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Database Entry


BlankGrabber


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0
SHA3-384 hash: 3aa4f1301292e3b2dba8e85bd402f8e464ee570678de478bddb5434a3bc3349f591fcc3aca463b17e5f7c6edae26eb7a
SHA1 hash: 5666ad9c15b92a3a979b5bd3cdd2cbc63d4d3b3b
MD5 hash: 5697f1924485be13f2f013d0ef4aefdd
humanhash: artist-cardinal-island-texas
File name:VapeV4.exe
Download: download sample
Signature BlankGrabber
Create hunting rule
File size:11'476'564 bytes
First seen:2025-08-14 15:02:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash dcaf48c1f10b0efa0a4472200f3850ed (38 x BlankGrabber, 15 x PythonStealer, 15 x SalatStealer)
ssdeep 196608:lro9H7g4ecj9fZwQRCgT0E7KEpPx1Jmisoy1PZAM9qxcx2IyrjDndky9:lrkH7xw8ZtJFsoy1PZ/w2W1ky9
TLSH T15DC6330467E608FAE9F3497E8993A8659777F9910F95C2CF01B0072D1D57AE21A3B332
TrID 48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter burger
Tags:BlankGrabber exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
45
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
VapeV4.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-14 15:02:33 UTC
Tags:
blankgrabber uac evasion stealer auto-startup screenshot discord pyinstaller generic ims-api upx susp-powershell
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/aa0cc71e-1984-46f6-9b0c-c75903c8e0c6

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
BlankStealer
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/21426/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=689dfacd48c64d68735c663a
Tags:
shell virus sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Launching a process
Loading a suspicious library
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Searching for synchronization primitives
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Sending a custom TCP request
Reading critical registry keys
Launching the process to change network settings
Stealing user critical data
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand invalid-signature lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated overlay signed threat
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/689dfad6397fd3ce6fa96bc7/reports/7a7f9012-f478-4d1f-8b89-d016935ee0a0/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win64/Packed.PyInstaller
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/cee1b0d0-2e44-4a75-87a1-75a32bdf2c5d
Result
Threat name:
Blank Grabber
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.adwa.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1757161
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
AI detected suspicious PE digital signature
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Modifies existing user documents (likely ransomware behavior)
Modifies the hosts file
Modifies Windows Defender protection settings
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Removes signatures from Windows Defender
Sigma detected: Capture Wi-Fi password
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Powershell Defender Disable Scan Feature
Sigma detected: Rar Usage with Password and Compression Level
Sigma detected: Suspicious Encoded PowerShell Command Line
Sigma detected: Suspicious PowerShell Encoded Command Patterns
Sigma detected: Suspicious Startup Folder Persistence
Suspicious powershell command line found
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal WLAN passwords
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data
Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings
Writes or reads registry keys via WMI
Yara detected Blank Grabber
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1757161 Sample: VapeV4.exe Startdate: 14/08/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 67 discord.com/api/webhooks/1405532325441310720/l4mvlpmznuvn0yimfoze1ryt9iw5bckdqe8hobkrgnxl5i9y3r6fukt4zk4shfzsixix unknown unknown 2->67 69 ip-api.com 2->69 71 2 other IPs or domains 2->71 85 Found malware configuration 2->85 87 Sigma detected: Capture Wi-Fi password 2->87 89 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->89 91 13 other signatures 2->91 11 VapeV4.exe 81 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 file5 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\...\rar.exe, PE32+ 11->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\rarreg.key, ASCII 11->57 dropped 59 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unicodedata.pyd, PE32+ 11->59 dropped 61 62 other files (none is malicious) 11->61 dropped 109 Modifies Windows Defender protection settings 11->109 111 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 11->111 113 Tries to harvest and steal WLAN passwords 11->113 115 Removes signatures from Windows Defender 11->115 15 VapeV4.exe 1 87 11->15         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 73 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49695, 49698, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 15->73 75 discord.com 162.159.136.232, 443, 49699 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 15->75 77 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 15->77 79 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 15->79 81 Modifies Windows Defender protection settings 15->81 83 6 other signatures 15->83 19 cmd.exe 1 15->19         started        22 cmd.exe 1 15->22         started        24 cmd.exe 15->24         started        26 35 other processes 15->26 signatures9 process10 signatures11 93 Suspicious powershell command line found 19->93 95 Uses cmd line tools excessively to alter registry or file data 19->95 97 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 19->97 107 2 other signatures 19->107 28 powershell.exe 19->28         started        31 conhost.exe 19->31         started        99 Modifies Windows Defender protection settings 22->99 101 Removes signatures from Windows Defender 22->101 33 powershell.exe 23 22->33         started        43 2 other processes 22->43 103 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 24->103 35 powershell.exe 24->35         started        37 conhost.exe 24->37         started        105 Tries to harvest and steal WLAN passwords 26->105 39 getmac.exe 26->39         started        41 systeminfo.exe 26->41         started        45 68 other processes 26->45 process12 file13 117 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 33->117 119 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 39->119 121 Writes or reads registry keys via WMI 39->121 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\zPXNm.zip, RAR 45->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\eddw3mre.cmdline, Unicode 45->65 dropped 48 csc.exe 45->48         started        signatures14 process15 file16 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\eddw3mre.dll, PE32 48->53 dropped 51 cvtres.exe 48->51         started        process17
Score:
95%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/5697f1924485be13f2f013d0ef4aefdd
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.BLANKGRABBER
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Egairtigado
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-14 15:02:33 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
945
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=2igpfemfp3ukiwt4le7q2kksczb7eoze5dckut7lxan2sekmuhaa._file
Result
Malware family:
blankgrabber
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:blankgrabber discovery execution upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250814-sfar4sxtfv/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates processes with tasklist
UPX packed file
Looks up external IP address via web service
Loads dropped DLL
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
External_IP_Lookup
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/bf6d4f52-f720-464c-8ecd-dcf518a9cd1d
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0
MD5 hash:
5697f1924485be13f2f013d0ef4aefdd
SHA1 hash:
5666ad9c15b92a3a979b5bd3cdd2cbc63d4d3b3b
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/4f139bee-bb53-4485-b7c9-aabef66eb69e/
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/d20cf291857ee8a45a7c593f0d29521643f23b24e8c4aa4febb81ba9114ca1c0

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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Create hunting rule
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:CAS_Malware_Hunting
Create hunting rule
Author:Michael Reinprecht
Description:DEMO CAS YARA Rules for sample2.exe
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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:dependsonpythonailib
Create hunting rule
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Create hunting rule
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_PyInstaller
Create hunting rule
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects PyInstaller compiled executables across platforms
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Create hunting rule
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:ldpreload
Create hunting rule
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Create hunting rule
Author:albertzsigovits
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: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: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:upxHook
Create hunting rule
Author:@r3dbU7z
Description:Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer
Reference:https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/
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:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/21426/

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 (FORCE_INTEGRITY)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::ConvertSidToStringSidW
ADVAPI32.dll::ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::GetTokenInformation
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessW
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDriveTypeW
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineW
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetConsoleCtrlHandler
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleOutputCP
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::DeleteFileW
KERNEL32.dll::FindFirstFileW
KERNEL32.dll::RemoveDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::SetDllDirectoryW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::PeekMessageW
USER32.dll::CreateWindowExW

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