open_to_view.exe 4292 Open_to_view.exe 4292 Open_to_view.exe 4292 Open_to_view.exe 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found 3624 Process not Found - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 3624 Process not Found - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 4292 Open_to_view.exe 5712 clgyl55v.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 1196 powershell.exe Token: 33 1196 powershell.exe Token: 34 1196 powershell.exe Token: 35 1196 powershell.exe Token: 36 1196 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3624 Process not Found Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 4664 powershell.exe Token: 33 4664 powershell.exe Token: 34 4664 powershell.exe Token: 35 4664 powershell.exe Token: 36 4664 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4160 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4160 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 3624 Process not Found - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3624 wrote to memory of 3608 3624 Process not Found PID 3624 wrote to memory of 1196 3624 Process not Found 94 PID 3624 wrote to memory of 4664 3624 Process not Found 97 PID 3624 wrote to memory of 4160 3624 Process not Found 99 PID 3624 wrote to memory of 5784 3624 Process not Found 102 PID 3624 wrote to memory of 2916 3624 Process not Found 104 - 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.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Open_to_view.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Open_to_view.exe"1⤵
- Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
PID:4292
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C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exeC:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
PID:5712
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1196
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'explorer.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4664
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Thunder.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4160
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
PID:5784
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'VSPMsg.dll' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
PID:2916
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exe
- Size 367KB
- SHA256 a150614db8802e3700db945c42f7e9c2fb03cfdcbea7854b0b072a2e35a11b77
- MD5 d455b3b0529d73929fb2f2ecd43b4f75
- SHA1 934549d96c0d836579d0ffd0d8c580ecbcd87b65
- SHA512 b490795b2bf54e1edb0d1f7075cf9c58fc7255e0ecef0ebce499ad42945700e2237421196f57880b92f7e3d036ee9b95354c9157d3f3b3a9a7fd65ff7d9c0952
- SSDEEP 6144:UK0CMcoPY19CebAiwu6B36NDrd8zzJ6aFMMkxGbP0cw:UKTr92i/qCDrWz88MsbP0cw
- TLSH T1EC849D46F7A418F5E0A7C139C9628906E7727C9A0770CBCF23A4466B2F272E15D3D762
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\config.log
- Size 183KB
- SHA256 a4b0fd2969f83d1300fe04175c9bf2e9045338d3b4842d981f8ec714071ac99c
- MD5 dd64c18961b1a965243f7f5377d8451d
- SHA1 8699eb76cef1bbd5a4699f7b2ac955841bcf7113
- SHA512 6fa55faea05412635f847da9caaefb6d005febc7a79e153f5b265ee37f78b63f423553276c97898ab0771cfc9137b8c3375aee6833ff66aa92c09e0e931d7f0e
- SSDEEP 3072:aUcg2q2vII77b0af0psMHy8+jTlHzBH3ioM+5E5VgSoG1+Zbx1QU79rKaqXj0G:7c7/H7bTf+XZ8Tj3ioMSYVeuMI9
- TLSH T187044B0672A440BAEDA381788D634A06E77378554370ABCF576087BADF2B7D07A3D721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 df5de984121ab9eb702c2ef1c0716750e770551b5a5551fee347941d5bdfab01
- MD5 8c274452b4cefabecd528a1214159e4a
- SHA1 59fefbf3c332bed6d778918035ad778fc2d3cad5
- SHA512 9bd08a264f82cf86abb106e99d71e24f4c93aac148ef207091e370f242e49fef2bdff11fb29d20b1b6e1001ccf746a6191f571e33772e0eedbd54b1ed1aa3102
- TLSH T1B0217633B3CC8654C899013A10CEAC1036BB87CB409E8E9B6B84D519A42F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 c3eca1ec6f65452a3a8c3b797f54095da9dd00543cf6f3838b583d961f906869
- MD5 b759af66a32220f27b9975d528d5edc8
- SHA1 70b81bfa0fec13306cf786dca7c464660d3cc83c
- SHA512 0821049d27ade70ae6726254905ce5b0c993047b0320ed6020104ca6beaf0bd83fece4ef5e4b70793ac692691187e4f5fe896dabe05ffd6bfadcccc4b11c6c79
- TLSH T14E216833B3DD8624C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB41DECFAB6B84E659A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 37e9ef16984c276199f0598bcc020f730092539d2319900d288730a9101d5006
- MD5 c93af847829b04c11c62783418fff8bb
- SHA1 26b79d8c582f5760f613e7df316e1b804d9dea0c
- SHA512 b35251f479b8062a29d7d273718669bfa8b56cd5624fc6677d26c38212f47b4e8778ff6d068f368b4d79d83c84c40625c24a9c7b7029166319dc0ad19fb04bfe
- TLSH T12A216837B3DD8614CC9A413A10CDAD1036B6CBDB40DECE5B6B84E655A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 ffcc4b109a3e1d994992b39c993a956b06d14b2f4b4852637e23bb40fb1264de
- MD5 02a318c9dc60795a55b55f2ef8ef4533
- SHA1 98f38366032f4a76ce702e70cda3b6965f707638
- SHA512 28302c27b694f317f82920dd58a16038d560250e195cb863a01198ed72e3b86a89f6c226eebf1d27e88478c56060dc895adf3245af0a6c1d8a8081b0b949f4aa
- TLSH T1E3216833B3DD8624C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB41DECFAB6B85E655A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vnuus4cz.xpo.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH