smokeloader | 118d0ce35d4f5528b2883f244355ff9cee93dcc8ca25bdd9a121f503df979e61

Analysis

max time kernel
96s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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08-01-2025 09:35

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe
Size

344KB
MD5

98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2
SHA1

fa62eaacda5309a82f31c5ddcac8484ca361e787
SHA256

118d0ce35d4f5528b2883f244355ff9cee93dcc8ca25bdd9a121f503df979e61
SHA512

b50afc31910ec244cd69f650532918c9dadf0fdbc28d812cb0e8301fe741a8be974efa6eb7c14b5d682df92125380d8ab7838ca4443d436afd303bfe84c5a98a
SSDEEP

6144:Rpxb5EWvU3cOMNTzNSg/dGpjhV16iRiaDHPYCvNIYW4QfhOy0maqDNG:R7aWDLNTzNSg0FbJR9DHPYkK4QJOyLak

Score

10^/10

smokeloader backdoor discovery trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3976 set thread context of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe
Key enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85
PID 3976 wrote to memory of 4036	3976	JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3976
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_98b15cf42082a0f58b2e0183478b64a2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks SCSI registry key(s)
  PID:4036

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/3976-2-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000AE9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/3976-1-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000C20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/4036-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4036-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4036-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4036-5-0x0000000000410000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
804KB

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