Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
160s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
31/05/2026, 07:21
General
- Target 2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260531-h668wsb161
- SHA256 8a9f553a5cd9fd01645fbd0fd4ebccb667d49f63febd8537748215b2938caef3
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\2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_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\F50E.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\F50E.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 5F6E75CA388A54AF0FE6AFFEB7669098436F3567C1270CEE85CE033F0122060521EFC4E67118822574B0EEAEAB6A2DBDE7E9E4EAED7CF571CF22BAA9395CA75B2⤵
- 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\2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_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
2026-05-31_dcd038cfe34e16ac36402a53d2e001b7_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
F50E.tmp
memory/2536-18-0x00007FFB1D0F0000-0x00007FFB1D100000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-19-0x00007FFB5D060000-0x00007FFB5D269000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-14-0x00007FFB5D104000-0x00007FFB5D105000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-11-0x00007FFB1D0F0000-0x00007FFB1D100000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-17-0x00007FFB5D060000-0x00007FFB5D269000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-16-0x00007FFB5D060000-0x00007FFB5D269000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-25-0x00007FFB5D060000-0x00007FFB5D269000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-21-0x00007FFB1A5F0000-0x00007FFB1A600000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-15-0x00007FFB1D0F0000-0x00007FFB1D100000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-13-0x00007FFB1D0F0000-0x00007FFB1D100000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-12-0x00007FFB1D0F0000-0x00007FFB1D100000-memory.dmp
memory/2536-20-0x00007FFB1A5F0000-0x00007FFB1A600000-memory.dmp
memory/3916-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5000-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp