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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8a04951a8c70c63987bd25e462a98e589e36a2c8f5ce2816f9e5a0906687f031
SHA3-384 hash: 5384c09c75e411383d63a56bfbc3f0690e1c26dc1f8f39a9d4fabe5345209c90f60d53ad15bdef48e6a98e8e022afa32
SHA1 hash: 8215ee2aed65897764ce557e4472092c6fb76636
MD5 hash: bf87a376305099cac2ea13ff482ba319
humanhash: alanine-undress-sink-aspen
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:456'704 bytes
First seen:2024-09-21 20:47:29 UTC
Last seen:2024-09-21 21:42:19 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash de80f36f2a6fc0a853a31d1d9771ee6a (3 x Stealc, 1 x Smoke Loader, 1 x GCleaner)
ssdeep 6144:coZe1DyEeam8WeaxWQnNpfpFkBSGKh9PXKyo9lDGLDlq5FXCnFk:cowByEeam8KxWUv0Srh9qQLRMSC
Threatray 2'568 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T14BA4AF6382B1BD54F9624F728E1ED6E9365FF5308E1977A61218EA2F24703F1D163B20
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) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 08090a1454092000 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:exe Smoke Loader


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://147.45.44.104/yuop/66ef3064a18c2_setup3.exe#lyla

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
463
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-09-21 20:49:49 UTC
Tags:
loader smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
70%
Tags:
Network Stealth
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
epmicrosoft_visual_cc fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc packed
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
Malicious Packer
Verdict:
Malicious
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)
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
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
Modifies the windows firewall
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_StartupCommand, often done to detect sandboxes)
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 detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
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)
Uses ipconfig to lookup or modify the Windows network settings
Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1515178 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 21/09/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 53 nwgrus.ru 2->53 55 calvinandhalls.com 2->55 57 bg.microsoft.map.fastly.net 2->57 71 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->71 73 Found malware configuration 2->73 75 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->75 77 5 other signatures 2->77 10 file.exe 2->10         started        13 icfcfbr 2->13         started        15 tafcfbr 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 signatures5 119 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 10->119 121 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 10->121 123 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 10->123 19 explorer.exe 66 9 10->19 injected 125 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->125 127 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->127 129 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 13->129 131 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 15->131 133 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 15->133 process6 dnsIp7 59 187.204.94.209, 49773, 80 UninetSAdeCVMX Mexico 19->59 61 calvinandhalls.com 23.145.40.162, 443, 49753, 49754 SURFAIRWIRELESS-IN-01US Reserved 19->61 63 3 other IPs or domains 19->63 45 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\tafcfbr, PE32 19->45 dropped 47 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\icfcfbr, PE32 19->47 dropped 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\5DE.exe, PE32 19->49 dropped 51 2 other malicious files 19->51 dropped 85 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 19->85 87 Benign windows process drops PE files 19->87 89 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 19->89 91 3 other signatures 19->91 24 2D91.exe 2 19->24         started        27 5DE.exe 19->27         started        29 explorer.exe 20 19->29         started        31 5 other processes 19->31 file8 signatures9 process10 signatures11 93 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 24->93 95 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 24->95 97 Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines) 24->97 99 Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_StartupCommand, often done to detect sandboxes) 24->99 33 cmd.exe 1 24->33         started        101 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 27->101 103 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 27->103 105 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 27->105 117 5 other signatures 27->117 107 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 29->107 109 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 29->109 111 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 29->111 113 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 29->113 115 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->115 process12 signatures13 65 Uses netsh to modify the Windows network and firewall settings 33->65 67 Uses ipconfig to lookup or modify the Windows network settings 33->67 69 Modifies the windows firewall 33->69 36 WMIC.exe 33->36         started        39 systeminfo.exe 33->39         started        41 conhost.exe 33->41         started        43 17 other processes 33->43 process14 signatures15 79 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 36->79 81 Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines) 36->81 83 Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_StartupCommand, often done to detect sandboxes) 36->83
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Privateloader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-09-21 20:48:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
95
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub3 backdoor discovery trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
fbc27669946a1374e80eabdbffe6cc9c68766ffc7bf187bbba24ada65405372f
MD5 hash:
d11c9c67d584d187cdc6004f872f7b48
SHA1 hash:
4e5fd00a3d3ca2ab3f685a88c7d04dd925a43dbe
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2 win_smokeloader_a2
SH256 hash:
8a04951a8c70c63987bd25e462a98e589e36a2c8f5ce2816f9e5a0906687f031
MD5 hash:
bf87a376305099cac2ea13ff482ba319
SHA1 hash:
8215ee2aed65897764ce557e4472092c6fb76636
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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 8a04951a8c70c63987bd25e462a98e589e36a2c8f5ce2816f9e5a0906687f031

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Privateloader
  
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
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::FindNextVolumeMountPointW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExA
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::PeekConsoleInputW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleDisplayMode
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleAliasExesLengthA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleAliasExesA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkA
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileMappingA
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
KERNEL32.dll::SetVolumeMountPointW
WIN_HTTP_APIUses HTTP servicesWINHTTP.dll::WinHttpConnect

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