Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251015-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
12/12/2025, 01:50
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20251211-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11-20251015-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- Sample251212-b9cecsap8t
- SHA256 4f61c2b9e812e9b7991d4a8a427bd139b117757560492f40f7bdefa73749548e
- MD5 7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30
- SHA1 1472bac1ca7760da8603677605b6b27699e01d16
- SHA512 591e4d2564e8097bcf693e15293fdab0fecc8259a8a641264fc1b0dd192dcb6da6769001045d95be4850546738f4c63c8032a75b3865eec96c8c13388937357a
- SSDEEP 49152:br42ao0gv3nTEAgk5blHSVYdCdme3tjGmngmd5/jVoz1JQ3+eNoNnl69hOM:br4vwCKCdmerngmd9jyz1JQjo5lCh
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Signatures
- Banload
Banload variants download malicious files, then install and execute the files.
- Banload family
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3200 set thread context of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Modifies registry class 9 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048} 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\Assembly = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71E9BCE111E9429C" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\Class = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.OLEControlClass" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\15.0.0.0\Assembly = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71E9BCE111E9429C" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\15.0.0.0\RuntimeVersion = "v2.0.50727" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\RuntimeVersion = "v2.0.50727" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\15.0.0.0 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{7C231048-7C23-1048-7C23-10487C231048}\InprocServer32\15.0.0.0\Class = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.OLEControlClass" 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 3576 svchost.exe 3576 svchost.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79 PID 3200 wrote to memory of 3576 3200 2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe 79
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3200 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3576
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