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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 16328212055d6aa79c45b6624607f74b732b159db4c6cdf7d8e6835ebdc6e392
SHA3-384 hash: 56e930e4df1f4071ac1fad1943880b17d8a26ad8edeed2e5a994a637d6e055c4ae8c6e9475636ad8845f0859dfa29ef6
SHA1 hash: 6171c7dd4f67a67fff0ca151c7e9a06104e00def
MD5 hash: 8ccd875893cd23b67d7c61ea735f5c52
humanhash: carolina-virginia-neptune-utah
File name:sweetnessgoodforgreatnessthingswithgood.tIF
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:224'763 bytes
First seen:2025-01-09 06:43:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 3072:A8gVmI3b0mgfmWu+ke9VOv5iG5sVhQ30Wk+70wgA1A:A8gVxe9VOvM
Threatray 82 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19C2402311C8A82326E1E58095820F110DA8DE47368BFD4D177BEDFE95B122D588AFF67
Magika vba
Reporter lontze7
Tags:Smoke Loader SmokeLoader vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
131
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
obfuscate xtreme shell
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Benign windows process drops PE files
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation))
Checks if browser processes are running
Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential malicious VBS script found (suspicious strings)
Sigma detected: Base64 Encoded PowerShell Command Detected
Sigma detected: PowerShell Base64 Encoded FromBase64String Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Powershell download and load assembly
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1586466 Sample: sweetnessgoodforgreatnessth... Startdate: 09/01/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 47 prolinice.ga 2->47 49 res.cloudinary.com 2->49 67 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->67 69 Found malware configuration 2->69 71 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->71 73 11 other signatures 2->73 11 wscript.exe 2 2->11         started        14 uahuajd 2 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 83 VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions 11->83 85 Suspicious powershell command line found 11->85 87 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 11->87 89 2 other signatures 11->89 16 powershell.exe 14 16 11->16         started        20 conhost.exe 14->20         started        process6 dnsIp7 45 192.3.27.144, 49763, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 16->45 63 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->63 65 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->65 22 aspnet_compiler.exe 16->22         started        25 conhost.exe 16->25         started        signatures8 process9 signatures10 75 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 22->75 77 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 22->77 79 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 22->79 81 2 other signatures 22->81 27 explorer.exe 25 3 22->27 injected process11 dnsIp12 51 prolinice.ga 46.173.214.14, 49913, 49942, 49987 GARANT-PARK-INTERNETRU Russian Federation 27->51 43 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\uahuajd, PE32 27->43 dropped 91 Benign windows process drops PE files 27->91 93 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 27->93 95 Writes to foreign memory regions 27->95 97 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 27->97 32 explorer.exe 20 27->32         started        35 explorer.exe 27->35         started        37 explorer.exe 27->37         started        39 6 other processes 27->39 file13 signatures14 process15 signatures16 53 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 32->53 55 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 32->55 57 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 32->57 61 3 other signatures 32->61 59 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 35->59 41 WerFault.exe 21 39->41         started        process17
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Casdet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-01-08 04:52:11 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader backdoor execution trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Checks computer location settings
Blocklisted process makes network request
SmokeLoader
Smokeloader family
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://res.cloudinary.com/dnkr4s5yg/image/upload/v1735420882/givvuo2katk3jnggipgn.jpg%20
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:detect_tiny_vbs
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects tiny VBS delivery technique
Rule name:html_auto_download_b64
Author:Tdawg
Description:html auto download
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu

File information


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Web download

Smoke Loader

Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs 16328212055d6aa79c45b6624607f74b732b159db4c6cdf7d8e6835ebdc6e392

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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