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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a6990e669667f67449c6b4daf0a90327ffd14bb03137c4895296a0a9642acbae
SHA3-384 hash: 53d09d848a89f238615ed7d7df4b1e6f4705a4d63f8dbbe1d91fce3969eb6684e3f6beac4b66503b17f0a483d1bc219f
SHA1 hash: c2a3cf776c022de721a9a92f90cb08b0fe5c5df4
MD5 hash: b999333b4c66486b595c6ddf2ca571d4
humanhash: ceiling-nineteen-north-undress
File name:b999333b4c66486b595c6ddf2ca571d4.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:359'936 bytes
First seen:2020-11-11 08:09:07 UTC
Last seen:2020-11-11 09:47:15 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 957f451a9a7944a1fbdb8d7ab72b6645 (5 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 6144:tTweV+IYpa2LgXFGR+595JtWQzJ7P9iw0c53:hdV+pa2+FGk59FB10
TLSH 7874AE11B1D1C0F1D5A6027844A5D3A0DABBB8751774CAFB2B9027AE1F763E29A3D343
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Sending an HTTP POST request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Reading critical registry keys
Sending an HTTP GET request
Setting browser functions hooks
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Deleting of the original file
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a browser process
Result
Verdict:
UNKNOWN
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:
CobaltStrike SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Benign windows process drops PE files
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation))
Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
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)
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
Renames NTDLL to bypass HIPS
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 access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 314083 Sample: 53C29QAJnd.exe Startdate: 11/11/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 56 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->56 58 Yara detected CobaltStrike 2->58 60 Yara detected SmokeLoader 2->60 62 4 other signatures 2->62 8 53C29QAJnd.exe 1 2->8         started        11 hcjisav 1 2->11         started        process3 file4 80 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 8->80 82 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 8->82 84 Renames NTDLL to bypass HIPS 8->84 86 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 8->86 14 explorer.exe 5 8->14 injected 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\554B.tmp, PE32 11->32 dropped 88 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 11->88 90 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 11->90 92 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 11->92 signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 44 smk10ddde.com 89.203.251.120, 49742, 49746, 80 CDT-ASTheCzechRepublicCZ Czech Republic 14->44 46 palaexpressmarket.shoprevoltium.tk 158.69.247.65, 443, 49744 OVHFR Canada 14->46 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hcjisav, PE32 14->34 dropped 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\3F43.exe, PE32 14->36 dropped 38 C:\Users\user\...\hcjisav:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 14->38 dropped 48 Benign windows process drops PE files 14->48 50 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 14->50 52 Deletes itself after installation 14->52 54 2 other signatures 14->54 19 3F43.exe 14->19         started        22 explorer.exe 8 14->22         started        25 explorer.exe 14->25         started        27 13 other processes 14->27 file8 signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 64 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 19->64 66 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 19->66 68 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 19->68 78 3 other signatures 19->78 29 3F43.exe 12 19->29         started        40 smk10ddde.com 22->40 70 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 22->70 72 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 22->72 74 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 22->74 76 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 22->76 signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 42 173.234.155.145, 49747, 49748, 49750 LEASEWEB-USA-NYC-11US United States 29->42
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Glupteba
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-11 08:10:06 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 29 (82.76%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader backdoor spyware trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Program crash
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Deletes itself
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Executes dropped EXE
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://smk10ddde.com/
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a6990e669667f67449c6b4daf0a90327ffd14bb03137c4895296a0a9642acbae
MD5 hash:
b999333b4c66486b595c6ddf2ca571d4
SHA1 hash:
c2a3cf776c022de721a9a92f90cb08b0fe5c5df4
SH256 hash:
640326eaa9b6d1eebecf4925208ea87f31574b530e81b25575a5ab28f23ba90d
MD5 hash:
701f9a4e569369f69ec1c8d2114f5c09
SHA1 hash:
1964037544e248c943177d19b105e3e5594ca53f
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:win_smokeloader_a2
Author:pnx

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 a6990e669667f67449c6b4daf0a90327ffd14bb03137c4895296a0a9642acbae

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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