Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 09:41

General

  • Target
    Setup.exe$$.exe
  • Size 27.2MB
  • Sample261102-lnwk8at19l
  • SHA256 fe787eb95026b3e8f6a389f74a2f26e2202b1fada02f603dab173a7d8464d7fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

C2
  • 192.168.1.200:9999

  • 27.124.4.34:62841

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • 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.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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\Setup.exe$$.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe$$.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4916
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BVQ7E.tmp\Setup.exe$$.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BVQ7E.tmp\Setup.exe$$.tmp" /SL5="$A01DE,27675946,779264,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe$$.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3092
      • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\Sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UR6VT.tmp\__exo.ps1"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2504
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\ptal1kpc.cmdline"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:468
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESA1F8.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\CSCFB1A489E11442089846B1A245ADE3C6.TMP"
            5⤵
              PID:1940

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          RESA1F8.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESA1F8.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ec77bd39a3ce2f1fcd0833b568d58a7c1983cccf97128caa757a34c481c27107
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_fhe4fna4.usm.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fhe4fna4.usm.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Setup.exe$$.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BVQ7E.tmp\Setup.exe$$.tmp
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 9956cdc11071e9c373719f49a8c97941405a785a32a7c415bebfeab4c959cb5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __exo.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UR6VT.tmp\__exo.ps1
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 08d8f8836e31a50c2bd071aec650209a83d0a24c6f55b31f9d119b4246a90588
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ptal1kpc.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\ptal1kpc.dll
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 060e828344cb463913ed2ea7d78162c0266f64b66eedb859c293d6ef6983a3fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          1d.bin

          • Path C:\path\to\1d.bin
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 0da20cc5cfed0730558721c1fc53f7c3fa91c3326f8ab01af54097ea7e9fea2c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          1.exe

          • Path C:\path\to\a\1.exe
          • Size 12.7MB
          • SHA256 0957099cb64fbc050137bfa452e581aa1138d8b8b40740907d5746e75df8fdd1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          deyi.dll

          • Path C:\path\to\deyi.dll
          • Size 106KB
          • SHA256 a813e324741bff7fe7ec9b7a8b71fa7b95c8dddb936765a27ee812c04d1c186e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CSCFB1A489E11442089846B1A245ADE3C6.TMP

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\CSCFB1A489E11442089846B1A245ADE3C6.TMP
          • Size 652B
          • SHA256 2e8e42e229f0f22b49dc41ffd74773ce0958a017b97b888ab32427cb13a5a109
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ptal1kpc.0.cs

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\ptal1kpc.0.cs
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 29eac21a918fb4563613cab9e568b0f702b11619524c8671069cc48c1f3eea0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ptal1kpc.cmdline

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ptal1kpc\ptal1kpc.cmdline
          • Size 369B
          • SHA256 a230337c2d4ac452c8e3b533a8fcb385acdebd10d1ec1af845bc3ec004b43708
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2504-69-0x0000029B6FBE0000-0x0000029B6FBE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-80-0x0000029B71DB0000-0x0000029B71FCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-56-0x0000029B6F5F0000-0x0000029B6F600000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-54-0x0000029B72780000-0x0000029B727AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-53-0x0000029B6F5F0000-0x0000029B6F600000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-55-0x0000029B72780000-0x0000029B727A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-42-0x0000029B6F5F0000-0x0000029B6F600000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-43-0x0000029B6F5F0000-0x0000029B6F600000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-45-0x0000029B6F6B0000-0x0000029B6F6D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3092-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3092-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3092-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3092-85-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3256-73-0x00000000033D0000-0x000000000341D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3256-75-0x00000000033D0000-0x000000000341D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3256-76-0x00000000033D0000-0x000000000341D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3256-77-0x00000000033D0000-0x000000000341D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-0-0x00000000004C2000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-81-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-86-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp