Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/06/2026, 13:46

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_43dd763a40252952aeebbbc3b9114855_amadey_elex_floxif_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 10.7MB
  • Sample260604-q21vbafw4t
  • SHA256 e0c912d9d2bef49f993fefb27026f2c0f9bf9d81b5f50b6c5e997070e3c168a2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Floxif, Floodfix

    Floxif aka FloodFix is a file-changing trojan and backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects Floxif payload 1 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 12 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.

  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 23 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 12 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 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 SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_43dd763a40252952aeebbbc3b9114855_amadey_elex_floxif_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_43dd763a40252952aeebbbc3b9114855_amadey_elex_floxif_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2576
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\partitionwizard.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\partitionwizard.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3868
  • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:536
    • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2688
    • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
      C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004E4 0x00000000000004E0
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2512
    • C:\Windows\system32\pwdspio.sys
      C:\Windows\system32\pwdspio.sys
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4008
    • C:\Windows\system32\pwdrvio.sys
      C:\Windows\system32\pwdrvio.sys
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4552

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tiptsf.dll.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\tiptsf.dll.tmp
          • Size 585KB
          • SHA256 ed9422e23bee31dad33e9e571cfa4eea4c8c8b52309cdd7594ae1a6469aa3412
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tiptsf.dll.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\tiptsf.dll.tmp
          • Size 585KB
          • SHA256 26a727c2ef3d6258ca4ccae0ea6746ecdb8135fa80363ad438087b5ac69036cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          symsrv.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\symsrv.dll
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 de055a89de246e629a8694bde18af2b1605e4b9b493c7e4aef669dd67acf5085
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PASServer.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\PASServer.dll
          • Size 92KB
          • SHA256 251609a555c1e2de9f55938a203513e756885067995d1fe1fc73c2c2a52ae41b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Pas2.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Pas2.dll
          • Size 177KB
          • SHA256 29fe2fe56dff1f5455c5907901eb2b8fe5dce948e7cb3f4940624207a02fd93b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Pas2.dll.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Pas2.dll.tmp
          • Size 253KB
          • SHA256 48ddb04d53414066bba4acea4908e344fb6c2ea733fcf90ca0ad1a8abb37c167
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Qt5Core.dll
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 529f6dab8c4b9f469df9cfb71af8006284dbfa96deae42256873e4485e36c4b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Gui.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Qt5Gui.dll
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 4dd8c21e9dd8cb904c6df2d512652add0f8a900ecf66784fa9d37bbb097a020d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Network.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Qt5Network.dll
          • Size 805KB
          • SHA256 b750c44b17167b30c871f6788f36a009e07fa605d115dd5d0c66a6f485b0864c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Qt5Widgets.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Qt5Widgets.dll
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 8ef064ab568c856d167d8f065a20822bf4d8d45a290c3f6973c1a9798044109c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          idriver.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\idriver.dll
          • Size 13KB
          • SHA256 083c10c9fd75e1047a4648f60f35073e9aa81b813a0db07d03996b573ccd29fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ikernel.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\ikernel.dll
          • Size 316KB
          • SHA256 615ef939c3da23f665dd51624597ec4eb2edc964d18c0858e09309b23d393db9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qgif.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\imageformats\qgif.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 3f809d4b1b5388d347f56a02b91255be529031074de7c4bfd4455a373cdc3623
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcurl.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\libcurl.dll
          • Size 309KB
          • SHA256 cfe41e1beeff41bc03c3270c40954a7bdec5b3ad7537e5a37914792872c955a6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libeay32.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\libeay32.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 6f1e9d87388f1412dbdc64bfc3dc57c4c85441422937f6ed36c0880abf627e64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcp120.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\msvcp120.dll
          • Size 444KB
          • SHA256 d672fb07a05fb53cc821da0fde823fdfd46071854fe8c6c5ea83d7450b978ecb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcr120.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\msvcr120.dll
          • Size 948KB
          • SHA256 e0305aa54823e6f39d847f8b651b7bd08c085f1dbbcb5c3c1ce1942c0fa1e9fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          partitionwizard.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\partitionwizard.exe
          • Size 9.9MB
          • SHA256 e3c79e6f7b5dfe8e0013961b12da0c09164dd65d141c51d2b29e3f0c953885df
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          partitionwizard.exe.mfh

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\partitionwizard.exe.mfh
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 fa60ea9e2249effb16500ffc5ed5d9f8d042f2f8871c2b7a739d88ef18c34880
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          pas.cnf

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\pas.cnf
          • Size 920B
          • SHA256 31272ed3235c08a77d07e5fb0a99e32feb5cf1eebd58d711e447d1bbd83ae73b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qwindows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\platforms\qwindows.dll
          • Size 916KB
          • SHA256 54148cf5e8cc7cf7d41ed772a3b607df4bda3c4221fa80b026455790b4cc1742
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ssleay32.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\ssleay32.dll
          • Size 245KB
          • SHA256 996d031434ec664b251f69edc4fa024d513b5d28eba0e9a6d649b838c285443a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pwdrvio.sys

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\x64\pwdrvio.sys
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 0489b3dec6a33e50d8a48a8dad3f5b923a81f7300e4a71358d90d2879bac9aa2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pwdspio.sys

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\x64\pwdspio.sys
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 1fd54978a77acd6fbf1236e177ed074894743a9141e4169fe9afe28680fc93c5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          symsrv.dll.000

          • Path \??\c:\progra~1\common~1\system\symsrv.dll.000
          • Size 114B
          • SHA256 aefc503b1ed462d7b6280228a7b5b710792273b78934426f88325341ac5b5a92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2576-149-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-192-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-165-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-216-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-195-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/2576-176-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-194-0x0000000073370000-0x000000007339F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-121-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-179-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-167-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-193-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-163-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000017000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-166-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000018000-memory.dmp