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DeerStealer


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7b6a20d4e79537be320147d55123f2f40389e6445fdb9d2bd798596630e5f5f8
SHA3-384 hash: baf7ce30c5a636c76c59dceba2a5ca757257236e77ac32708151af9e369e7c29d5e875ed2f7419d0442d3a830bd50eb7
SHA1 hash: 1fcec9c677c58ae5aedbf5d4ad964fd4154ed385
MD5 hash: 3d56343ab6d0cc0acfe3df4983975e9a
humanhash: california-stream-bravo-oscar
File name:q0wS9VU.msi
Download: download sample
Signature DeerStealer
File size:10'932'224 bytes
First seen:2025-07-31 13:02:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:PYVDS/azRgvfXdJfnQSlccdvI3RPah3otjh65IxjMlaETIAofXRtjqG:PYuGgndtnQSTQPM34XjuyH
TLSH T14DB6338EDAC09D5DE00BE6721C82C14DFA593F38F72ACA9585F536D49A333A4A34365C
TrID 88.4% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
11.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:DeerStealer msi

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
20
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
installer wix
Result
Threat name:
HijackLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to harvest and steal Bitcoin Wallet information
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected HijackLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1747847 Sample: q0wS9VU.msi Startdate: 31/07/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 67 paludal-glint.pro 2->67 69 beacons.gcp.gvt2.com 2->69 71 beacons-handoff.gcp.gvt2.com 2->71 95 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->95 97 Found malware configuration 2->97 99 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->99 101 2 other signatures 2->101 11 msiexec.exe 86 46 2->11         started        14 Peer-Beac92.exe 5 2->14         started        17 msiexec.exe 3 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 file5 51 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Peer-Beac92.exe, PE32+ 11->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\vcruntime140_1.dll, PE32+ 11->53 dropped 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\libdsl.dll, PE32+ 11->55 dropped 59 7 other files (none is malicious) 11->59 dropped 19 Peer-Beac92.exe 13 11->19         started        57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\99F79A6.tmp, PE32+ 14->57 dropped 115 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 14->115 117 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 14->117 23 SignaSimulator.exe 14->23         started        25 XPFix.exe 14->25         started        signatures6 process7 file8 43 C:\ProgramData\...\Peer-Beac92.exe, PE32+ 19->43 dropped 45 C:\ProgramData\...\vcruntime140_1.dll, PE32+ 19->45 dropped 47 C:\ProgramData\Archiveexplore\libdsl.dll, PE32+ 19->47 dropped 49 7 other files (none is malicious) 19->49 dropped 103 Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR) 19->103 105 Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications 19->105 27 Peer-Beac92.exe 7 19->27         started        signatures9 process10 file11 61 C:\Users\user\SignaSimulator.exe, PE32+ 27->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\XPFix.exe, PE32 27->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\8A11176.tmp, PE32+ 27->65 dropped 107 Drops PE files to the user root directory 27->107 109 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 27->109 111 Found hidden mapped module (file has been removed from disk) 27->111 113 3 other signatures 27->113 31 SignaSimulator.exe 27->31         started        35 XPFix.exe 27->35         started        signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 83 paludal-glint.pro 104.21.48.1, 443, 49721, 49734 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 31->83 85 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 31->85 87 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->87 89 Writes to foreign memory regions 31->89 93 4 other signatures 31->93 37 chrome.exe 2 31->37         started        91 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 35->91 signatures15 process16 dnsIp17 73 192.168.2.4, 138, 443, 49606 unknown unknown 37->73 75 192.168.2.6 unknown unknown 37->75 40 chrome.exe 37->40         started        process18 dnsIp19 77 www.google.com 142.250.80.68, 443, 49729, 49730 GOOGLEUS United States 40->77 79 beacons.gcp.gvt2.com 40->79 81 beacons-handoff.gcp.gvt2.com 40->81
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
hijackloader
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:deerstealer family:donutloader family:hijackloader discovery loader persistence privilege_escalation ransomware spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Browser Information Discovery
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Drops file in Windows directory
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates connected drives
DeerStealer
Deerstealer family
Detects DeerStealer
Detects DonutLoader
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
DonutLoader
Donutloader family
HijackLoader
Hijackloader family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Malware family:
DeerStealer
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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

DeerStealer

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 7b6a20d4e79537be320147d55123f2f40389e6445fdb9d2bd798596630e5f5f8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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