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Database Entry

SalatStealer

Vendor detections: 16

Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 50 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2
SHA3-384 hash:	010b621993dad64034c3e71cffce8dd4020d5e362bcec6c2623a3773a42856985670644efb8d8254fba83a8e5af8ab8e
SHA1 hash:	02d86ea709f605fff40c08ebfffa204de4201736
MD5 hash:	4bcf896b2ce2408e8ac04bba1465a488
humanhash:	beryllium-cola-hydrogen-carolina
File name:	updater_ZEVPYbub.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	SalatStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	3'595'776 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-25 22:05:02 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (544 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 42 x RedLineStealer)
ssdeep	98304:ICaZpkH/byuFxzPj5YYzNxI8/OeL/fTOD:ICaUH/byuzj5YYzNxb3O
TLSH	T116F53311896ECB6FF53674B78B12A42A1D41C25EC36B106DF84908135BE8BF77A734CA
TrID	52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	aachum
Tags:	87-120-104-147 exe SalatStealer UPX

iamaachum

SalatStealer C2:
salator.es (176.12.71.122)
wruser.org

UPX packed

This file is packed with UPX. We have therefore unpacked the file. Below is furhter information about the unpacked (de-compressed) file.

File size (compressed) :	3'595'776 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :	12'574'720 bytes
Format:	win32/pe
Unpacked file:	6ebead7b716ce87dbee3ae89ce5aea3cf34a3f2628e5911b09963c0e9d81985c

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

146

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

PEPacker

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/d55a74ed-87dd-4ba0-adc0-a851fe417a17/

Malware family:

xmrig

ID:

File name:

x176389f97bd9a3350f36d250d24808cf51daf27a915d2cde2b32dc260c55be1d.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-07-04 12:08:07 UTC

Tags:

salatstealer stealer ms-smartcard susp-powershell golang github loader evasion telegram upx auto-sch xmrig miner

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/cc3b7dc4-2fbf-4a3d-8caa-5fa55fe8742b

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

Salat

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/89064/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.PWS.Salat.389.29725.15101.UNOFFICIAL

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

DNS request

Sending a UDP request

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Creating a process from a recently created file

Searching for synchronization primitives

Launching a service

Launching a process

Creating a process with a hidden window

Loading a system driver

Creating a file

Modifying a system file

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm bankingtrojan crypto lummastealer packed packed packer upx

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ab6f021831a127b800c7f0a/reports/fd65d95c-4b8b-43d0-b547-df41549bdb5d/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Agent.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-06-29T11:10:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-09-26T18:43:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100000

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ace51470-b09c-4a53-ac74-990ea59acc4a

Result

Threat name:

Salat Stealer

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.spyw.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1978400

Signature

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Creates multiple autostart registry keys

Found malware configuration

Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)

Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Powershell connects to network

Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)

Sigma detected: New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder

Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)

Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets

Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking

Yara detected Salat Stealer

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2/

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-06-29 22:22:23 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

30 of 36 (83.33%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ddsljh6x4fokqrwggrwolati74qgs5ho7xsv55mzrixjzu5sapra._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

SalatStealer

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/8413f4b3-ead3-4cea-923c-7065a55df944

Result

Malware family:

salatstealer

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:salatstealer credential_access defense_evasion discovery spyware stealer trojan upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260925-1zngbaxfre/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Drops file in System32 directory

UPX packed file

Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

Enumerates connected drives

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

Badlisted process makes network request

Detect SalatStealer payload

Family: salatstealer

UAC bypass

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2

MD5 hash:

4bcf896b2ce2408e8ac04bba1465a488

SHA1 hash:

02d86ea709f605fff40c08ebfffa204de4201736

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/41813e3e-279d-460a-b4e0-04235584b02e/

SH256 hash:

69d5f1a75af759f42f94a25c00b07f94a34e448221b0ac8e89c793c00588a60f

MD5 hash:

5b7ac8617573d2a06a9b035c6ff1b48c

SHA1 hash:

db45c7985e5e7471ac0405245931e13b34da2bb1

Detections:

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/41813e3e-279d-460a-b4e0-04235584b02e/

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Suspicious File

Score:

0.34

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/18e4b49fd7e15ca846c6346ce58268ff206974eefde55ef5998a2e9cd3b203e2

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:	Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives Create hunting rule

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	grakate_stealer_nov_2021 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Heuristics_ChromeABE Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	Rooter Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter

Rule name:	RooterStrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter Identifying Strings

Rule name:	Salat Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Salat Payload

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	suspicious_PEs Create hunting rule
Author:	txc
Description:	This rule detected suspicious PE files, based on high entropy and low amount of imported DLLs. This behaviour indicates packed files or files, that hide their true intention.

Rule name:	Suspicious_Process Create hunting rule
Author:	Security Research Team
Description:	Suspicious process creation

Rule name:	Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	UPX Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)

Rule name:	UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	vmdetect Create hunting rule
Author:	nex
Description:	Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_SalatStealer_03d2a4ee Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Win_Clipboard_Clipper_Thengavar Create hunting rule
Author:	Thengavar
Description:	Detects malware manipulating the Windows clipboard for clipping or crypto stealing attacks