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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ec73ce294407ff3abb67d0b0bcb3871d7c54b6984f3c3783eee05254e0852ff9
SHA3-384 hash: 60aee1beb83a64abf7c3ac0640ac6dba98dd00379a007dfbab1f92bed7e89908bebdcdf480afaf011052ea82d4001b4d
SHA1 hash: 9a449b100aa5de4f3dcb8236007ac0aa7a27f00b
MD5 hash: 96410cb83b262dabb95608c6c26c5233
humanhash: zebra-cold-september-robin
File name:96410cb83b262dabb95608c6c26c5233.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:233'984 bytes
First seen:2024-09-17 14:00:48 UTC
Last seen:2024-09-17 14:28:00 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e65a8357ca24d261f7849f444ec396fa (2 x Smoke Loader, 1 x Stealc, 1 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 3072:pLoLBpGnKY6VuhizbFRIZ0RMsP7Jo35oCT5+aFVZLwUVZ/csXot4W:pLovWlxhogZBPm
TLSH T139344B4075F1902AF7B765B4C973DDA85A7FB8E2ED72806E3204261E2CF16804947B9F
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)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 30ccc688ccb4c860 (1 x Smoke Loader)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
434
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
96410cb83b262dabb95608c6c26c5233.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-09-17 14:04:11 UTC
Tags:
loader smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
95.7%
Tags:
Network Stealth
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
epmicrosoft_visual_cc fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc packed
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.
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious 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)
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
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
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)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1512534 Sample: BwNKl6G2Rt.exe Startdate: 17/09/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 35 nicetolosv.xyz 2->35 37 olihonols.in.net 2->37 39 3 other IPs or domains 2->39 55 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->55 57 Found malware configuration 2->57 59 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->59 63 5 other signatures 2->63 8 BwNKl6G2Rt.exe 2->8         started        11 adhcffh 2->11         started        13 wuhcffh 2->13         started        signatures3 61 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 35->61 process4 signatures5 75 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 8->75 77 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 8->77 79 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 8->79 89 3 other signatures 8->89 15 explorer.exe 68 9 8->15 injected 81 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 11->81 83 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 11->83 85 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 11->85 87 Antivirus detection for dropped file 13->87 process6 dnsIp7 41 epohe.ru 190.147.2.86, 49717, 56697, 56699 TelmexColombiaSACO Colombia 15->41 43 190.156.239.49, 56702, 56703, 56704 TelmexColombiaSACO Colombia 15->43 45 3 other IPs or domains 15->45 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\wuhcffh, PE32 15->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\adhcffh, PE32 15->29 dropped 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\AE78.exe, PE32 15->31 dropped 33 2 other malicious files 15->33 dropped 47 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 15->47 49 Benign windows process drops PE files 15->49 51 Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) 15->51 53 3 other signatures 15->53 20 AE78.exe 15->20         started        23 explorer.exe 15->23         started        25 3C53.exe 2 15->25         started        file8 signatures9 process10 signatures11 65 Antivirus detection for dropped file 20->65 67 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 20->67 69 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 20->69 73 5 other signatures 20->73 71 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->71
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SmokeLoader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-09-17 14:01:06 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
66
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub2 backdoor discovery trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ec73ce294407ff3abb67d0b0bcb3871d7c54b6984f3c3783eee05254e0852ff9
MD5 hash:
96410cb83b262dabb95608c6c26c5233
SHA1 hash:
9a449b100aa5de4f3dcb8236007ac0aa7a27f00b
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:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks

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 ec73ce294407ff3abb67d0b0bcb3871d7c54b6984f3c3783eee05254e0852ff9

(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::GetVolumeInformationW
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::FillConsoleOutputCharacterA
KERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleOutputA
KERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleA
KERNEL32.dll::SetConsoleTitleA
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameW
KERNEL32.dll::QueryDosDeviceA

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