Analysis

  • max time kernel
    27s
  • max time network
    559s
  • 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
    winhttp.dll
  • Size 208KB
  • Sample261020-getcaavy9l
  • SHA256 14e261553c4dba16c53a50b6f1409858f7a897d1c2314e94d222273527452e34
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

  • 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:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winhttp.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    PID:4364
  • C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\7ih80hkr\x8h5izgo.exe
    C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\7ih80hkr\x8h5izgo.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    PID:200
  • 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:2304
  • 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:1964
  • 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:6116
  • 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:1660
  • 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:3196

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        config.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\7ih80hkr\config.log
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 a4b0fd2969f83d1300fe04175c9bf2e9045338d3b4842d981f8ec714071ac99c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        x8h5izgo.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\7ih80hkr\x8h5izgo.exe
        • Size 367KB
        • SHA256 a150614db8802e3700db945c42f7e9c2fb03cfdcbea7854b0b072a2e35a11b77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DisplaySessionContainers.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\DeviceSync\DisplaySessionContainers.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 cbbb24088c9c17d8bc4f2f500d668274d625be4a454679d0b20c51245426c7a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 1599754af315bf45fc5c21a5d9d6289ee5d77b66ecc79c44b56e93a2e4a258b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f7bbcfdbe12c11375cf4a3c2e3da7934322451d39a7b452e470c9ac60e637fcd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 070e2dc002fee5d6c6ae0611713bb24a9f01d741d964e7f1ece4f61789724a94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 168454fbd10bd6c316787e0630eccd8473426abab36526d9269a91f4bb86727e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_f2mzf4cb.hus.psm1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_f2mzf4cb.hus.psm1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2304-74-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-82-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-70-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-108-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-102-0x0000018E9FA50000-0x0000018E9FA6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-105-0x0000018E9FA40000-0x0000018E9FA4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-103-0x00007FF4EA6C0000-0x00007FF4EA6D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-104-0x0000018E9FC80000-0x0000018E9FD32000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-68-0x00007FFBD5CEF000-0x00007FFBD5CF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-69-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-84-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-71-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-83-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-78-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-77-0x0000018E9F9A0000-0x0000018E9F9C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-79-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-80-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/2304-81-0x00007FFBD5B60000-0x00007FFBD6504000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-223-0x000000000A060000-0x000000000A0B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-205-0x0000000009D20000-0x0000000009D70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-89-0x00000000061A0000-0x00000000061F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-0-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-97-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-99-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-98-0x0000000003810000-0x000000000383E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-9-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180050000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-14-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-58-0x0000000003270000-0x0000000003271000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-42-0x0000000009020000-0x00000000090F4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-26-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-7-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-28-0x00000000060D0000-0x0000000006120000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-5-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005BCA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-3-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-149-0x0000000007920000-0x0000000007970000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-136-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-21-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-20-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-4-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-154-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-147-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-166-0x00000000090A0000-0x00000000090F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-175-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-176-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-202-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-2-0x0000000003230000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-135-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-251-0x0000000009D70000-0x0000000009DC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-290-0x0000000009BF0000-0x0000000009C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-313-0x0000000009C40000-0x0000000009C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-372-0x0000000009DC0000-0x0000000009E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-383-0x0000000009F20000-0x0000000009F70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-445-0x000000000C630000-0x000000000C680000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-457-0x000000000DCC0000-0x000000000DD10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-535-0x000000000DEA0000-0x000000000DEF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-546-0x00000000074C0000-0x0000000007510000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-623-0x000000000DF20000-0x000000000DF70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-671-0x000000000E330000-0x000000000E380000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-745-0x000000000F430000-0x000000000F480000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-771-0x000000000F910000-0x000000000F960000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-846-0x000000000EBF0000-0x000000000EC40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-924-0x000000000ECC0000-0x000000000ED10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-968-0x000000000F890000-0x000000000F8E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1099-0x000000000F980000-0x000000000F9D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1089-0x0000000008DC0000-0x0000000008E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1222-0x0000000012660000-0x00000000126B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1215-0x000000000FF10000-0x000000000FF60000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1486-0x000000000F690000-0x000000000F6E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1480-0x0000000012960000-0x00000000129B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1787-0x00000000135F0000-0x0000000013640000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1877-0x000000000F760000-0x000000000F7B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-1-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-2053-0x000000000DE40000-0x000000000DE90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-2106-0x000000000F7B0000-0x000000000F800000-memory.dmp