Analysis

  • max time kernel
    104s
  • max time network
    105s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    04/07/2025, 12:18

General

  • Target

    2025-07-04_8dfb9eb86ac79a8bfa8edf9c720fbcf9_amadey_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_stop.exe

  • Size

    278KB

  • MD5

    8dfb9eb86ac79a8bfa8edf9c720fbcf9

  • SHA1

    45270926ce72bdfa345bf6c04619de1af344dd40

  • SHA256

    6f5a07dbd1e3e8975fded7630b89cfb1fac97928bcecb339a53aa44541973d72

  • SHA512

    0773fd54cc568763b9d7d6dfe59686368089ede9e991e19850e21396d7b32492fce6c0da51e1db315e23544f81e2a1c16b82698f3e2c81084b27a2761551e56f

  • SSDEEP

    6144:qKAFwOu2CBtvvQ93MeDm6fLUqn8BMP+AA6k4D68wN:SCBtv+Meq6fYqn8BMWAACD68wN

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 4 IoCs

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 63 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer start page 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-04_8dfb9eb86ac79a8bfa8edf9c720fbcf9_amadey_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-04_8dfb9eb86ac79a8bfa8edf9c720fbcf9_amadey_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2664
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1612
  • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies Internet Explorer start page
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3608
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3608 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3468
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3608 CREDAT:668708 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
        PID:4948
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3608 CREDAT:668710 /prefetch:2
        2⤵
          PID:4864

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            • memory/2664-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

              Filesize

              372KB

            • memory/2664-1-0x000000000042D000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

              Filesize

              4KB

            • memory/2664-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

              Filesize

              372KB