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Database Entry



SalatStealer


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 46 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ca37bdbda45187639a14116aa8b6312391d69a4ba425cbe45ccf6344a8dbc7be
SHA3-384 hash: 3b31526ecef443a3b59481ddb8961d19cb64bae6ba86b857bd6a11d0d1a3a75c4caa08a77d89752c06529725d0478bef
SHA1 hash: bb555b328cff3ddb41167669fa00bee213f3fcf9
MD5 hash: b3c48f5a8763d000800eb876190d1e66
humanhash: vermont-wolfram-east-sad
File name:single.exe
Download: download sample
Signature SalatStealer
File size:12'543'488 bytes
First seen:2026-08-08 17:33:02 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1aae8bf580c846f39c71c05898e57e88 (254 x LummaStealer, 129 x SalatStealer, 23 x ACRStealer)
ssdeep 49152:TXxLFxcRUsGTfTS5L4j2mWSqm/W1sDBKBkQfImdU3c7RAb1vLvktHN63aDjjun9J:BFSRUs6j2h8/uYKAb1o6bE4qrNnEo/a
TLSH T184C65B01FA8B65F6E9035831415BB27F23315D048B28DBDBEB583F2AFC776A1183A645
TrID 40.2% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
29.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
6.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe SalatStealer upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 800f03f520cb70bfb8a9715021179d710c246b131e611e30cb348b7f9c4e4dcd
File size (compressed) :3'587'584 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :12'543'488 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Packed file: 800f03f520cb70bfb8a9715021179d710c246b131e611e30cb348b7f9c4e4dcd

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
146
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-08-08 18:25:05 UTC
Tags:
salatstealer stealer susp-powershell golang

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

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a service
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Loading a system driver
Creating a file
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm crypto golang
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
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
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped 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: Suspect Svchost Activity
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
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
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Salat Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1954430 Sample: single.exe Startdate: 08/08/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 43 sa1atik.cn 2->43 45 dns.google 2->45 47 cloudflare-dns.com 2->47 55 Found malware configuration 2->55 57 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->57 59 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->59 61 9 other signatures 2->61 9 single.exe 1 1 2->9         started        14 svchost.exe 1 2->14         started        16 svchost.exe 2->16 injected 18 8 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 49 sa1atik.cn 172.67.197.107, 443, 49786, 49793 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 9->49 51 dns.google 8.8.4.4, 443, 49784, 49791 GOOGLE-GoogleLLCUS United States 9->51 53 cloudflare-dns.com 104.16.248.249, 443, 49783, 49790 CLOUDFLARENET-CloudflareIncUS Canada 9->53 41 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe, PE32 9->41 dropped 81 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 9->81 83 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 9->83 85 Drops PE files with benign system names 9->85 20 svchost.exe 9->20         started        23 svchost.exe 15 2 14->23         started        26 consent.exe 2 16->26         started        28 svchost.exe 18->28         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 63 Antivirus detection for dropped file 20->63 65 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 20->65 67 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 20->67 69 Drops PE files with benign system names 20->69 39 C:\Program Filesbehaviorgraphoogle\...\svchost.exe, PE32 23->39 dropped 71 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 23->71 73 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 23->73 75 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->75 79 2 other signatures 23->79 30 powershell.exe 26 23->30         started        33 svchost.exe 23->33         started        77 Writes to foreign memory regions 26->77 signatures10 process11 signatures12 87 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 30->87 35 conhost.exe 30->35         started        37 WmiPrvSE.exe 30->37         started        process13
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SalatStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-08 17:36:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
salatstealer
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:salatstealer discovery stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ca37bdbda45187639a14116aa8b6312391d69a4ba425cbe45ccf6344a8dbc7be
MD5 hash:
b3c48f5a8763d000800eb876190d1e66
SHA1 hash:
bb555b328cff3ddb41167669fa00bee213f3fcf9
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:Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives
Rule name:command_and_control
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
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__ConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:Golangmalware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Malware in Golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:grakate_stealer_nov_2021
Rule name:Heuristics_ChromeABE
Author:Still
Description:attempts to match instructions related to Chrome App-bound Encryption elevation service; possibly spotted amongst infostealers
Rule name:HiveRansomware
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:Macos_Infostealer_Wallets_8e469ea0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:Multi_Generic_Threat_19854dc2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:Rooter
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter
Rule name:RooterStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Rooter Identifying Strings
Rule name:Salat
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Salat Payload
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:Suspicious_Process
Author:Security Research Team
Description:Suspicious process creation
Rule name:Sus_All_Windows_PE_Malware
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects Windows PE malware of all types, avoids non-executables like .html
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_SalatStealer_03d2a4ee
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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Web download

SalatStealer

Executable exe ca37bdbda45187639a14116aa8b6312391d69a4ba425cbe45ccf6344a8dbc7be

(this sample)

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