Analysis

  • max time kernel
    22s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231222-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231222-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05/01/2024, 12:44

General

  • Target
    9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
  • Size 201KB
  • Sample240105-pyzbmsdcb3
  • SHA256 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • NSIS installer 8 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4300
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      PID:2168
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2168 -s 332
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3264
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 2168 -ip 2168
    1⤵
      PID:4784
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4448
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        2⤵
          PID:2564
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2564 -s 1084
            3⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:3912
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
        1⤵
          PID:5020
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:1952
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 524 -p 2564 -ip 2564
            1⤵
              PID:2448

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                  Downloads

                  9114.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
                  • Size 212KB
                  • SHA256 1175f109cf32ca739740c42bdb7bed0ebd4051318e35fb3c01ff14b8175bcfd7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  9114.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
                  • Size 321KB
                  • SHA256 2b8cb2a7ecbe7b5917befafb60f83c18bff29eadd2e036ab78ef521f110e524b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  979D.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
                  • Size 191KB
                  • SHA256 1e5fd27e508b43c473611a831641479ef6cf9a01fe5ba124f901c3b6fb7d308d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  979D.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
                  • Size 81KB
                  • SHA256 fe31b995cdf1ed33659e2299d1f1adfe619be7a410586c3e6cb7489cdb936386
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  WindowsUpdater.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
                  • Size 80KB
                  • SHA256 a05185df08b5f8acad3e7eba88f20758f2829a8ee46a66ff15734b3d54bd373f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  WindowsUpdater.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
                  • Size 85KB
                  • SHA256 3f256c3a8eb213a246cf1c578a44291c5cc398de047f643fa7e9c4d0aa00ec91
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  WindowsUpdater.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
                  • Size 61KB
                  • SHA256 7ea1604ef0e6597a5ab627d4e92b3c09eadf09939d02464f7ea34fd94cc78945
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  lib.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lib.dll
                  • Size 87KB
                  • SHA256 cdc5e15ed4c43d9ea7be1b5683c4ac029c18c54acac84b328223eed5859ec1a9
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  System.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nss9953.tmp\System.dll
                  • Size 12KB
                  • SHA256 7fb0f8d452fefaac789986b933df050f3d3e4feb8a8d9944ada995f572dcdca1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  memory/1952-60-0x0000000072410000-0x0000000072B27000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1952-66-0x0000000072410000-0x0000000072B27000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2168-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2168-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2168-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-32-0x0000000000730000-0x00000000007F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-61-0x0000000000730000-0x00000000007F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-28-0x00000000001F0000-0x0000000000624000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-29-0x0000000000730000-0x00000000007F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-62-0x0000000004240000-0x0000000004242000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-30-0x0000000000730000-0x00000000007F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-26-0x00000000001F0000-0x0000000000624000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-64-0x00000000001F0000-0x0000000000623000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2564-65-0x0000000000730000-0x00000000007F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3428-5-0x0000000002F00000-0x0000000002F16000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4300-1-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000C10000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4300-2-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AC9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-19-0x0000000000920000-0x000000000092D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-25-0x00000000022D0000-0x0000000002336000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-18-0x00000000022D0000-0x0000000002336000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-16-0x0000000000010000-0x000000000006D000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-24-0x0000000002830000-0x000000000283C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-21-0x00000000022D0000-0x0000000002336000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-34-0x00000000022D0000-0x0000000002336000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-35-0x0000000002820000-0x0000000002821000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-20-0x0000000076ED4000-0x0000000076ED5000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4448-23-0x0000000002800000-0x0000000002801000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5020-41-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001586000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5020-48-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001586000-memory.dmp