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Database Entry

ValleyRAT

Vendor detections: 16

Intelligence 16 IOCs 1 YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0
SHA3-384 hash:	b44b83d04fff81d9b90fd220a915704412b8d6b704ab1d01cf497f9708d8ef9a3b052036804fa395e31a98191df36bee
SHA1 hash:	51ccf43ec6ff71b4f49e4100b7ad7548628e2290
MD5 hash:	36005542b5753e1136ac00711bdd3aad
humanhash:	jupiter-football-mars-seven
File name:	aw.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	ValleyRAT Create hunting rule
File size:	6'004'192 bytes
First seen:	2025-06-01 12:13:32 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9bff82607f72625cda6cf42cdcfab17a (1 x ValleyRAT)
ssdeep	98304:bbRKFWlG4+4PzskT+ydGlglZb+JZP5cUqJeySJtCheYHmCkb:4gPzvTHbZaJZuUqJe7oeSzkb
TLSH	T1AC565B444DA256A2CCACEAB928B57F3FC4FE2D4BBE4F52E10B91FD006A77C644E11506
TrID	42.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13) 22.3% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 14.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 6.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 6.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	23f0d89696d8f033 (2 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter	aachum
Tags:	107-148-239-231 exe signed ValleyRAT winos

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:	打算水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水
Issuer:	打算水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水水
Algorithm:	sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:	2025-05-27T16:00:00Z
Valid to:	2040-12-24T16:00:00Z
Serial number:	-2e9d458ddccac473b180106ced06ada8
Thumbprint Algorithm:	SHA256
Thumbprint:	4f07a8a28054ccca108709c35a58cf82f44bbc3393c5fbcd019b802b59c5e037
Source:	This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

iamaachum

https://test1111111111111111111111asdasd.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/192.253.234.88/%E6%AC%A7%E5%85%8B%E9%98%BF%E5%A4%A7%E6%92%92.rar

ValleyRAT C2:
107.148.239.231:9001

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

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

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
107.148.239.231:9001	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1538410/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

523

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

aw.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-06-01 12:14:25 UTC

Tags:

auto-startup auto-reg silverfox backdoor arch-exec

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/369943ce-7f8c-4a2e-b019-49c18b452bb8

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/6683/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Win32.MalwareX-gen.2495.24258.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=683c456e668438e362e9b94c

Tags:

flystudio autorun emotet cobalt

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Creating a process from a recently created file

Launching a process

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Searching for the window

Creating a window

Сreating synchronization primitives

Searching for synchronization primitives

Restart of the analyzed sample

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Blocking the User Account Control

Unauthorized injection to a recently created process

Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation

Blocking the Windows Defender launch

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

adaptive-context evasive keylogger microsoft_visual_cc packed packed packer_detected signed

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/683c4421171e01f95932a901/reports/745053f3-30c3-4b18-b861-972ec3b5f951/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_70%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0

Malware family:

UACMe

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/085f74b0-2718-4163-87a3-ce4d4a3710a8

Result

Threat name:

GhostRat, UACMe, ValleyRAT

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.expl.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1703314

Signature

AI detected suspicious PE digital signature

Allocates memory in foreign processes

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Contains functionality to implement multi-threaded time evasion

Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes

Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes

Disables UAC (registry)

Drops large PE files

Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)

Found malware configuration

Found suspicious ZIP file

Injects a PE file into a foreign processes

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Sample is not signed and drops a device driver

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements

Writes to foreign memory regions

Yara detected GhostRat

Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP

Yara detected UACMe UAC Bypass tool

Yara detected ValleyRAT

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0/

Threat name:

Win32.Malware.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-06-01 12:14:26 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

20 of 38 (52.63%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5kxui3vcfxwgetd7vckrveg3crwhwwjp4bik76vao4sehvd3hxqa._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

chinajmransomware

Similar samples:

error

ValleyRAT

Result

Malware family:

valleyrat_s2

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:valleyrat_s2 backdoor defense_evasion discovery evasion persistence trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250601-peg81scl9t/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

System policy modification

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Adds Run key to start application

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Enumerates connected drives

Checks computer location settings

Drops startup file

Executes dropped EXE

Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings

UAC bypass

ValleyRat

Valleyrat_s2 family

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

107.148.239.231:9001

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

n/a

YARA:

n/a

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/e3edc6e2-9b4d-4233-b1b7-ba18e7887a41

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0

MD5 hash:

36005542b5753e1136ac00711bdd3aad

SHA1 hash:

51ccf43ec6ff71b4f49e4100b7ad7548628e2290

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/7e8fbfb8-7ad4-4d7a-8a4a-0cae408f65ea/

SH256 hash:

32628f5205246ffbe5efc95c5b07aa3076ff6709eedb895f96e9762ea6204205

MD5 hash:

fb08ea75b875b0274659b6890b20e0aa

SHA1 hash:

0fcd989d22323d4d77ee2a933cad2a88ab4c514a

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/7e8fbfb8-7ad4-4d7a-8a4a-0cae408f65ea/

Malware family:

ValleyRAT

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/eaaf446ea22d/report/overview.html

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/eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat Create hunting rule

Rule name:	CMD_Shutdown Create hunting rule
Author:	adm1n_usa32

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f Create hunting rule
Author:	The DFIR Report
Description:	files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:	https://thedfirreport.com

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:	dgaagas Create hunting rule
Author:	Harshit
Description:	Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	Hacktools_CN_Panda_andrew Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Disclosed hacktool set - file andrew.exe - sethc.exe Debugger backdoor

Rule name:	ICMLuaUtil_UACMe_M41 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marius 'f0wL' Genheimer <hello@dissectingmalwa.re>
Description:	A Yara rule for UACMe Method 41 -> ICMLuaUtil Elevated COM interface
Reference:	https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defender features

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_UACBypass_CMSTPCOM Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003)

Rule name:	malware_shellcode_hash Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect shellcode api hash value

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	meth_peb_parsing Create hunting rule
Author:	Willi Ballenthin

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PE_Digital_Certificate Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits

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:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	ValleyRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	NDA0E
Description:	Detects ValleyRAT

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_Donutloader_f40e3759 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

File information

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

f9e3ab5ec2ba49cfd5d616d4c67fada817aef3d6fdd8a8daebdfff2c93aea6eb

ValleyRAT

exe eaaf446ea22dec624c7fa8951a90db146c7b592fe050affaa0772443d47b3de0

(this sample)

Link

https://tria.ge/250601-n99fbagm8w/behavioral1

Dropped by

SHA256 f9e3ab5ec2ba49cfd5d616d4c67fada817aef3d6fdd8a8daebdfff2c93aea6eb

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/6683/

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

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_NX	Missing Non-Executable Memory Protection	critical
CHECK_PIE	Missing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protection	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
COM_BASE_API	Can Download & Execute components	ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
MULTIMEDIA_API	Can Play Multimedia	WINMM.dll::midiOutPrepareHeader WINMM.dll::midiOutReset WINMM.dll::midiOutUnprepareHeader WINMM.dll::midiStreamClose WINMM.dll::midiStreamOpen WINMM.dll::midiStreamOut
SHELL_API	Manipulates System Shell	SHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteA
WIN32_PROCESS_API	Can Create Process and Threads	KERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessA KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	KERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA KERNEL32.dll::GetVolumeInformationA KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_API	Can Execute other programs	KERNEL32.dll::WinExec KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
WIN_BASE_IO_API	Can Create Files	KERNEL32.dll::CopyFileA KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryA KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA KERNEL32.dll::DeleteFileA KERNEL32.dll::MoveFileA KERNEL32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA
WIN_REG_API	Can Manipulate Windows Registry	ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExA ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyA ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyA ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueA ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExA
WIN_USER_API	Performs GUI Actions	USER32.dll::AppendMenuA USER32.dll::CreateMenu USER32.dll::EmptyClipboard USER32.dll::OpenClipboard USER32.dll::PeekMessageA USER32.dll::CreateWindowExA

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