smokeloader | 53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d

General

Target

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
Size

270KB
MD5

49d7edc4f51e03058654bdaffdfe9992
SHA1

8f6831a72019f1361e1174e1dbaa00113a034618
SHA256

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d
SHA512

05795d5a19f24bd6a14a8942730e588d5a5ef5b186d3f65ed3821efeb9d0e29c49352867bf8d8d7bc933f3f5356b55d40dd2e39080847d564bf0c24afd7a36d7
SSDEEP

6144:SzrS9ZldfBpR/xV/tlTUEuA38xplKK9/2Y/Um4voF:ScdfBpR/xV/tuTa85K4JU

Score

10^/10

smokeloader pub1 aspackv2 backdoor discovery trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Botnet

pub1

Signatures

SmokeLoader
Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.
trojan backdoor smokeloader

ASPack v2.12-2.42 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

aspackv2

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkmRoO.exe	aspack_v212_v242

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

bkmRoO.exe

pid process

2196 bkmRoO.exe

pid	process
2196	bkmRoO.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe

pid	process
2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2348 set thread context of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

Processes:

bkmRoO.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\rmiregistry.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\wsgen.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\lib\visualvm\platform\lib\nbexec.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\PDIALOG.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\appletviewer.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\excelcnv.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Hearts\Hearts.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\Installer\setup.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\keytool.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\jabswitch.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\unpack200.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\jps.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\rmid.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\orbd.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\extcheck.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\jsadebugd.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\javaw.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OIS.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\elevation_service.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\java-rmi.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\unpack200.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\jstack.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\klist.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Multiplayer\Checkers\chkrzm.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\minidump-analyzer.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\native2ascii.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Download\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}\106.0.5249.119\chrome_installer.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\SELFCERT.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\orbd.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\javah.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Solitaire\Solitaire.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\serialver.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\ssvagent.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.151\GoogleUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\klist.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe	bkmRoO.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\jstat.exe	bkmRoO.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exebkmRoO.execmd.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	bkmRoO.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes:

53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exebkmRoO.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2196	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	bkmRoO.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2196	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	bkmRoO.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2196	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	bkmRoO.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2196	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	bkmRoO.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2348 wrote to memory of 2744	2348	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe	53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 836	2196	bkmRoO.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 836	2196	bkmRoO.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 836	2196	bkmRoO.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 836	2196	bkmRoO.exe	cmd.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2348

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkmRoO.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkmRoO.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2196

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6bea4169.bat" "
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:836

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\53bcd8239258dcbb10f9d3b6d057103c18fe3dd614c5809053426b01b741500d.exe"
2⤵
PID:2744

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WK27LCMU\k2[1].rar
Filesize
4B

MD5
d3b07384d113edec49eaa6238ad5ff00

SHA1
f1d2d2f924e986ac86fdf7b36c94bcdf32beec15

SHA256
b5bb9d8014a0f9b1d61e21e796d78dccdf1352f23cd32812f4850b878ae4944c

SHA512
0cf9180a764aba863a67b6d72f0918bc131c6772642cb2dce5a34f0a702f9470ddc2bf125c12198b1995c233c34b4afd346c54a2334c350a948a51b6e8b4e6b6

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\669B5F64.exe
Filesize
4B

MD5
20879c987e2f9a916e578386d499f629

SHA1
c7b33ddcc42361fdb847036fc07e880b81935d5d

SHA256
9f2981a7cc4d40a2a409dc895de64253acd819d7c0011c8e80b86fe899464e31

SHA512
bcdde1625364dd6dd143b45bdcec8d59cf8982aff33790d390b839f3869e0e815684568b14b555a596d616252aeeaa98dac2e6e551c9095ea11a575ff25ff84f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6bea4169.bat
Filesize
187B

MD5
239e0009b42893d990fdf23db04009ac

SHA1
0067f038703996e0846839855ea34724592c305c

SHA256
1ae656237398e5df8b7cbff15efeb37a687703c689c16355dfc51013e139cc0e

SHA512
e89754ceb1409871624842b6f36814cecec442fe30a61a8fa759f4d2575b0f2edb52c3d1d86f48496adfb5b52fa88af77b9fe10020c2806c4ed422019954e86f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkmRoO.exe
Filesize
15KB

MD5
f7d21de5c4e81341eccd280c11ddcc9a

SHA1
d4e9ef10d7685d491583c6fa93ae5d9105d815bd

SHA256
4485df22c627fa0bb899d79aa6ff29bc5be1dbc3caa2b7a490809338d54b7794

SHA512
e4553b86b083996038bacfb979ad0b86f578f95185d8efac34a77f6cc73e491d4f70e1449bbc9eb1d62f430800c1574101b270e1cb0eeed43a83049a79b636a3

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memory/2196-11-0x00000000012C0000-0x00000000012C9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2196-64-0x00000000012C0000-0x00000000012C9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2348-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000229000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2348-23-0x0000000000240000-0x00000000002B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
448KB

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memory/2348-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
448KB

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memory/2348-21-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000229000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2348-20-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000680000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2348-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
448KB

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memory/2348-10-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000229000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2348-66-0x0000000000240000-0x00000000002B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
448KB

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memory/2744-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2744-15-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2744-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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