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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: be5ce235a69b87bbd080436bb83c7a502a53a0f18b2e1e158f6ae027a98abe8c
SHA3-384 hash: 6a035060cb08e2b4b20184c4a2896d3cdc968d70cf54f5a7a9d04ce1c2f83a0bd2935e141b693b1cb7a1a9e6bd8a6a6e
SHA1 hash: 2a214b9a9ea66ea0ce3de80405cb5fa65ce6542f
MD5 hash: d24cdda4c1678e1e64c023e43cde4279
humanhash: don-summer-massachusetts-diet
File name:d24cdda4c1678e1e64c023e43cde4279.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:164'352 bytes
First seen:2024-03-07 07:21:15 UTC
Last seen:2024-03-07 09:19:34 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash efddc832809352fa5626b950f8ce5fce (2 x CoinMiner, 1 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 1536:zUiZ5gZyjech8y/nK/bobGPflvJRhPqaFzWEd3HRruQi0pSTHPvr4PvGFGEqbamZ:tiZpyDMxTPqO1tPqHP5FGVamA1P
TLSH T17CF3BE1076E0F0B6E1A255305DB486B27A3FB8B27BB591CB7685173E2F712C15AE4323
TrID 37.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
17.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
15.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
7.3% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
7.2% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 3370ecd2ccf033da (7 x Stealc, 3 x Smoke Loader, 2 x RiseProStealer)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
386
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
be5ce235a69b87bbd080436bb83c7a502a53a0f18b2e1e158f6ae027a98abe8c.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-03-07 07:32:09 UTC
Tags:
loader smoke smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Connection attempt to an infection source
DNS request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
fingerprint
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.
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
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 malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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 domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
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)
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1404546 Sample: 9X7ckE7bgi.exe Startdate: 07/03/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 21 kamsmad.com 2->21 27 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->27 29 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->29 31 Found malware configuration 2->31 33 6 other signatures 2->33 7 9X7ckE7bgi.exe 2->7         started        10 gescesf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->35 37 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->37 39 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 7->39 47 3 other signatures 7->47 12 explorer.exe 62 3 7->12 injected 41 Antivirus detection for dropped file 10->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->43 45 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->45 process6 dnsIp7 23 195.158.3.162, 49760, 49761, 49762 BRM-ASUZ Uzbekistan 12->23 25 kamsmad.com 190.117.160.108, 49717, 49718, 49719 AmericaMovilPeruSACPE Peru 12->25 17 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\gescesf, PE32 12->17 dropped 19 C:\Users\user\...\gescesf:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->19 dropped 49 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 12->49 51 Benign windows process drops PE files 12->51 53 Deletes itself after installation 12->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->55 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SmokeLoader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-03-06 14:33:11 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
16
AV detection:
21 of 24 (87.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub1 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://kamsmad.com/tmp/index.php
http://souzhensil.ru/tmp/index.php
http://teplokub.com.ua/tmp/index.php
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f4c59ad4a0f8adcd251559374b3ce4f94a40499211a1dddaaebc797c43d8de08
MD5 hash:
ffb31c421b4b9b6cc063733cf2e934b1
SHA1 hash:
f8f7af57d1772dd0af829ba91fb8e4feb12dfe21
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2 win_smokeloader_a2
SH256 hash:
be5ce235a69b87bbd080436bb83c7a502a53a0f18b2e1e158f6ae027a98abe8c
MD5 hash:
d24cdda4c1678e1e64c023e43cde4279
SHA1 hash:
2a214b9a9ea66ea0ce3de80405cb5fa65ce6542f
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
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 be5ce235a69b87bbd080436bb83c7a502a53a0f18b2e1e158f6ae027a98abe8c

(this sample)

  
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::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleOutputCharacterA
KERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleAliasExesLengthA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::MoveFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::ReplaceFileA
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesA

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