Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
24/05/2026, 22:35
General
- Target 2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260524-2h4mmsgx3m
- SHA256 10702739d15470e309828516b538c6eb711def9594b88d535e5a2e817a12d494
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4745.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4745.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 41AA14C179C06B5D2114E2430EAB55F994B95E43D9BC1292F9B38C1D296A16C496BB3D5BCD0BFD89705488ED47CB29484274286A3B3570254E2E675D54E1D4252⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-05-24_a2fb9784366cbcd076ba0060cfaf3e57_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
4745.tmp
memory/2996-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-19-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-21-0x00007FFDF31C0000-0x00007FFDF31D0000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-15-0x00007FFDF5B50000-0x00007FFDF5B60000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-18-0x00007FFDF5B50000-0x00007FFDF5B60000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-20-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-33-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-22-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-13-0x00007FFDF5B50000-0x00007FFDF5B60000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-16-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-17-0x00007FFE35AC0000-0x00007FFE35CC9000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-12-0x00007FFDF5B50000-0x00007FFDF5B60000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-23-0x00007FFDF31C0000-0x00007FFDF31D0000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-11-0x00007FFDF5B50000-0x00007FFDF5B60000-memory.dmp
memory/3272-14-0x00007FFE35B64000-0x00007FFE35B65000-memory.dmp
memory/4656-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp