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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6d44eb601b419e43aaadd2e92c0a40a954e877c1b6f1334abd090877d004dda3
SHA3-384 hash: 2998f33392ed66b7729b3edf71c14f677d936c28f46fcacd2adbad296c7ab33f99c69eb8b05cf90bb0b080f489727841
SHA1 hash: e35ec9ae326599a8d2dd53ffaebf997d5382928a
MD5 hash: c48ff5d56bb26fbc25742d5eef45ea12
humanhash: charlie-whiskey-don-idaho
File name:c48ff5d56bb26fbc25742d5eef45ea12.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:4'693'538 bytes
First seen:2026-09-18 05:58:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 88016fcdef7f227c62171d0afad9aae4 (26 x ValleyRAT, 20 x OffLoader, 14 x Tofsee)
ssdeep 98304:Y5OxAiPE2QlCHr8+siaARo4FqyiB5xhN8bMRjPJ:8WA2Also+2AlFz4HgM9PJ
TLSH T17E26023FB28B753EE02F5A3679B6A520583B7661A4124C169AF4C48CCF250712E3F797
TrID 61.4% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
23.8% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
3.7% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
3.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
2.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 34e0ccccccd0d2c4 (1 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe ValleyRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
168
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-18 06:04:48 UTC
Tags:
valleyrat silverfox rat winos k7rkscan-sys vuln-driver donutloader loader lua

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win64_VulnDriver_K7Computing_A_potentially_unsafe_application
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-09-14T06:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-14T09:51:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to prevent local Windows debugging
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1974620 Sample: QkC8abK6CB.exe Startdate: 18/09/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 92 52 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->52 54 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->54 56 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->56 58 2 other signatures 2->58 8 QkC8abK6CB.exe 2 2->8         started        11 svchost.exe 2->11         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        17 6 other processes 2->17 process3 dnsIp4 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\QkC8abK6CB.tmp, PE32 8->46 dropped 19 QkC8abK6CB.tmp 19 33 8->19         started        66 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 11->66 22 MpCmdRun.exe 1 11->22         started        50 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->50 file5 signatures6 process7 file8 38 C:\ProgramLog\Windows\...\TGFile.exe (copy), PE32+ 19->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\_setup64.tmp, PE32+ 19->40 dropped 42 C:\ProgramLog\Windows\...\unins000.exe (copy), PE32 19->42 dropped 44 24 other files (none is malicious) 19->44 dropped 24 TGFile.exe 3 1 19->24         started        28 TGFile.exe 1 1 19->28         started        30 WeChatAppEx.exe 19->30         started        32 conhost.exe 22->32         started        process9 dnsIp10 48 161.248.87.138, 2828, 49699, 49714 AROSS-AS-AROSSCLOUDINCUS Malaysia 24->48 60 Contains functionality to prevent local Windows debugging 24->60 62 Unusual module load detection (module proxying) 24->62 64 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 24->64 34 conhost.exe 24->34         started        36 conhost.exe 28->36         started        signatures11 process12
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Vuldriver
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-14 18:46:27 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
113
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:donutloader family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor discovery installer loader
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Checks installed software on the system
Enumerates connected drives
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Detects DonutLoader
Detects ValleyRAT payload
Family: DonutLoader
Family: ValleyRat
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
6d44eb601b419e43aaadd2e92c0a40a954e877c1b6f1334abd090877d004dda3
MD5 hash:
c48ff5d56bb26fbc25742d5eef45ea12
SHA1 hash:
e35ec9ae326599a8d2dd53ffaebf997d5382928a
SH256 hash:
05aff2fb3fe2410c54ffb66584ec7ed85ff9b46344f1b479665fbe3e7e931f6b
MD5 hash:
511e22cf14a2f5d671943d1a7c85eafe
SHA1 hash:
44461352290e89a37f4e0e5655df4eed9a957055
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
Verdict:
Malicious
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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:Windows_Trojan_Donutloader_f40e3759
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Winos_464b8a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign

File information


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