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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 49 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 53ba47c9dbe3667d6e10f3645ceec4e9b5f5691dc4839078c8ddbf43671a0e2c
SHA3-384 hash: 76824afc80fa1c7a658b7a43fc3b91d5422d23d51e58d4d74be066ecee552b586f24451cc7d71527269ccf6c1a1ecc54
SHA1 hash: 3b32f872e55776c6cb77291990e4052c36bf91e6
MD5 hash: 1a7e7e9821854b5bf1615c29fd9994e1
humanhash: fillet-lamp-nine-queen
File name:ChrromSoex.exe
Download: download sample
File size:17'266'168 bytes
First seen:2025-12-19 09:49:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 50da9c66b00fd68bbfb8d54a47418acd
ssdeep 393216:SXq2I0+/Iz2sowu+ZJcfW1dsOyzHJzqemJ5fyE1Swg23hXwjfKNOFgH4W03Bfm24:J2v6sS+Z2MvJ4E1SZ+0Jm2E/
TLSH T14107CF02F5E450B4E5A73231A53D573ECA71BD625B3686CF56802CD82FB63E1283A367
TrID 66.6% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
16.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
3.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
3.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
dhash icon fadadac2a2b8c4e4 (11 x Nitol, 4 x Gh0stRAT, 3 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter Ling
Tags:exe Malgent Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR


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This sample has been analyzed by Microsoft researchers and determined to be malware. (Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
90
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ChrromSoex.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-12-19 09:50:23 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
shellcode dropper zegost shell
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a window
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching the process to interact with network services
Launching a process
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug expand expired-cert fingerprint installer installer installer-heuristic keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated overlay overlay overlay packed packed packed xor-pe zero
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2025-12-18T05:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-20T03:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Win64.Agent.sb Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn.dcsi
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
9 match(es)
Tags:
Executable Html Javascript in Html PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SFX 7z Win 64 Exe x64
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Sysn
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-19 01:59:41 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
173
AV detection:
13 of 38 (34.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation spyware stealer trojan upx
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Runs net.exe
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Browser Information Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Enumerates processes with tasklist
UPX packed file
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Checks computer location settings
Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
UAC bypass
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Win.Trojan.Zegost-7495607-0
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
53ba47c9dbe3667d6e10f3645ceec4e9b5f5691dc4839078c8ddbf43671a0e2c
MD5 hash:
1a7e7e9821854b5bf1615c29fd9994e1
SHA1 hash:
3b32f872e55776c6cb77291990e4052c36bf91e6
SH256 hash:
810e9879fdb18d0a5d68cd455b7187c62eb44fe585346a34f17b8802ad065482
MD5 hash:
66359e7e445803478383f3d2d35e9c6b
SHA1 hash:
39fadda30aa9ccca73314db31fc8aaceef126393
SH256 hash:
d78570c6bcfc3d360811cf469dd6b31dcc103acd0e7d41d27f70b7a710e0da36
MD5 hash:
5f30798337466af00d63f397ddce693e
SHA1 hash:
e44491762eb14a87552981d7657beaa1972059a2
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:BlackGuard_Rule
Author:Jiho Kim
Description:Yara rule for BlackGuarad Stealer v1.0 - v3.0
Reference:https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/67843d45ba538eca29c63c3259d697f7e2ba84a3da941295b9207cdb01c85b71/detection
Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:Capability_Embedded_Lua
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects embedded Lua engines by looking for multiple Lua API symbols or env-var hooks
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:command_and_control
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
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__GlobalFlags
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
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:dgaaga
Author:Harshit
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell or registry activity
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ClearMyTracksByProcess
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables calling ClearMyTracksByProcess
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_References_SecTools
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many IR and analysis tools
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Mimikatz_Generic
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match all variants of Mimikatz
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:reverse_http
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:Identify strings with http reversed (ptth)
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Suspicious_PssCaptureSnapshot_Usage
Author:Dana Behling - Just me not for personal curiosity, no company.
Description:Detects binaries abusing PssCaptureSnapshot in combination with typical combination that indicates malicious activity.
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_MSDOS_Stub_Message
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed MSDOS stub message
Reference:https://yara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writingrules.html#xor-strings
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
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:TeslaCryptPackedMalware
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:UPXProtectorv10x2
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Executable exe 53ba47c9dbe3667d6e10f3645ceec4e9b5f5691dc4839078c8ddbf43671a0e2c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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