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Database Entry


Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c
SHA3-384 hash: 4b3250170c20562e89624d4fe164918ce98466d872c43654501d87754ba9fb442911aae21a0aebc7436bdccbf0c0a5f3
SHA1 hash: c67ec0ceb29f4ddb5c7cc6b97e6a2b5bacfd7633
MD5 hash: c8cf12d0a1a80926c60071a2a22f8268
humanhash: green-sad-sad-aspen
File name:c8cf12d0a1a80926c60071a2a22f8268.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
Create hunting rule
File size:454'144 bytes
First seen:2024-10-08 07:19:02 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash cf2df69e8bb6acbf3b231da2c6f4bda2 (4 x Stealc, 1 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 6144:aTOLX6UHRWxXKNneVtVD/Gn9me6gd4w3sGz7A8gVy6BbO42T8:7r6UHoxaNneVtV5Ez8s4NO4O
TLSH T18EA4B00256F9AEA0F5F246328D2DF6E8A56DFC51EE58E757325CEB1F1B701A0C222311
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 0008081100480000 (1 x Stealc, 1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
309
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
c8cf12d0a1a80926c60071a2a22f8268.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-10-08 07:30:14 UTC
Tags:
loader smokeloader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/ef52dc38-3d84-4281-acfe-98572043ef95

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
Win.Packer.pkr_ce1a-9980177-0
Create hunting rule

Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6704dce8dcb599bb05a4f535
Tags:
Phishing Hype Onli
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
epmicrosoft_visual_cc fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6704dce84f53598f1492ecc0/reports/eb1f5c9f-be3f-42f7-80c2-ea1026ab5308/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Malware
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c
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.
Malware family:
Malicious Packer
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/5249d612-6a41-4fbd-b113-0f203b8bb45a
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1528688
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
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 domain / URL
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)
Sigma detected: Rare Remote Thread Creation By Uncommon Source Image
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:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1528688 Sample: Lk9rbSoFqa.exe Startdate: 08/10/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 53 nwgrus.ru 2->53 55 ninjahallnews.com 2->55 57 2 other IPs or domains 2->57 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->71 73 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->73 75 Found malware configuration 2->75 77 8 other signatures 2->77 10 Lk9rbSoFqa.exe 2->10         started        13 ugbuecs 2->13         started        15 sfbuecs 2->15         started        17 msiexec.exe 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 119 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 10->119 121 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->121 123 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 10->123 125 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 10->125 19 explorer.exe 58 9 10->19 injected 127 Antivirus detection for dropped file 13->127 129 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->129 131 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->131 133 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 15->133 135 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 15->135 137 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 15->137 process6 dnsIp7 59 23.145.40.164, 443, 49760 SURFAIRWIRELESS-IN-01US Reserved 19->59 61 ninjahallnews.com 23.145.40.168, 443, 49868, 49894 SURFAIRWIRELESS-IN-01US Reserved 19->61 63 nwgrus.ru 63.143.98.185, 49736, 49737, 49738 DIG001JM Jamaica 19->63 45 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\ugbuecs, PE32 19->45 dropped 47 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\sfbuecs, PE32 19->47 dropped 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp7A7.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 E7A7.exe 2 19->24         started        27 B2FF.exe 19->27         started        29 explorer.exe 18 19->29         started        31 5 other processes 19->31 file8 signatures9 process10 signatures11 93 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 24->93 95 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 24->95 97 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 24->97 115 2 other signatures 24->115 33 cmd.exe 1 24->33         started        99 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 27->99 101 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 27->101 103 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 27->103 117 3 other signatures 27->117 105 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 29->105 107 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 29->107 109 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 29->109 111 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 29->111 113 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->113 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 1 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
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c
Detection:
smokeloader
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c/
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-10-08 07:20:06 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
68
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vqke5hyvilnlehkiwcxh762semf66vmdyvdlnoksrtc6rwdvfz6a._file
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub2 backdoor discovery trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/241008-h5h5nsvekm/
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/1911e746-4ba9-4369-9f70-0c9df409b973
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a9918c23a31211ab32fdd163e49fc5313007d652e0896f6b923711378b459509
MD5 hash:
422b7b725003f71a15519c67313e3eef
SHA1 hash:
808f558da78522edaf9cee4a83365049adee2f08
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2
Create hunting rule
win_smokeloader_a2
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/067a7ef6-6bca-4a6b-a6a9-eaabe06a8457/
Parent samples :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 hash:
ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c
MD5 hash:
c8cf12d0a1a80926c60071a2a22f8268
SHA1 hash:
c67ec0ceb29f4ddb5c7cc6b97e6a2b5bacfd7633
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/067a7ef6-6bca-4a6b-a6a9-eaabe06a8457/
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/ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Detect_Malicious_VBScript_Base64
Create hunting rule
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects malicious VBScript patterns, including Base64 decoding, file operations, and PowerShell.

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 ac144e9f1542dab21d48b0ae7ffb52230bef5583c546b6b9528cc5e8d8752e7c

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3174502/
  
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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessA
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDiskFreeSpaceExA
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleInputW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleAliasExesA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
KERNEL32.dll::GetTempPathA
KERNEL32.dll::SetVolumeMountPointW
KERNEL32.dll::SetVolumeMountPointA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameW
KERNEL32.dll::QueryDosDeviceA
WIN_HTTP_APIUses HTTP servicesWINHTTP.dll::WinHttpCheckPlatform
WINHTTP.dll::WinHttpOpen

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