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Database Entry

SalatStealer

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 62 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1
SHA3-384 hash:	de66a3345bf8a7151ed32cd43622e30ea939dfca0e7c74dfac5be06ef7cedf3da074f196fd3cf2dd6a713a89e4944a5b
SHA1 hash:	5c9653c8915831ff1b4868e0dcbea0c0e431ad76
MD5 hash:	78b6e15065dba4e35b56b32ee15b932b
humanhash:	mango-minnesota-eighteen-quiet
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	SalatStealer Create hunting rule
File size:	4'048'384 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-16 00:22:56 UTC
Last seen:	2026-10-17 02:13:05 UTC
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash	1c71063094fd0a496838ee494281fbf7 (1 x SalatStealer)
ssdeep	98304:JZt8q8z6L6IOJmGX8fnkJRKfe4frahk/JEZZdJffniGbJ4:Tt8qbzGmGXhKfFEk/JEfdpiKm
TLSH	T1CA162389F247D0F5ED1309F0014BF7BF6631F521C8129CB7EAD44C66E8B5AA28E5A721
TrID	29.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13) 25.6% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 15.6% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 6.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 6.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	Bitsight
Tags:	b BB5.file dropped-by-gcleaner exe SalatStealer

Bitsight

url: http://91.92.242.236/service

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

219

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

No threats detected

Analysis date:

2026-10-16 00:27:33 UTC

Tags:

upx

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/791b29ba-c1e8-49ec-9a44-e130b7f444b2

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/92203/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Heur.Mint.Zard.39.11614274.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

97.4%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6ad1b3a66f551121ba168006

Tags:

obfuscated dropper emotet virus

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating synchronization primitives

Creating a file

Creating a process from a recently created file

Creating a window

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Searching for synchronization primitives

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)

DNS request

Launching a service

Launching a process

Sending a UDP request

Loading a system driver

Sending a custom TCP request

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Creating a process with a hidden window

Launching many processes

Enabling autorun for a service

Enabling autorun

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

adaptive-context anti-debug anti-vm bitsadmin certutil cscript dllhost fingerprint forfiles lolbin mshta msiexec packed reconnaissance regsvr32 rundll32 runonce schtasks wscript

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ad16e76e24e0be6f3bfc3e9/reports/ebb0b52a-4b74-41a7-bb0e-83c11421402f/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Mint.Zard.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-10-15T22:45:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-17T20:16:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/c10e0b77-f2f3-4f08-99ac-50ea8c2b7c0d

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/78b6e15065dba4e35b56b32ee15b932b

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1/

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.MintZard

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-16 00:23:29 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

11 of 36 (30.56%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vmgg2rsa3zm4s66n7g5ljjwlu5jdw7kojc7vnrzj5s5j4dc523iq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

SalatStealer

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/ba54899b-bce9-4af4-a2aa-9371ede6753e

Result

Malware family:

salatstealer

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:salatstealer credential_access discovery persistence privilege_escalation spyware stealer upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261016-apk1bsfa33/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

UPX packed file

Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting

Creates a file in the Startup directory

Executes dropped EXE

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

Adds policy Run key to start application

Detect SalatStealer payload

Family: salatstealer

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1

MD5 hash:

78b6e15065dba4e35b56b32ee15b932b

SHA1 hash:

5c9653c8915831ff1b4868e0dcbea0c0e431ad76

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/b110567f-17db-44b3-b6f8-eaea953357b5/

SH256 hash:

4e560c6da81e9553714560a2bd5df5f34b9ff317a23ac2b7e5e959a5ca482efd

MD5 hash:

374dc9f123d8c0fad89b1f8a7cc06ac4

SHA1 hash:

e4d86c45f5b69aa5e33dc61eafc0ef5f9be28da7

Detections:

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/b110567f-17db-44b3-b6f8-eaea953357b5/

Malware family:

SalatStealer

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ab0c6d4640de/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/ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1

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:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat 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:	meth_stackstrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Willi Ballenthin

Rule name:	Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

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:	Salat Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Salat Payload

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_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:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

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:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
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:	UPX Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)

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

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_SalatStealer_03d2a4ee Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Win_Clipboard_Clipper_Thengavar Create hunting rule
Author:	Thengavar
Description:	Detects malware manipulating the Windows clipboard for clipping or crypto stealing attacks

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Fantom_ForgeAuto_98e6f354_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Fantom (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_PythonStealer_ForgeAuto_b24cb5bd Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects PythonStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_1762e598_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2e3a5916_Extrait Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_30f84f37 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_37b4704b Create hunting rule
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

exe ab0c6d4640de59c97bcdf9bab4a6cba7523b7d4e48bf56c729ecba9e0c5dd6d1

(this sample)

Dropped by

Gcleaner

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/92203/

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