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Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559
SHA3-384 hash: d5b856bc3dce7bd7ab2666c28b9a27e582c04d3f417549b800d13205ca0181addac68568b2adcf0cb56cfc8441a513da
SHA1 hash: 1997bf688ac9258427dd2c984604e09d3c385084
MD5 hash: 8fa0966e74bc8ecf5ab5017da86e781b
humanhash: mirror-iowa-king-mockingbird
File name:8fa0966e74bc8ecf5ab5017da86e781b.exe
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Signature Smoke Loader
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File size:262'144 bytes
First seen:2024-01-05 16:31:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash a4fcb1530363be4fdd5a930098ecf5c0 (3 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 3072:M2MYLZvuY6zDBCYBxPf4b07bsX2Eo4eJBT7VP:M29LZ6n3j40IX+1n
Threatray 2'983 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1EA441A4392E13D48E9668B738F2FC6F8760FF6504F4937AA2218DA9F14B11B2C167752
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 0105090b50001200 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
310
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
smoke
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ID:
1
File name:
8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-01-05 17:11:38 UTC
Tags:
loader smoke smokeloader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/320bdbac-9d65-4f00-8d99-021417472ae9

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/469662/
Detection(s):
Win.Packer.pkr_ce1a-9980177-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed smokeloader
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/65982f0c6b1c2460461c9cc4/reports/409d1e77-b5d5-4df6-aaea-aa3f2f9d57c1/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Win/malicious_confidence_100%
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559
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.
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/76899235-70d7-4526-a5d4-b8d5353e8460
Result
Threat name:
LummaC, SmokeLoader
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1370496
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
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)
Downloads files with wrong headers with respect to MIME Content-Type
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
LummaC encrypted strings found
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
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs)
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected LummaC Stealer
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1370496 Sample: 3kguO45VOs.exe Startdate: 05/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 37 gxutc2c.com 2->37 39 carstirgapcheatdeposwte.pw 2->39 41 a0897335.xsph.ru 2->41 57 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->57 59 Found malware configuration 2->59 61 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->61 63 9 other signatures 2->63 9 3kguO45VOs.exe 2->9         started        12 cjjvfts 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 81 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 9->81 83 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 9->83 85 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 9->85 87 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 9->87 14 explorer.exe 4 5 9->14 injected 89 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->89 91 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->91 93 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 12->93 process6 dnsIp7 45 gxutc2c.com 109.175.29.39, 49717, 49718, 49719 BIHNETBIHNETAutonomusSystemBA Bosnia and Herzegowina 14->45 47 a0897335.xsph.ru 141.8.195.33, 49737, 80 SPRINTHOSTRU Russian Federation 14->47 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\cjjvfts, PE32 14->31 dropped 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\F377.exe, PE32+ 14->33 dropped 35 C:\Users\user\...\cjjvfts:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 14->35 dropped 49 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 14->49 51 Benign windows process drops PE files 14->51 53 Deletes itself after installation 14->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 14->55 19 F377.exe 2 14->19         started        file8 signatures9 process10 file11 27 C:\Users\user\uNTGtMHFowbbylR.pdf, PE32 19->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\LilnRwrVidHqanu.pdf, PE32 19->29 dropped 65 Drops PE files to the user root directory 19->65 67 Writes to foreign memory regions 19->67 69 Allocates memory in foreign processes 19->69 71 3 other signatures 19->71 23 Au3Check.exe 19->23         started        signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 43 carstirgapcheatdeposwte.pw 104.21.95.9, 443, 49739, 49740 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 23->43 73 Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs) 23->73 75 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 23->75 77 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->77 79 Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets 23->79 signatures15
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559
Detection:
smokeloader
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559/
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SmokeLoader
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-01-05 03:12:00 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 23 (86.96%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ribavkycq62zkavck3dve4txabepvm34kys73aisrs5wthk5ivmq._file
Verdict:
malicious
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Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub2 backdoor trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/240105-t1yv4sfbgj/
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
Downloads MZ/PE file
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
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win_smokeloader_a2
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e8d76a4c-189b-4cb3-8e7e-1c9a84467379/
Parent samples :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 hash:
8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559
MD5 hash:
8fa0966e74bc8ecf5ab5017da86e781b
SHA1 hash:
1997bf688ac9258427dd2c984604e09d3c385084
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/e8d76a4c-189b-4cb3-8e7e-1c9a84467379/
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/8a020aab0287/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/8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559

YARA Signatures

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

File information

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Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe 8a020aab0287b59502a256c75272770048fab37c5625fd81128cbb699d5d4559

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/2743114/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/469662/

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