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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 645ee0535f2ada91b101c0029f2fb71de2a27c10a5446e84d3547968ea36eafe
SHA3-384 hash: 5d6a3412d61932392c6d114b0c5688dbbab72c74cf61912d1beeb443fb29584b898db032056064b2eb5b53b5268e8eac
SHA1 hash: 75e6bd440e37240fee4bf7ae01109093490ac5a7
MD5 hash: 211dd0cc3da148c5bc61389693fd284f
humanhash: quiet-item-coffee-hot
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:758'801 bytes
First seen:2024-11-20 10:18:10 UTC
Last seen:2024-11-22 04:00:37 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash be41bf7b8cc010b614bd36bbca606973 (195 x LummaStealer, 126 x DanaBot, 63 x Vidar)
ssdeep 12288:0CUIDSqmWYzAoweej5i03v54L/sYZf2J8weqNjpnB5CLMjHgGXyPGSifD:0amqmWYde1/4LiJleEd/IMjHxplr
TLSH T1F3F423459FC8D627D6F346B138F8060A6FB1740124E4E46F970848EE3972A40AAF93B7
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
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) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 78f8d9838a294da9 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:exe Smoke Loader


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://150.241.91.218/GuidanceConnectors.exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
419
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
file.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-11-20 10:17:53 UTC
Tags:
amadey botnet stealer themida loader stealc lumma autoit autoit-loader smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
autoit emotet nsis
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
installer microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed packed packer_detected
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
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)
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Found API chain indicative of sandbox detection
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
Sigma detected: Search for Antivirus process
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
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)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1559273 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 20/11/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 64 tVbpvlpuypYopkFjWdOBJOajLc.tVbpvlpuypYopkFjWdOBJOajLc 2->64 66 quantumqube.org 2->66 68 innovixus.org 2->68 72 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->72 74 Found malware configuration 2->74 76 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->76 78 5 other signatures 2->78 11 file.exe 16 2->11         started        13 chhfaci 5 10 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 process5 15 cmd.exe 3 11->15         started        file6 58 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Imposed.com, PE32 15->58 dropped 70 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 15->70 19 Imposed.com 15->19         started        22 cmd.exe 2 15->22         started        24 conhost.exe 15->24         started        26 7 other processes 15->26 signatures7 process8 signatures9 80 Found API chain indicative of debugger detection 19->80 82 Found API chain indicative of sandbox detection 19->82 84 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 19->84 86 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 19->86 28 Imposed.com 19->28         started        31 Imposed.com 19->31         started        process10 signatures11 104 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 28->104 106 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 28->106 108 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 28->108 110 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 28->110 33 explorer.exe 9 7 28->33 injected process12 dnsIp13 60 innovixus.org 150.241.91.218, 49718, 49719, 49799 TECNALIAES Spain 33->60 62 quantumqube.org 85.192.60.190, 443, 49712, 49713 LINEGROUP-ASRU Russian Federation 33->62 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\chhfaci, PE32 33->48 dropped 88 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 33->88 90 Benign windows process drops PE files 33->90 92 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 33->92 94 2 other signatures 33->94 38 explorer.exe 20 33->38         started        41 explorer.exe 33->41         started        44 explorer.exe 33->44         started        46 4 other processes 33->46 file14 signatures15 process16 file17 96 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 38->96 98 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 38->98 100 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 38->100 50 C:\...\Windows.ApplicationModel.Wallet.dll, PE32 41->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\WalletProxy.dll, PE32 41->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\...\WalletBackgroundServiceProxy.dll, PE32 41->54 dropped 56 11 other files (none is malicious) 41->56 dropped 102 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 41->102 signatures18
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader backdoor discovery trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Enumerates processes with tasklist
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
SmokeLoader
Smokeloader family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:PE_Potentially_Signed_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

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 645ee0535f2ada91b101c0029f2fb71de2a27c10a5446e84d3547968ea36eafe

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Amadey
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
SHELL_APIManipulates System ShellSHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteW
SHELL32.dll::SHFileOperationW
SHELL32.dll::SHGetFileInfoW
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessW
KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDiskFreeSpaceW
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineW
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::DeleteFileW
KERNEL32.dll::MoveFileW
KERNEL32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::AppendMenuW
USER32.dll::EmptyClipboard
USER32.dll::FindWindowExW
USER32.dll::OpenClipboard
USER32.dll::PeekMessageW
USER32.dll::CreateWindowExW

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