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

General

  • Target
    Open_to_view.exe
  • Size 25KB
  • Sample261020-getcaavy9l
  • SHA256 de0b9b6656c9e9fc9db4271610a09c2ae27d07c5a4757e94b2e0314a9dda6ee4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 47.243.109.132:5252

Attributes
  • 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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 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.

  • 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

  • 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
  • C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exe
    C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    PID:5712
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1196
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'explorer.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4664
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Thunder.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4160
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    PID:5784
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.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

        clgyl55v.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\clgyl55v.exe
        • Size 367KB
        • SHA256 a150614db8802e3700db945c42f7e9c2fb03cfdcbea7854b0b072a2e35a11b77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        config.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\qr3m6sp0\config.log
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 a4b0fd2969f83d1300fe04175c9bf2e9045338d3b4842d981f8ec714071ac99c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 df5de984121ab9eb702c2ef1c0716750e770551b5a5551fee347941d5bdfab01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c3eca1ec6f65452a3a8c3b797f54095da9dd00543cf6f3838b583d961f906869
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 37e9ef16984c276199f0598bcc020f730092539d2319900d288730a9101d5006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ffcc4b109a3e1d994992b39c993a956b06d14b2f4b4852637e23bb40fb1264de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_vnuus4cz.xpo.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vnuus4cz.xpo.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1196-116-0x000001F56B240000-0x000001F56B2F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-81-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-70-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-124-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-89-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-115-0x000001F56AED0000-0x000001F56AEEE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-117-0x000001F56AEF0000-0x000001F56AEFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-69-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-72-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-78-0x000001F56AE30000-0x000001F56AE52000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-68-0x00007FFD4C57F000-0x00007FFD4C580000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-71-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-82-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-84-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-85-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-86-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-87-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-88-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-93-0x00007FFD4C3F0000-0x00007FFD4CD94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-107-0x000001F56AEA0000-0x000001F56AEB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1196-95-0x000001F56AEA0000-0x000001F56AEB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-171-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-293-0x0000000009D80000-0x0000000009DD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-92-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-44-0x0000000009D00000-0x0000000009DD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-26-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-101-0x0000000008420000-0x0000000008470000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-28-0x0000000007030000-0x0000000007080000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-96-0x00000000066E0000-0x000000000670E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-94-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-21-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-20-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-14-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-9-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180050000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-7-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-5-0x00000000069E0000-0x0000000006A2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-4-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-144-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-145-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-3-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-166-0x000000000A300000-0x000000000A350000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1-0x00000000015A0000-0x00000000015CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-164-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-2-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-184-0x000000000A490000-0x000000000A4E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-0-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-223-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-224-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-239-0x000000000A160000-0x000000000A1B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-237-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-249-0x000000000A2B0000-0x000000000A300000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-244-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-273-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-276-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-60-0x0000000001580000-0x0000000001581000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-298-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-291-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-307-0x000000000A060000-0x000000000A0B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-327-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-328-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-357-0x000000000A370000-0x000000000A3C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-382-0x000000000A6F0000-0x000000000A740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-447-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-449-0x000000000A8F0000-0x000000000A940000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-454-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-474-0x000000000AA80000-0x000000000AAD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-493-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-494-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-540-0x00000000069E0000-0x0000000006A30000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-545-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-538-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-553-0x000000000ED60000-0x000000000EDB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-588-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-587-0x0000000004210000-0x0000000004246000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-633-0x000000000EDD0000-0x000000000EE20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-672-0x000000000EBE0000-0x000000000EC30000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-734-0x000000000EC30000-0x000000000EC80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-766-0x000000000F9E0000-0x000000000FA30000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-864-0x000000000FB70000-0x000000000FBC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-917-0x0000000011EF0000-0x0000000011F40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1007-0x000000000FD60000-0x000000000FDB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1042-0x0000000010670000-0x00000000106C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1190-0x000000000FC60000-0x000000000FCB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1241-0x0000000010870000-0x00000000108C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1367-0x000000000FA70000-0x000000000FAC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1382-0x000000000FAC0000-0x000000000FB10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1483-0x0000000011FC0000-0x0000000012010000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1471-0x000000000FB10000-0x000000000FB60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3624-1655-0x00000000121C0000-0x0000000012210000-memory.dmp