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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 521f14c5c2d45f03ca468a5ea3cb1532c0b25ecaa6a8561a8100bdd99f64f9be
SHA3-384 hash: d10189253426ec4fd19c415e7f1fbf9df3a622a8a0226d4745bbab1aee7792b671d52d97f582e39de43e7745e1fb7ddf
SHA1 hash: 42d88f726387a21d4df233e8e787a14e13a269a1
MD5 hash: 6940eaedae5546033fe54901228b09fc
humanhash: summer-blossom-one-happy
File name:6940eaedae5546033fe54901228b09fc.bin
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:257'536 bytes
First seen:2024-01-12 15:20:57 UTC
Last seen:2024-01-12 17:20:00 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1219152ca9012f009c52738038ecb485 (1 x Smoke Loader, 1 x CMSBrute, 1 x Stealc)
ssdeep 3072:53fR5NBJZmrGhCYMvXJieIiQ1KEeqbqUuR8MYAsHT80VRA0:53fR5NBq9bHMLYUHc0
TLSH T17D447D1135E1C032F2B369B988B0C7F41E7BF8672A359A8F6AD416B95F256D19B30307
TrID 46.6% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
25.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
8.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
5.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.0% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon d2b1e4c4ecf9c7f9 (16 x Smoke Loader, 3 x Stealc, 3 x GCleaner)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:bin exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
335
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
521f14c5c2d45f03ca468a5ea3cb1532c0b25ecaa6a8561a8100bdd99f64f9be.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-01-12 15:23:23 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
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
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 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 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:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1373843 Sample: 4XTYArToTY.exe Startdate: 12/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 21 gxutc2c.com 2->21 27 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->27 29 Found malware configuration 2->29 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 5 other signatures 2->33 7 4XTYArToTY.exe 2->7         started        10 ddbfstg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->35 37 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 7->37 39 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 7->39 41 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 7->41 12 explorer.exe 6 3 7->12 injected 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->43 45 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->45 47 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->47 process6 dnsIp7 23 gxutc2c.com 109.175.29.39, 49722, 49723, 49724 BIHNETBIHNETAutonomusSystemBA Bosnia and Herzegowina 12->23 25 95.107.163.44, 49813, 49814, 49816 ASC-AL-ASAL Albania 12->25 17 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\ddbfstg, PE32 12->17 dropped 19 C:\Users\user\...\ddbfstg:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->19 dropped 49 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 12->49 51 Benign windows process drops PE files 12->51 53 Deletes itself after installation 12->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->55 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2024-01-12 14:46:37 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
11
AV detection:
11 of 37 (29.73%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub1 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
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:
521f14c5c2d45f03ca468a5ea3cb1532c0b25ecaa6a8561a8100bdd99f64f9be
MD5 hash:
6940eaedae5546033fe54901228b09fc
SHA1 hash:
42d88f726387a21d4df233e8e787a14e13a269a1
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
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 521f14c5c2d45f03ca468a5ea3cb1532c0b25ecaa6a8561a8100bdd99f64f9be

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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