Analysis

  • max time kernel
    152s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230915-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230915-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    12/10/2023, 13:47

General

  • Target

    toolspub2.exe

  • Size

    190KB

  • MD5

    a137245d8bc8109c4bc3df6e2b37d327

  • SHA1

    ed8973e65b2aacb60683787831de37e7c805fa6c

  • SHA256

    f342950ea78a3910911df852de530912090acea09b895e299d4ba0132ee146ee

  • SHA512

    5d83e91ac5862c62d5b90418a75feaedcffb01aa2a396d1cb71c11d9dfbfb0e415d38687ce0736b7159f874835ace02f27d11067b2ab6b81f58a948f10fabc00

  • SSDEEP

    3072:NmryVYLB2K+OZvhatgDcYYkTz1ICn55cD5WJA2Y:CLEKfZvlc4X13559X

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Botnet

up3

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Version

2020

C2

http://host-file-host6.com/

http://host-host-file8.com/

rc4.i32
rc4.i32

Signatures

  • SmokeLoader

    Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\toolspub2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\toolspub2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1640
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\toolspub2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\toolspub2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      PID:4212

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • memory/1640-0-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002225000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          84KB

        • memory/1640-1-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C9000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          36KB

        • memory/1640-4-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002225000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          84KB

        • memory/3276-5-0x0000000003510000-0x0000000003526000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          88KB

        • memory/4212-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          36KB

        • memory/4212-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          36KB

        • memory/4212-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          36KB