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Database Entry


Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b
SHA3-384 hash: 9cde94cabed7347d7f6afda9934c0ae2ee54d0413ce9dc82b6d5fc626f2817254d7db8c1f474780faba7dfa45c79ddcc
SHA1 hash: 62e8075f8bd12e2632b2e0f178a79d20a75bf206
MD5 hash: ae4b49ecc3716d1e62d02adbd90c6d26
humanhash: artist-east-football-quebec
File name:ae4b49ecc3716d1e62d02adbd90c6d26.exe
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Signature Smoke Loader
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File size:263'680 bytes
First seen:2024-09-25 05:50:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 32c584d09dafb568e7a42ebdc5cff980 (2 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 6144:zu0M72RjAPdQhGxKr51VMtNik1VMtNiB:ib2xsdQkxSC
TLSH T1A744AE1175D0E022EDBF83324A71F9A4653ABF91A7B1519F329C3A5F2B732E00A16F11
TrID 39.5% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
28.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
9.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 92716d4cfcc4d4d4 (15 x Smoke Loader, 1 x GCleaner)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
399
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ae4b49ecc3716d1e62d02adbd90c6d26.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-09-25 05:53:48 UTC
Tags:
loader smokeloader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/b050f4bb-6e71-484c-a054-ca34a5916272

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
Win.Ransomware.Convagent-10034455-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=66f3a4cf5346c7b922adecc9
Tags:
Confidence Malware
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
Connection attempt to an infection source
DNS request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan.Generic
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b
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.
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/2c87eb0d-b595-4f86-81c2-432199a8dacc
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1517819
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
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)
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
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)
Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs)
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)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1517819 Sample: QxEATXQDIa.exe Startdate: 25/09/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 52 mzxn.ru 2->52 54 calvinandhalls.com 2->54 56 2 other IPs or domains 2->56 64 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->64 66 Found malware configuration 2->66 68 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->68 70 7 other signatures 2->70 10 QxEATXQDIa.exe 2->10         started        13 dserjcg 2->13         started        15 tierjcg 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 signatures5 108 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 10->108 110 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->110 112 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 10->112 114 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 10->114 19 explorer.exe 42 9 10->19 injected 116 Antivirus detection for dropped file 13->116 118 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->118 120 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->120 122 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 15->122 124 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 15->124 126 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 15->126 128 Query firmware table information (likely to detect VMs) 17->128 process6 dnsIp7 58 calvinandhalls.com 23.145.40.162, 443, 49742, 49743 SURFAIRWIRELESS-IN-01US Reserved 19->58 60 23.145.40.164, 443, 49733 SURFAIRWIRELESS-IN-01US Reserved 19->60 62 2 other IPs or domains 19->62 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\tierjcg, PE32 19->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\dserjcg, PE32 19->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\C506.exe, PE32+ 19->48 dropped 50 2 other malicious files 19->50 dropped 76 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 19->76 78 Benign windows process drops PE files 19->78 80 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 19->80 82 3 other signatures 19->82 24 71F7.exe 19->24         started        27 C506.exe 2 19->27         started        29 explorer.exe 20 19->29         started        31 6 other processes 19->31 file8 signatures9 process10 signatures11 84 Antivirus detection for dropped file 24->84 86 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 24->86 88 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 24->88 106 6 other signatures 24->106 90 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 27->90 92 Queries sensitive Plug and Play Device Information (via WMI, Win32_PnPEntity, often done to detect virtual machines) 27->92 94 Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_StartupCommand, often done to detect sandboxes) 27->94 33 cmd.exe 27->33         started        96 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 29->96 98 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 29->98 100 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 29->100 102 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 29->102 104 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 31->104 process12 process13 35 WMIC.exe 33->35         started        38 conhost.exe 33->38         started        40 WMIC.exe 33->40         started        42 10 other processes 33->42 signatures14 72 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 35->72 74 Queries sensitive service information (via WMI, Win32_StartupCommand, often done to detect sandboxes) 35->74
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b/
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Lummastealer
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-08-16 10:54:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
51
AV detection:
31 of 38 (81.58%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=x2ofhodklut5gfai2yf6hgbtwgmfpexk22r52vdoyarlqo4dgifq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
smokeloader
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shellcode_loader_002
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Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub1 backdoor discovery trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/240925-gj6s6s1gkd/
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/6f2724d4-db87-4075-ab2f-f7413d711c0e
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
d7da9d5fbc76dfd95310346a26ab7a55dcc0aba3c1840c1324a38d881822d4fa
MD5 hash:
f2bb6fbcbf90f98226c471d1fc400108
SHA1 hash:
cf422b460074ce1d7970e25517dc32d34fa43ef3
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2
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win_smokeloader_a2
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/a9e5dd4e-f3ac-4f6b-ba88-a9027e26f3f4/
Parent samples :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 hash:
be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b
MD5 hash:
ae4b49ecc3716d1e62d02adbd90c6d26
SHA1 hash:
62e8075f8bd12e2632b2e0f178a79d20a75bf206
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/a9e5dd4e-f3ac-4f6b-ba88-a9027e26f3f4/
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/be9c53b86a5d/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/be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b

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

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe be9c53b86a5d27d31408d60be39833b1985792ead6a3dd546ec022b83b83320b

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3051648/
  
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
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::IsValidSid
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleOutputA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleSelectionInfo
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameA

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