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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ba2ffcfffaea4374718ca2fe6a93c61a0aeb5943dc3ba07c413e21bf1d71179b
SHA3-384 hash: 3bc763899852a80ca36ceeee4675e004314a63f954987f017badb7c9f85ad23506bb4ab9df047194234d95d039013c59
SHA1 hash: 7cc5c343910ec621096bcd2a938c5cab0069deae
MD5 hash: b5f37a61b0724f05ae07627c07e50704
humanhash: pluto-mars-saturn-alabama
File name:ba2ffcfffaea4374718ca2fe6a93c61a0aeb5943dc3ba07c413e21bf1d71179b.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:3'592'969 bytes
First seen:2026-10-26 01:09:48 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-26 01:21:09 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (1'268 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 67 x Vidar)
ssdeep 98304:niJ2oaNEfaVbzxGvBkBWZGVLTfh7wpEES4Og:iJiafuIO7rhWEES4p
TLSH T17FF5335BF5AB47B3F7D9A831560FC66458F09FE40A20D38AD4DBAA9F0886BD0C241375
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 Tuxxin
Tags:exe UPX
File size (compressed) :3'592'969 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :12'570'889 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Unpacked file: 20fe7019691ad980a89400f45b678672101e14399d81ef7f1911fabf40ba83a6

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-26 04:05:03 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer upx 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:
injection obfusc overt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Creating a process from a recently created file
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-10-25T15:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-27T00:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Salat Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Uses the Windows Restart Manager Abuse for Browser Credential File unlocking
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1993389 Sample: hsgWEQqqT5.exe Startdate: 27/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 33 sa1atik.cn 2->33 35 dns.google 2->35 37 cloudflare-dns.com 2->37 45 Found malware configuration 2->45 47 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->47 49 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->49 51 7 other signatures 2->51 8 winlogon.exe 30 1 2->8         started        11 hsgWEQqqT5.exe 2 4 2->11         started        15 csrss.exe 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 53 Antivirus detection for dropped file 8->53 55 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->55 57 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 8->57 63 3 other signatures 8->63 19 powershell.exe 26 8->19         started        39 dns.google 8.8.8.8, 443, 49745, 49752 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 11->39 41 cloudflare-dns.com 104.16.248.249, 443, 49744, 49751 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 11->41 43 sa1atik.cn 46.173.27.15, 443, 49747, 49754 BEGET-ASRU Russia 11->43 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\winlogon.exe, PE32 11->29 dropped 31 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\csrss.exe, PE32 11->31 dropped 59 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 11->59 61 Drops PE files with benign system names 11->61 21 csrss.exe 11->21         started        file6 signatures7 process8 process9 23 WmiPrvSE.exe 2 19->23         started        25 conhost.exe 19->25         started        27 ReAgentc.exe 2 19->27         started       
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 UPX Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-25 21:36:37 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
32 of 38 (84.21%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer defense_evasion discovery persistence stealer upx
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
UPX packed file
Adds Run key to start application
Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
Executes dropped EXE
Detect SalatStealer payload
Family: salatstealer
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ba2ffcfffaea4374718ca2fe6a93c61a0aeb5943dc3ba07c413e21bf1d71179b
MD5 hash:
b5f37a61b0724f05ae07627c07e50704
SHA1 hash:
7cc5c343910ec621096bcd2a938c5cab0069deae
Detections:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
SH256 hash:
6199c4b7c8a268cf1572610d90fe9012be0f1c0ec0c9cc761c6bea592368b9d2
MD5 hash:
6c0e4897e680d043f99a8ed5fbed2393
SHA1 hash:
28625c465606d390698326fd6e3cda96e309e1de
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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:suspicious_PEs
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:UPX
Author:kevoreilly
Description:UPX Unpacker: dump on OEP (original entry point)
Rule name:UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:upx_largefile
Author:k3nr9

File information


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Web download

SalatStealer

Executable exe ba2ffcfffaea4374718ca2fe6a93c61a0aeb5943dc3ba07c413e21bf1d71179b

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