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Database Entry


Sality


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058
SHA3-384 hash: 7dc18b0a6dc97ecae89a5a5d04b7a547fbb75194f91b73edc32f8fb1174ff994f7b4187b92a9c4511df993cf47ea31f1
SHA1 hash: 6f4ff30172694525205b758af52bf4b64fccde66
MD5 hash: 2239efedcd0afa81d8369fdd1c04ca84
humanhash: king-freddie-friend-alanine
File name:mstsc (2).exe
Download: download sample
Signature Sality
Create hunting rule
File size:463'872 bytes
First seen:2025-05-02 20:39:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash c9563dea574f58f47d86577e5a7f024c (1 x Sality)
ssdeep 12288:q2LzVTp0r2iLuqmO5MpODEmrwTnx6Tv0w1:vXm8mrwTx6TvF
TLSH T137A44C27F1618EFBE5921030568B663009A96C7DAFB2CDC716503AAED6357C05E3C78B
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 88acbe9cd4f5a4e0 (1 x njrat, 1 x Sality)
Reporter sswex
Tags:exe Sality

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
501
Origin country :
CA CA
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
New folder.rar
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-05-02 20:33:51 UTC
Tags:
arch-exec
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/f4b50ade-c13a-4142-a3ab-7b8558ab4c5e

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
Win.Virus.Virut-5898123-1
Create hunting rule

Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=681531ee4355f44aee689e2a
Tags:
autorun sality emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Changing an executable file
Modifying an executable file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Blocking the Windows Security Center notifications
Blocking the User Account Control
Firewall traversal
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Creating a file in the mass storage device
Enabling a "Do not show hidden files" option
Enabling autorun with system ini files
Unauthorized injection to a browser process
Infecting executable files
Enabling threat expansion on mass storage devices
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context fingerprint lolbin microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed remote sality virus virut
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68152da90b64e174c41545dd/reports/2b3ecd3a-41f3-43b1-8637-00ca7b266e3f/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058
Malware family:
Sality
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/d0bf8e74-28dc-47b7-8b15-74b5dff59526
Result
Threat name:
Sality
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1680283
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Creates autorun.inf (USB autostart)
Deletes keys which are related to windows safe boot (disables safe mode boot)
Disables UAC (registry)
Disables user account control notifications
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May modify the system service descriptor table (often done to hook functions)
Modifies the windows firewall
Modifies the windows firewall notifications settings
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file has a writeable .text section
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Sality
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
96%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058/
Threat name:
Win32.Virus.Sality
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-07-02 23:18:51 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
100
AV detection:
34 of 36 (94.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vluktbjibeya2xxe6wuagh2c6zqn747ee6xpbaozv2v3fxfiibma._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
sality
Create hunting rule
Similar samples:
error
Sality
Result
Malware family:
sality
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:sality backdoor defense_evasion discovery trojan upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250502-zfxp7sxjz3/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System policy modification
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
UPX packed file
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Enumerates connected drives
Windows security modification
Modifies firewall policy service
Sality
Sality family
UAC bypass
Windows security bypass
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://89.119.67.154/testo5/
http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif
http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif
http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif
http://www.klkjwre9fqwieluoi.info/
http://kukutrustnet777888.info/
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Win.Virus.Virut-5898123-1
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/56595cd8-a6e4-4617-92c6-13878be07cb8
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058
MD5 hash:
2239efedcd0afa81d8369fdd1c04ca84
SHA1 hash:
6f4ff30172694525205b758af52bf4b64fccde66
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e868031e-45c7-41c5-81a8-6f575201b29e/
SH256 hash:
d34b4e7472d1df3603be48d10c4a267281bc3d39ea64c424de408f0876a3035a
MD5 hash:
31de33a273cf87952e94d3534335a9b1
SHA1 hash:
4df636d4de33d549a3a6e27ca75e8eb60e77c77a
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e868031e-45c7-41c5-81a8-6f575201b29e/
SH256 hash:
2e4e816f5839e007149a8987d871776a64b5eeea9a3df7f71b0db12b9ed8d517
MD5 hash:
57cde8ddd4261277272a6151855f8966
SHA1 hash:
9afc39cfad97a3ce12949b65c05f438025fdbac2
Detections:
win_sality_auto
Create hunting rule
win_sality_g0
Create hunting rule
sality
Create hunting rule
Sality_Malware_Oct16
Create hunting rule
INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SimplePolyEngine
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e868031e-45c7-41c5-81a8-6f575201b29e/
Parent samples :
bdb1b6c2151038f1023b551d26ef4eab2d5321066d3352d5357b8bee301b67b0
d69e20f3df6a35c1e51faef8fca17243fbee2c86d085aaeca466041af0d52c95
4ee41060b8f1c5679b10bebb8378f353ea62eb38ab27f041e3727dd8cb06b19d
f3dda8f48606c448d22a7b407f61757605acc028d3deddd0ad8c1e2742efcf86
39a77ef363317beea8cad0c8dfe80791ee12647f61396cbfa0128b73113bab8d
1a01e198f114dda369db7002b3ab6689c015405ed3837b458eb914eb48b0be45
537b10cf8e13513c59002c768458b911fb39b95a9d5d7cf28455577b26f86af3
eb88869b7f1bc3f33bb3cd56d6cf4d81fbb0beb590cb9678cc1acf3206f3056f
11df6b403ee5a2e308eff2382fe7ec896a087d14bbee47ed8a02c0a4d940bccf
40f6ef54f565857eedc2823d556b6e48f446526b2f8e490f473d79c5b8534849
50d803405e13a8749bbbc53185cc4e3d104ab2dd1d85e3c4c375a95697908ba1
48029d524b58b030cbe0e7dfed75a17aab0f68a316b26bf3f99f59a3f94cb248
db7d41592820a1b25476bdc4abcde914f4be174429866e26af9aed84a71f10e3
a4ef531f35ec95d7ea3310eb9a2ded322d2cdbf57eabe96aa491b8202a420c24
69735cd8499cfbf56dab45602c168d9ce3bec18f106935f17b311c0b17e5ec37
497fa678528f8dc7dfaebe76f73061581f621d5eb2ed06e0c8b937a9131e9191
aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058
30a9291c7713404a55cc3025689f8305aaf31fb9492a5612841b80f1d2aa45ad
SH256 hash:
5ecae7ff8207d2ba6d6230e49bb17054117e566c1977d91e65f63c49a9dddc13
MD5 hash:
8f6c7d6e9e2c98fc73226b4438890990
SHA1 hash:
46239ce4a616ae81d2559bbc247cebdbf0796694
Detections:
Sality_Malware_Oct16
Create hunting rule
INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SimplePolyEngine
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e868031e-45c7-41c5-81a8-6f575201b29e/
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/aae8a9852809/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/aae8a9852809300d5ee4f5a8031f42f660dff3e427aef081d9aeabb2dca84058

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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SimplePolyEngine
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with Sality Polymorphic Code Generator or Simple Poly Engine or Sality
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:UPX290LZMAMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Create hunting rule
Author:k3nr9

File information

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BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
KERNEL32.dll::GetDiskFreeSpaceA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameA
ADVAPI32.dll::GetUserNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::GetUserNameA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExA
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::CreateMenu
USER32.dll::CreateWindowExA
USER32.dll::CreateWindowExW

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