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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e96703038fcb644285ae23b1e3e71b39dbe1252f6aeeb1c3d963c285703a7ad8
SHA3-384 hash: 8577719bcd17f1e008edb263e91dcdfa27f0536750e38a36ea58c5522e9472af1a80f627e016c50b79937dbd570f0679
SHA1 hash: 2246687ee373218be49ac2223f0e0bc4cdc53211
MD5 hash: 5fe41ea9e0c53a740ca38f218f010f37
humanhash: vermont-november-single-beryllium
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:319'488 bytes
First seen:2024-01-09 13:19:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash ec80820dcdf2b0e0211f84cab39e704c (2 x Stealc, 1 x Smoke Loader)
ssdeep 6144:qSZ/LS0xndqsZyVYkrzU6NVENETA9cFk:lZ/+0xnYVrREyE9cF
TLSH T1DB64739382E53D49E93A8B729F2ED6FC770EF6628E4A77651118DE1F00B1176C2A3710
TrID 39.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
16.5% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
13.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
8.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
dhash icon 0709130305013100 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter andretavare5
Tags:exe Smoke Loader


Avatar
andretavare5
Sample downloaded from http://emgvod.com/emd/index.php

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
329
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
e96703038fcb644285ae23b1e3e71b39dbe1252f6aeeb1c3d963c285703a7ad8.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-01-09 13:27:28 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
Sending a custom TCP request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin packed shell32
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:
BazaLoader, SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
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)
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Delayed program exit found
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found malware configuration
Found Tor onion address
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
Sigma detected: Schedule system process
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)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected BazaLoader
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1371785 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 09/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 75 gxutc2c.com 2->75 93 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->93 95 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->95 97 Found malware configuration 2->97 99 13 other signatures 2->99 13 file.exe 2->13         started        16 jgusvjt 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 125 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 13->125 127 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 13->127 129 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 13->129 131 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 13->131 18 explorer.exe 4 5 13->18 injected 133 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 16->133 135 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 16->135 137 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 16->137 process6 dnsIp7 77 gxutc2c.com 186.147.159.149, 49710, 49711, 49712 TelmexColombiaSACO Colombia 18->77 79 45.82.13.158, 49727, 49729, 49730 SIRINFO-ASIT Russian Federation 18->79 63 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\jgusvjt, PE32 18->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\1A1C.exe, PE32+ 18->65 dropped 67 C:\Users\user\...\jgusvjt:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 18->67 dropped 101 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 18->101 103 Benign windows process drops PE files 18->103 105 Deletes itself after installation 18->105 107 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->107 23 1A1C.exe 18 18->23         started        file8 signatures9 process10 file11 69 C:\Windows \System32\WINMM.dll, PE32+ 23->69 dropped 71 C:\Windows \System32\winSAT.exe, PE32+ 23->71 dropped 117 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 23->117 119 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 23->119 121 Found Tor onion address 23->121 123 4 other signatures 23->123 27 winSAT.exe 1 23->27         started        29 winSAT.exe 23->29         started        signatures12 process13 process14 31 1A1C.exe 16 27->31         started        35 conhost.exe 27->35         started        file15 73 C:\Windows\System\svchost.exe, PE32+ 31->73 dropped 87 Found Tor onion address 31->87 89 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 31->89 91 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 31->91 37 svchost.exe 31->37         started        41 powershell.exe 23 31->41         started        43 powershell.exe 23 31->43         started        45 2 other processes 31->45 signatures16 process17 dnsIp18 81 185.220.102.251, 49733, 993 ZWIEBELFREUNDEAT Germany 37->81 83 94.103.188.80, 443, 49735, 49739 RATELE-ASRU Russian Federation 37->83 85 2 other IPs or domains 37->85 109 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 37->109 111 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 37->111 113 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 37->113 115 2 other signatures 37->115 47 powershell.exe 37->47         started        49 powershell.exe 37->49         started        51 conhost.exe 41->51         started        53 conhost.exe 43->53         started        55 conhost.exe 45->55         started        57 conhost.exe 45->57         started        signatures19 process20 process21 59 conhost.exe 47->59         started        61 conhost.exe 49->61         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2024-01-09 13:20:07 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
90
AV detection:
15 of 37 (40.54%)
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 FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
Downloads MZ/PE file
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:
e96703038fcb644285ae23b1e3e71b39dbe1252f6aeeb1c3d963c285703a7ad8
MD5 hash:
5fe41ea9e0c53a740ca38f218f010f37
SHA1 hash:
2246687ee373218be49ac2223f0e0bc4cdc53211
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: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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
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.

  
Dropped by
PrivateLoader
  
Delivery method
Distributed via drive-by

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