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Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4c236256dbc5dba5926eda92e6400462301806828b2f56625cd32d1ad447358b
SHA3-384 hash: fbdee9dbd6727a33ce7586c9b56244b0458eab26b996bee1cfca9b0c1a608e1c0bdf98abab4dd0e98a34469b15aa0134
SHA1 hash: ff1d4cc5d6de200e7daf2c156f02f58eda9bc955
MD5 hash: ef0ad9f732f18fcbd7895cfac819291f
humanhash: eight-lactose-eighteen-muppet
File name:ef0ad9f732f18fcbd7895cfac819291f.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:204'288 bytes
First seen:2024-01-12 10:48:34 UTC
Last seen:2024-01-12 12:24:40 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 68a8ea22d5d11f69338a9c3926759f70 (1 x Tofsee, 1 x GCleaner, 1 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 3072:qb5//G141eFwJiyIFbmE3to5JFKfasgU0H9iKcIOUIapRMqGA:O5C41eF/6Em5eaE0diKcTUOdA
TLSH T102147D1036F6C432F7F35A764670D3A40E7BB86779719A8E1AC546BD4F256E2CA2030B
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)
dhash icon d2b1e4c4e4b9c7f9 (9 x Smoke Loader, 5 x Stealc, 2 x RedLineStealer)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
325
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
4c236256dbc5dba5926eda92e6400462301806828b2f56625cd32d1ad447358b.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-01-12 11:21:49 UTC
Tags:
loader smoke smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
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
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
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)
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)
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 domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1373632 Sample: nC7uef8J1G.exe Startdate: 12/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 23 gxutc2c.com 2->23 35 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->35 37 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->37 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 7 other signatures 2->41 7 nC7uef8J1G.exe 2->7         started        10 hhtuhrr 2->10         started        12 hhtuhrr 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 43 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->43 45 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 7->45 47 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 7->47 14 explorer.exe 38 3 7->14 injected 49 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->49 51 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->51 53 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 10->53 55 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 12->55 process6 dnsIp7 25 gxutc2c.com 123.140.161.243, 49709, 49710, 49711 LGDACOMLGDACOMCorporationKR Korea Republic of 14->25 27 185.12.79.25, 49737, 49738, 49739 BIHNETBIHNETAutonomusSystemBA Bosnia and Herzegowina 14->27 19 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hhtuhrr, PE32 14->19 dropped 21 C:\Users\user\...\hhtuhrr:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 14->21 dropped 29 Benign windows process drops PE files 14->29 31 Deletes itself after installation 14->31 33 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 14->33 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2024-01-12 10:49:03 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
5
AV detection:
14 of 37 (37.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub2 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://gxutc2c.com/tmp/index.php
http://proekt8.ru/tmp/index.php
http://mth.com.ua/tmp/index.php
http://pirateking.online/tmp/index.php
http://piratia.pw/tmp/index.php
http://go-piratia.ru/tmp/index.php
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
383d07797727802747eeefbc189944bc8438460e492752063d4b899659264e54
MD5 hash:
9bcde9dfa26981ec609bf45b3494e78a
SHA1 hash:
23d424a8dbd67eb4337500271eab6d125ce98702
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2 win_smokeloader_a2
SH256 hash:
4c236256dbc5dba5926eda92e6400462301806828b2f56625cd32d1ad447358b
MD5 hash:
ef0ad9f732f18fcbd7895cfac819291f
SHA1 hash:
ff1d4cc5d6de200e7daf2c156f02f58eda9bc955
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


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

Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe 4c236256dbc5dba5926eda92e6400462301806828b2f56625cd32d1ad447358b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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