Analysis

  • max time kernel
    300s
  • max time network
    300s
  • platform
    windows10-1703_x64
  • resource
    win10-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-1703-x64system
  • submitted
    01/01/2024, 04:48

General

  • Target
    1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c.exe
  • Size 190KB
  • Sample240101-fe7n8sedh7
  • SHA256 1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • smokeloader

Botnet
  • pub1

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.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • NSIS installer 4 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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\1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4452
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      PID:3588
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C6F.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C6F.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4388
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1672.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1672.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:196
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:2920
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sfjbeee
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sfjbeee
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1316
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sfjbeee
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sfjbeee
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      PID:4400

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        1672.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1672.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 04fc1b8190da87682f3a5192ae50898dcf812bbedd62e64531bc59ff01c0c684
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        1672.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1672.exe
        • Size 5.6MB
        • SHA256 4e07a3356bb6ffaa23224884b2ec5d79b6f956acc186475adac89867c0d623d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        C6F.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C6F.exe
        • Size 360KB
        • SHA256 6d99cec56614b6b8a23dfa84a50c6bbfde535411c6366ac2bcc20c9f5af62880
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        WindowsUpdater.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 5ebb608342d1306743d1ab56bb587b00d7e14737f5af48be3fa738a98cf29668
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        sfjbeee

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\sfjbeee
        • Size 190KB
        • SHA256 1154fd60a90314fa04892992d5c7a13a40992f68444a403bac9fbb9c78e42d7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        lib.dll

        • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lib.dll
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 fdbd693e2a9eab791967e78eef8e1a3423c63b570d6fc8ccd9367be931c779c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        System.dll

        • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nss19CD.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 7fb0f8d452fefaac789986b933df050f3d3e4feb8a8d9944ada995f572dcdca1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/196-26-0x0000000000330000-0x00000000008C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/196-22-0x0000000000330000-0x00000000008C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1316-45-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000D20000-memory.dmp

        memory/2920-39-0x00000000732B0000-0x00000000739C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/2920-38-0x00000000732B0000-0x00000000739C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3280-5-0x0000000001280000-0x0000000001296000-memory.dmp

        memory/3280-46-0x0000000001330000-0x0000000001346000-memory.dmp

        memory/3588-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

        memory/3588-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

        memory/3588-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

        memory/4400-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

        memory/4452-1-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000AF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4452-2-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F9000-memory.dmp