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Database Entry

SalatStealer

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 56 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4
SHA3-384 hash:	e4772ca76d5d5f251b69f455bbe2792237738a9f01b7fa92b9aebfdb2580cecbc943d3a8e8a7f7563b1853339769f724
SHA1 hash:	61e19cd16d2acd8c33ec1fdb4597be99a73cf2af
MD5 hash:	d94447fd5b63b56f66f33a659f858d8d
humanhash:	delaware-oven-alanine-freddie
File name:	winwsdriver.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	SalatStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	3'594'752 bytes
First seen:	2026-05-31 08:19:26 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (557 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 47 x Vidar)
ssdeep	98304:gB+KsQfOFCuTgc5N1UPIUF/SkbtySj14scUEXoO/UCWRjTUwsqBY:I+BQfQh0cxUPIUVSkZp4syXoV
Threatray	1 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T15FF533848F53F8F1CEEB37BD9C55D6BFE0C1249A962D74142E9F0C9E4312E81A06A1E5
TrID	52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Alex_sev
Tags:	exe infostealer Psw salat SalatStealer UPX

UPX packed

This file is packed with UPX. We have therefore unpacked the file. Below is furhter information about the unpacked (de-compressed) file.

File size (compressed) :	3'594'752 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :	12'573'696 bytes
Format:	win32/pe
Unpacked file:	96a9bb4f5110e49dd8165b977114de448e356ff2897e43f1d639fd42d960497a

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

190

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

PEPacker

Details

PEPacker

a UPX version number and an unpacked binary

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/4a7d2af8-7718-4645-8c31-b3d10a3358ca/

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

winwsdriver.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-05-31 08:18:49 UTC

Tags:

salatstealer stealer ms-smartcard susp-powershell upx golang

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/905f635c-bcef-48f2-a95e-ba9b85eace26

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

Salat

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/68592/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.PWS.Salat.390.21426.2877.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

96.5%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6a1beee75a2e3b5e58e47783

Tags:

stealer overt virus

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

DNS request

Sending a UDP request

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a file

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Creating a process from a recently created file

Sending a custom TCP request

Searching for synchronization primitives

Launching a service

Launching a process

Creating a process with a hidden window

Loading a system driver

Modifying a system file

Connection attempt

Blocking the User Account Control

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm crypto packed packed upx

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a1bef1312da0d249c5f366f/reports/ad9ed3b5-4c29-452c-b4c4-363aa05a0d1a/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Trojan.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-05-30T05:52:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-06-02T02:50:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Detections:

Trojan-PSW.Win64.Salat.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Coins.sb HEUR:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Convagent.gen Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.sb

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/a5bfde95-22b4-4bea-b9b0-71356bce675c

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4/

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-05-31 08:18:52 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

29 of 38 (76.32%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=uorp4ue4wj4mqqqcy73aepnrk2jkdzib5i64nrdkdvcxrdfm2h2a._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

salatstealer

Similar samples:

error

SalatStealer

Result

Malware family:

salatstealer

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:salatstealer discovery stealer upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260531-j74ptscz5v/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

UPX packed file

Detect SalatStealer payload

Family: salatstealer

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4

MD5 hash:

d94447fd5b63b56f66f33a659f858d8d

SHA1 hash:

61e19cd16d2acd8c33ec1fdb4597be99a73cf2af

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c65f6e3c-3dc7-411a-b300-641e9a3f3cad/

SH256 hash:

2d790f57a3ac3ca075726fa23e8acbb52c5a594697548472182122c6efd14d08

MD5 hash:

7bf4cb96b53697b201e161d871a27f10

SHA1 hash:

a5cfbc683ab696b6014db7e27d0ced2e3316c7e5

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c65f6e3c-3dc7-411a-b300-641e9a3f3cad/

Malware family:

SalatStealer

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/a3a2fe509cb2/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Suspicious File

Score:

0.34

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4

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:	Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives Create hunting rule

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

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

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	grakate_stealer_nov_2021 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Heuristics_ChromeABE Create hunting rule
Author:	Still
Description:	attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers

Rule name:	Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	Rooter Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter

Rule name:	RooterStrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Seth Hardy
Description:	Rooter Identifying Strings

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	SHA512_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	suspicious_PEs Create hunting rule
Author:	txc
Description:	This rule detected suspicious PE files, based on high entropy and low amount of imported DLLs. This behaviour indicates packed files or files, that hide their true intention.

Rule name:	Suspicious_Process Create hunting rule
Author:	Security Research Team
Description:	Suspicious process creation

Rule name:	Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	vmdetect Create hunting rule
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.

SalatStealer

exe a3a2fe509cb278c84202c7f6023db15692a1e501ea3dc6c46a1d45788cacd1f4

(this sample)

SalatStealer

exe 96a9bb4f5110e49dd8165b977114de448e356ff2897e43f1d639fd42d960497a

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/68592/

Dropping

SHA256 96a9bb4f5110e49dd8165b977114de448e356ff2897e43f1d639fd42d960497a

Dropping

MD5 a6f909b80f8f1c06c804f08b74b7cdb7

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