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Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c444868d4cbbecd4c7083de14310fcc934d9e60a2c41de4a30057044acd9b962
SHA3-384 hash: f8cc09cd1a61a1622a07939c8865f2b6c2bb10d064f7e2a0a9b54636b381cbd9965aa342a495fe37e7bf7602d0b9168f
SHA1 hash: 0c65463254fefdcb1af5332245c181c45594d5ea
MD5 hash: 1c4afaf122db4aa6233be22a3f761b4f
humanhash: fillet-lake-wisconsin-pip
File name:815b5917.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:207'872 bytes
First seen:2024-01-02 19:11:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 628b5625e44ec4d4a2ba4078ce3026c9 (4 x Smoke Loader, 2 x Stealc)
ssdeep 3072:+DtO2LbVS5fgevom6PJiMrt+NqaDTQIdEsrTjeJplaYD16TxZRUr7D:c3LbfGMT05BvKExSf
TLSH T152149D1131F4C072E6F3697649B4C7F44E7BB8A72A72958E6BD806792F256D1CB2030B
TrID 46.6% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
25.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
8.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
5.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.0% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon d2b1e4d4ecb9c7f9 (6 x Smoke Loader, 6 x Stealc, 5 x RedLineStealer)
Reporter adm1n_usa32
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
304
Origin country :
RO RO
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
c444868d4cbbecd4c7083de14310fcc934d9e60a2c41de4a30057044acd9b962.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-01-02 19:53:06 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
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
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:
packed
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 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 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
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: 1368961 Sample: 815b5917.exe Startdate: 02/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 23 gxutc2c.com 2->23 37 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->37 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 6 other signatures 2->43 7 815b5917.exe 2->7         started        10 cbgwawe 2->10         started        12 cbgwawe 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 45 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->45 47 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 7->47 49 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 7->49 14 explorer.exe 38 3 7->14 injected 51 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->51 53 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 10->53 55 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 10->55 57 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 12->57 59 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 12->59 process6 dnsIp7 25 gxutc2c.com 211.171.233.129, 49712, 49713, 49714 LGDACOMLGDACOMCorporationKR Korea Republic of 14->25 27 211.181.24.132, 49743, 49744, 49745 LGDACOMLGDACOMCorporationKR Korea Republic of 14->27 19 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\cbgwawe, PE32 14->19 dropped 21 C:\Users\user\...\cbgwawe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 14->21 dropped 29 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 14->29 31 Benign windows process drops PE files 14->31 33 Deletes itself after installation 14->33 35 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 14->35 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SmokeLoader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-01-02 19:12:04 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
6
AV detection:
20 of 22 (90.91%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub2 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://gxutc2c.com/tmp/index.php
http://proekt8.ru/tmp/index.php
http://mth.com.ua/tmp/index.php
http://pirateking.online/tmp/index.php
http://piratia.pw/tmp/index.php
http://go-piratia.ru/tmp/index.php
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
383d07797727802747eeefbc189944bc8438460e492752063d4b899659264e54
MD5 hash:
9bcde9dfa26981ec609bf45b3494e78a
SHA1 hash:
23d424a8dbd67eb4337500271eab6d125ce98702
Detections:
SmokeLoaderStage2 win_smokeloader_a2
SH256 hash:
c444868d4cbbecd4c7083de14310fcc934d9e60a2c41de4a30057044acd9b962
MD5 hash:
1c4afaf122db4aa6233be22a3f761b4f
SHA1 hash:
0c65463254fefdcb1af5332245c181c45594d5ea
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:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Smokeloader_3687686f
Author:Elastic Security

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 c444868d4cbbecd4c7083de14310fcc934d9e60a2c41de4a30057044acd9b962

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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