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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8d38ac29168994ccaaff56ef47f1ecb0d96a161504567cd9e68b75eeea30b366
SHA3-384 hash: fd91d6e3bd6ed745b86b5229c88cef294abb80e42691e51b5c0b556379eeabbaff186c172bf2cdb2acf3566439cb7969
SHA1 hash: 1687d52377dd67c0b50446c98257ca811f7218b4
MD5 hash: 954da48c67138a040c2abbe37f810df6
humanhash: winter-apart-five-wolfram
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:7'136'256 bytes
First seen:2026-10-20 17:38:51 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-20 18:51:21 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 1aae8bf580c846f39c71c05898e57e88 (740 x SalatStealer, 287 x LummaStealer, 24 x ACRStealer)
ssdeep 98304:WgWIMyZTTKhQn+b8IKVcdK+JobMdXGiukiX6hqJSFXgWboklP1ZFOUji/q6myPe:WgpTK6nbXVl+JoQqk7qJqYklPvFN8
TLSH T1EF76F001FE9748F2E40316310967A2AF67245D458F3ADBC7FA447B7EE9376E21832249
TrID 50.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
10.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
10.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
8.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
7.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:a dropped-by-gcleaner exe MIX3.file SalatStealer


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://91.92.242.236/service

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
183
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-20 17:39:28 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer susp-powershell golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
malware
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a service
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Loading a system driver
Modifying a system file
Connection attempt
Blocking the User Account Control
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-10-20T11:47:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-21T11:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
Go Loader (Factory-v3)
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable Go Loader (Factory-v3) PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Stealer Loader T1027 T1055 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-20 17:39:20 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer defense_evasion discovery stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Executes dropped EXE
Detect SalatStealer payload
Family: salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8d38ac29168994ccaaff56ef47f1ecb0d96a161504567cd9e68b75eeea30b366
MD5 hash:
954da48c67138a040c2abbe37f810df6
SHA1 hash:
1687d52377dd67c0b50446c98257ca811f7218b4
Malware family:
SalatStealer
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: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__QueryInfo
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__Thread
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
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:WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

File information


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

Web download

SalatStealer

Executable exe 8d38ac29168994ccaaff56ef47f1ecb0d96a161504567cd9e68b75eeea30b366

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Gcleaner
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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