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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs 1 YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d1417974744e1ee88613b9786786d489dc7edcbe226e
SHA3-384 hash: 2e8143c1a037377aab5b96defb11e8ad3fa5d7213cfa2935e33dc87287fe714d8e576c3267909e37575a40f02a48a07c
SHA1 hash: 28ac22afbe594ad332169405e00a730bd4d7f0a4
MD5 hash: 4635ddf03cdd98f8c3ff17ee2c70c715
humanhash: cold-gee-fifteen-speaker
File name:ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d1417974744e1ee88613b9786.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:393'216 bytes
First seen:2025-10-29 19:15:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 6a4b56e31fc7c284aca5c9487a4a5d51 (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep 6144:mlLXRsHezWf0MtFBR+AECRVJbsKplVJcSFHyQ0McAO+2HADxM0RpcMyPQ:maHezW7Fb+y/brXVJcUPb0gDxDcMyI
Threatray 4 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T15884AE1637E0C972D16785314DF8573462F6FF912D36CA0B2394BA2E9D716C29A22F32
TrID 37.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
20.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
12.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 71b119dcce576333 (3'570 x Heodo, 203 x TrickBot, 19 x Gh0stRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe RAT ValleyRAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
ValleyRAT C2:
111.92.240.180:5539

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
111.92.240.180:5539 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1629032/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
126
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d1417974744e1ee88613b9786786d489dc7edcbe226e.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-10-29 18:44:57 UTC
Tags:
xor-url generic

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Delayed reading of the file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a service
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun for a service
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context iceid keylogger microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated xor-pe
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-10-29T11:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-29T16:21:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Zenpak.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Zenpak.gen
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Drops password protected ZIP file
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1804412 Sample: ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d141797... Startdate: 29/10/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 49 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->49 51 Found malware configuration 2->51 53 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->53 55 6 other signatures 2->55 7 ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d1417974744e1ee88613b9786.exe 23 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 1 1 2->14         started        16 5 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 45 38.47.97.210, 1978, 49712 COGENT-174US United States 7->45 35 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\zVlUUGjYX.exe, PE32 7->35 dropped 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\zlib.dll, PE32 7->37 dropped 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\mzlib.dll, PE32 7->39 dropped 41 3 other files (none is malicious) 7->41 dropped 63 Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent) 7->63 18 zVlUUGjYX.exe 9 188 7->18         started        65 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->65 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 12->23         started        47 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 14->47 file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 43 111.92.240.180, 49723, 5539 CST-AS-APCAMBODIANSINGMENGTELEMEDIACOLTDKH Cambodia 18->43 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\zlib.dll (copy), PE32 18->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\cnima.xml, COM 18->29 dropped 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\XatWjEFCX.exe, PE32 18->31 dropped 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\DuiLib-1.dll, PE32 18->33 dropped 57 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 18->57 59 Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call 18->59 61 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 18->61 25 conhost.exe 23->25         started        file9 signatures10 process11
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Malware.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-29 18:44:58 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ba2e65408cd18b4e9d68d1417974744e1ee88613b9786786d489dc7edcbe226e
MD5 hash:
4635ddf03cdd98f8c3ff17ee2c70c715
SHA1 hash:
28ac22afbe594ad332169405e00a730bd4d7f0a4
SH256 hash:
8dece2f8182711fd3f1e14ec3f05fda4b0e9bb4a94836dc07d636ab58ce92d31
MD5 hash:
97a507d6ac5744d77a4d968c4110894b
SHA1 hash:
ff1e990d4407e803a7c364791d9e59e358cd41d3
Malware family:
ValleyRAT
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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GenericGh0st
Author:Still
Rule name:Gh0stKCP
Author:Netresec
Description:Detects HP-Socket ARQ and KCP implementations, which are used in Gh0stKCP. Forked from @stvemillertime's KCP catchall rule.
Reference:https://netresec.com/?b=259a5af
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_MSDOS_Stub_Message
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed MSDOS stub message
Reference:https://yara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/writingrules.html#xor-strings
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Winos_464b8a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_valley_rat_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.valley_rat.

File information


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