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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1ce4f36e1af6db1cd550d8e59edd093a86f9ec7a38535fab1b3b111f2bb7bd1e
SHA3-384 hash: 260e8f341f5954543f2923218635a004cce3f729f4e650de268618ef5c100474ee90548c99552851b3c8efa4f645af64
SHA1 hash: 833e75228d35292dc1df20e5ce66a9264c66f1ff
MD5 hash: 7c65a65de4f4c34cbc5809f1d3748de2
humanhash: foxtrot-six-lamp-bakerloo
File name:Create a new text document .2.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:13'951'468 bytes
First seen:2025-05-13 11:38:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash efd455830ba918de67076b7c65d86586 (74 x Gh0stRAT, 19 x ValleyRAT, 6 x OffLoader)
ssdeep 393216:uNdP79pviCOGy0M2myGFgSHnydacw0wdWk:Y517y2mvFpawVWk
TLSH T1B0E6230263871B7FE22925350772F31ACA3B67D16D224DF967E70EA8CE158D1CD2E582
TrID 62.3% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
24.1% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
6.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
2.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
1.2% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
dhash icon b2e069ccf4b0b0ec (4 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter smica83
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT ValleyRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
618
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Create a new text document .2.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-05-13 11:40:51 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
shell spawn blic
Result
Verdict:
Suspicious
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Moving a recently created file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embarcadero_delphi expired-cert fingerprint installer invalid-signature overlay overlay packed signed
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat, ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected VMProtect packer
Drops password protected ZIP file
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
PE file contains section with special chars
PE file has a writeable .text section
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sample is protected by VMProtect
Sigma detected: Execution from Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Parent in Public Folder Suspicious Process
Sigma detected: Suspect Svchost Activity
Sigma detected: Suspicious Program Location with Network Connections
Sigma detected: Windows Shell/Scripting Application File Write to Suspicious Folder
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious powershell command line found
Tries to detect process monitoring tools (Task Manager, Process Explorer etc.)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (window names)
Tries to evade debugger and weak emulator (self modifying code)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1688869 Sample: Create a new text document .2.exe Startdate: 13/05/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 79 pki-goog.l.google.com 2->79 81 c.pki.goog 2->81 85 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->85 87 Found malware configuration 2->87 89 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->89 91 17 other signatures 2->91 11 Create a new text document .2.exe 2 2->11         started        14 wscript.exe 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 file5 77 C:\...\Create a new text document .2.tmp, PE32 11->77 dropped 16 Create a new text document .2.tmp 5 10 11->16         started        process6 file7 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_setup64.tmp, PE32+ 16->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\Public\Documents\setup.exe (copy), PE32+ 16->57 dropped 59 C:\Users\Public\...\kail.exe.001 (copy), PE32 16->59 dropped 61 2 other malicious files 16->61 dropped 19 man.exe 14 16->19         started        23 kail.exe 2 16->23         started        25 cmd.exe 2 16->25         started        process8 file9 63 C:\dbutil_2_3.sys, PE32+ 19->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\Public\Documents\...\rwdriver.sys, PE32+ 19->65 dropped 67 C:\Users\Public\Documents\...\root.dll, PE32 19->67 dropped 73 7 other malicious files 19->73 dropped 93 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 19->93 95 Suspicious powershell command line found 19->95 97 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 19->97 27 NtHandleCallback.exe 2 19->27         started        31 cmd.exe 1 19->31         started        33 powershell.exe 37 19->33         started        69 C:\Users\Public\Documents\man.exe, PE32+ 23->69 dropped 35 conhost.exe 23->35         started        71 C:\Users\Public\Documents\kail.exe, PE32 25->71 dropped 37 conhost.exe 25->37         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 83 202.79.172.16, 49695, 49696, 49699 BCPL-SGBGPNETGlobalASNSG Singapore 27->83 115 Writes to foreign memory regions 27->115 117 Allocates memory in foreign processes 27->117 39 tracerpt.exe 27->39         started        42 rundll32.exe 1 27->42         started        45 EDR.exe 2 1 31->45         started        47 conhost.exe 31->47         started        119 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 33->119 49 conhost.exe 33->49         started        signatures13 process14 file15 99 Writes to foreign memory regions 39->99 101 Allocates memory in foreign processes 39->101 103 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 39->103 51 conhost.exe 39->51         started        53 svchost.exe 39->53         started        75 C:\Cndom.sys, PE32+ 42->75 dropped 105 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 42->105 107 Antivirus detection for dropped file 45->107 109 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 45->109 111 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 45->111 113 4 other signatures 45->113 signatures16 process17
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-05-13 11:39:28 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
1ce4f36e1af6db1cd550d8e59edd093a86f9ec7a38535fab1b3b111f2bb7bd1e
MD5 hash:
7c65a65de4f4c34cbc5809f1d3748de2
SHA1 hash:
833e75228d35292dc1df20e5ce66a9264c66f1ff
SH256 hash:
ddad4ad976593c20eaf8c577d07389f592fede26eb0686c7aa8fb192146ebaf4
MD5 hash:
6c0f7387355b5fe7f6ed836921617ddd
SHA1 hash:
408ba2b6722a92312bc23667514d0adc9bdc7ba7
SH256 hash:
d4e9fb6eebc41a5c2994b1b7f1a45e5505f86dafac547269ffcc7b320c1b6c43
MD5 hash:
6e6b2d8145f4a45ef3107a1b4c2f1194
SHA1 hash:
65341f4550507005235dbeca8dd878f75eb25313
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:HUNTING_SUSP_TLS_SECTION
Author:chaosphere
Description:Detect PE files with .tls section that can be used for anti-debugging
Reference:Practical Malware Analysis - Chapter 16
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User Authorizationadvapi32.dll::AllocateAndInitializeSid
advapi32.dll::ConvertSidToStringSidW
advapi32.dll::ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW
advapi32.dll::EqualSid
advapi32.dll::FreeSid
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIadvapi32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
advapi32.dll::GetTokenInformation
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CreateProcessW
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
advapi32.dll::OpenThreadToken
kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
kernel32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryW
kernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeW
kernel32.dll::GetVolumeInformationW
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::CreateFileW
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileW
kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::GetSystemDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationadvapi32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI Actionsuser32.dll::PeekMessageW
user32.dll::CreateWindowExW

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