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Database Entry



ValleyRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 22 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e306f2ec7aa41e7c60802c8156990b3d9c6949451ae72409646e4a7c15b6ebff
SHA3-384 hash: af24d96fb060faa55fb7a0dbdf21fed6710db50978a50e116dc78133bbfae97be041bbe5733cafa869c5ecd35d2e9191
SHA1 hash: f6c34f4c436490d2b6c7e1960efa12c7987a3011
MD5 hash: 2b4f1d7fd29abda3886bdbff2e6570f2
humanhash: five-purple-cold-minnesota
File name:xtzjhyonz.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ValleyRAT
File size:1'999'795 bytes
First seen:2026-06-03 16:04:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 40ab50289f7ef5fae60801f88d4541fc (69 x ValleyRAT, 53 x Gh0stRAT, 42 x OffLoader)
ssdeep 49152:g+MRvHxVSIMTgNVWIuBS0DChcyTytGhbk:grZoNT0BuQfPuGhQ
Threatray 32 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T15495D0A3B6CBE03EF05D0B3745B2A25854FBA661A523BD17D6E484ACCF250601E3E747
TrID 61.4% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
23.8% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
3.7% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
3.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
2.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon cb8d5d5555555507 (2 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter smica83
Tags:exe ValleyRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
149
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_e306f2ec7aa41e7c60802c8156990b3d9c6949451ae72409646e4a7c15b6ebff.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-06-03 16:06:59 UTC
Tags:
auto-sch auto-reg silverfox backdoor valleyrat rat winos qrcode

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
shellcode autorun dropper sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Moving a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Changing a file
Launching a service
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug embarcadero_delphi evasive fingerprint inno installer installer installer-heuristic packed reconnaissance
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-06-02T16:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-02T16:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
ValleyRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Delayed program exit found
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential Privilege Escalation using Task Scheduler highest RunLevel
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected ValleyRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1922405 Sample: xtzjhyonz.exe Startdate: 03/06/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 60 us2.roaming1.live.com.akadns.net 2->60 62 roaming.svc.cloud.microsoft 2->62 64 9 other IPs or domains 2->64 76 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->76 78 Found malware configuration 2->78 80 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->80 82 4 other signatures 2->82 10 xtzjhyonz.exe 2 2->10         started        13 LockAppHost.exe 2 2->13         started        15 LockAppHost.exe 2->15         started        17 LockAppHost.exe 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 file5 58 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\xtzjhyonz.tmp, PE32 10->58 dropped 19 xtzjhyonz.tmp 27 17 10->19         started        22 schtasks.exe 13->22         started        24 WerFault.exe 13->24         started        26 schtasks.exe 15->26         started        28 schtasks.exe 17->28         started        process6 file7 50 C:\Users\user\...\LockAppHost.exe (copy), PE32 19->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\unins000.exe (copy), PE32 19->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\is-PS6I0.tmp, PE32 19->54 dropped 56 4 other files (none is malicious) 19->56 dropped 30 LockAppHost.exe 6 19->30         started        34 WINWORD.EXE 19->34         started        36 WINWORD.EXE 19->36         started        44 4 other processes 19->44 38 conhost.exe 22->38         started        40 conhost.exe 26->40         started        42 conhost.exe 28->42         started        process8 dnsIp9 66 47.83.123.66, 49681, 49684, 49685 ALIBABA-CN-NETAlibabaUSTechnologyCoLtdCN Hong Kong SAR China 30->66 68 8.217.144.219, 49682, 49683, 49686 ALIBABA-CN-NETAlibabaUSTechnologyCoLtdCN Hong Kong SAR China 30->68 84 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 30->84 86 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 30->86 88 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 30->88 90 6 other signatures 30->90 46 schtasks.exe 1 30->46         started        70 prod-wus-resolver.naturallanguageeditorservice.osi.office.net.akadns.net 72.154.7.38, 443, 49754, 49755 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 34->70 72 mr-b01.tm-azurefd.net 150.171.109.149, 443, 49700, 49705 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS South Africa 36->72 74 52.110.19.160, 443, 49697 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK-MicrosoftCorporationUS United States 36->74 signatures10 process11 process12 48 conhost.exe 46->48         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
valleyrat_s2
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor discovery execution installer persistence
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Enumerates connected drives
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Family: ValleyRat
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
8.217.144.219:5678
8.217.144.219:5677
127.0.0.1:80
47.83.123.66:80
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e306f2ec7aa41e7c60802c8156990b3d9c6949451ae72409646e4a7c15b6ebff
MD5 hash:
2b4f1d7fd29abda3886bdbff2e6570f2
SHA1 hash:
f6c34f4c436490d2b6c7e1960efa12c7987a3011
SH256 hash:
1d3df2ef4cc926c26ebf2d2bea519b21de36550bba5d24bcce59f3ca62668d34
MD5 hash:
cb07f9685a39976d64876d39bdcc7ee1
SHA1 hash:
f27ed44bd7ebc6198bd850dae3093d79a28ad694
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:GenericGh0st
Author:Still
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ClearMyTracksByProcess
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables calling ClearMyTracksByProcess
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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
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:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_4b0b73ce
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WinosStager
Author:YungBinary
Description:https://www.esentire.com/blog/winos4-0-online-module-staging-component-used-in-cleversoar-campaign

File information


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