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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 03597cdb57624fa8b7fea30755f6bf5111d01bdaf40a4e70a1d85ad18fd768e8
SHA3-384 hash: 8229b10bd05e2348c23be3152e257ca995b6d302f3298a38c1ccda96f158d413856da5ffa10f90f88b139a4436709398
SHA1 hash: cf9eabe1beaa50a4e107bc52c350f46c7f0153b1
MD5 hash: f18db04db93be41a63be4f643944ce08
humanhash: dakota-nuts-saturn-colorado
File name:salasstealer.exe
Download: download sample
File size:626'688 bytes
First seen:2026-09-28 20:55:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'247 x AgentTesla, 20'516 x Formbook, 12'379 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 6144:p4lzCZjao+ugDmOTpwnX5I59bm6tkarqFfELc2wKvS6Xa1lTJNwibWmKSbizhbYA:p4VCZGowRTGJjGkaWSGwkWYE5y
TLSH T11AD47E30B2D54D3BD3DF097E58780A5E7C7068CB8252E6085459B7F96B00B6487BCBB6
TrID 70.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter James_inthe_box
Tags:exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
205
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
client_build (4).exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-28 20:41:58 UTC
Tags:
salsastealer stealer pastebin websocket confuser uac defense-evasion privilege-escalation

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Adding an access-denied ACE
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Running batch commands
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Setting a single autorun event
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Blocking the User Account Control
Blocking the Windows Security Center notifications
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm anti-vm base64 cmd expand findstr fingerprint keylogger lolbin netsh obfuscated packed reconnaissance runonce schtasks
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-09-28T19:09:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-30T05:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
7 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.33 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Exploit.BypassUac
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-28 21:10:48 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Executes a command shell one-liner
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
ConfuserEx .NET packer
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Enumerates connected drives
Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness
Creates a file in the Startup directory
Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
Executes dropped EXE
Windows security modification
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
UAC bypass
Windows security bypass
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
03597cdb57624fa8b7fea30755f6bf5111d01bdaf40a4e70a1d85ad18fd768e8
MD5 hash:
f18db04db93be41a63be4f643944ce08
SHA1 hash:
cf9eabe1beaa50a4e107bc52c350f46c7f0153b1
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Check_Dlls
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ConfuserEx
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with ConfuserEx Mod
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:Lumma_Stealer_Detection
Author:ashizZz
Description:Detects a specific Lumma Stealer malware sample using unique strings and behaviors
Reference:https://seanthegeek.net/posts/compromized-store-spread-lumma-stealer-using-fake-captcha/
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:SUSP_NET_Base64_Xor_Implementation
Author:Jonathan Peters (cod3nym)
Description:Detects .NET applications implementing xor encryption/decryption for Base64 strings
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:WIN_Sample_Unique_69354b41
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Specimen unique (soumission Bazaar) - strings distinctifs propres au sample
Reference:69354b41e10daf03d3f3af881b32d5c0fec56b1cfe96629fd4c5263413a42854.exe

File information


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