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Database Entry


Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 189a05734fb38da7a177987c5def7b80959df4525a15ab59f6c61c653b67464b
SHA3-384 hash: d8af1f9e98bb49617521c1a50c486c4f92179184231405f4051e7900414534b9e44b46b5b2b489b82b55cfc651ceded4
SHA1 hash: 9878f5160144a31891f56909714eb02f69e83891
MD5 hash: c4d3e12d4ac6276e030b895d56e4b432
humanhash: carpet-lithium-beer-blue
File name:09956499.exe
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Signature Smoke Loader
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File size:299'008 bytes
First seen:2023-05-27 13:33:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d683fcb523ac92743f5db043ced73806 (2 x Smoke Loader, 2 x Stealc, 1 x Stop)
ssdeep 6144:W7+Wjmp5apRYwTCLLiWGrntvzqaLpb1JBalu:+LjmnapRYwTILiLdqaVb1vwu
Threatray 6'084 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1E3543B0396E2FC50ED668A729E2FC6EC7A1DF5508E1937692218ABDF05713B2C173712
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 0888880404908800 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter Neiki
Tags:Smoke Loader

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
120
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
smoke
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ID:
1
File name:
09956499.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-05-27 13:35:17 UTC
Tags:
loader smoke trojan
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/89290b78-ab54-499c-89e8-ba1498b3c566

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
SmokeLoader
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/392544/
Detection(s):
Win.Packer.pkr_ce1a-9980177-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Sending an HTTP POST request
Creating a file
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://dragonfly.certego.net/analysis/88225/overview
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
CPUID_Instruction
MeasuringTime
SystemUptime
EvasionGetTickCount
EvasionQueryPerformanceCounter
CheckCmdLine
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
greyware packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/647206cbe0117135bdd26fc6/reports/8c83e983-26d0-46b7-b127-5344cda576df/overview
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/189a05734fb38da7a177987c5def7b80959df4525a15ab59f6c61c653b67464b
Result
Verdict:
UNKNOWN
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/fad907a2-2b40-4ca1-bb6f-01d0a1f9f9e4
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1243812
Signature
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 the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 876822 Sample: 09956499.exe Startdate: 27/05/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 30 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->30 32 Found malware configuration 2->32 34 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->34 36 6 other signatures 2->36 7 09956499.exe 2->7         started        10 htuscdd 2->10         started        process3 signatures4 46 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->46 48 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 7->48 50 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->50 12 09956499.exe 7->12         started        52 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->52 54 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->54 15 htuscdd 10->15         started        process5 signatures6 56 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 12->56 58 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 12->58 60 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 12->60 17 explorer.exe 2 3 12->17 injected 62 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 15->62 process7 dnsIp8 26 host-file-host6.com 194.50.153.68, 49694, 80 GAZ-IS-ASRU United Kingdom 17->26 28 host-host-file8.com 17->28 22 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\htuscdd, PE32 17->22 dropped 24 C:\Users\user\...\htuscdd:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 17->24 dropped 38 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 17->38 40 Benign windows process drops PE files 17->40 42 Deletes itself after installation 17->42 44 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 17->44 file9 signatures10
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/189a05734fb38da7a177987c5def7b80959df4525a15ab59f6c61c653b67464b/
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Smokeloader
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Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2023-05-27 13:34:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
56
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=dcnak42pwog2pilxtb6f3333qckz35cslik2wwpwyyogko3hizfq._file
Verdict:
malicious
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Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub1 backdoor trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/230527-qt7ynacd71/
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://host-file-host6.com/
http://host-host-file8.com/
Gathering data
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/189a05734fb3/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/189a05734fb38da7a177987c5def7b80959df4525a15ab59f6c61c653b67464b

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:pdb_YARAify
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Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB

File information

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Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe 189a05734fb38da7a177987c5def7b80959df4525a15ab59f6c61c653b67464b

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/2642462/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/392544/

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