Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • 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, 19:42

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_b8c75886d92c8df55b5eb31c51f1b58b_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 17.2MB
  • Sample260604-yeqd3ads5x
  • SHA256 12b42aef2e59fc199e412526605a7d3769c65f8485fb4c7c3d70b445367cf3fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 18 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 24 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 15 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 39 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_b8c75886d92c8df55b5eb31c51f1b58b_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_b8c75886d92c8df55b5eb31c51f1b58b_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1128
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\setup.exe
      .\setup.exe /m="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-0~1.EXE" /k=""
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4920
      • C:\NDAS 2026 Pricing Program\ndas26.exe
        "C:\NDAS 2026 Pricing Program\ndas26.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2100
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2304
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 264C13CA9D016375C59C618FDC926E47
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1528
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\actrpt2.dll"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4364
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\COMDLG32.OCX"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4796
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DBGRID32.OCX"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2332
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSFLXGRD.OCX"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:1028
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSDBRPTR.DLL"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:2508
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TABCTL32.OCX"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4372
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSSTDFMT.DLL"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:3048
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Comctl32.ocx"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:872
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\dao360.dll"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4940
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\DAO350.DLL"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:3872
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ARVIEW2.OCX"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:2092

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        e5876c4.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5876c4.rbs
        • Size 65KB
        • SHA256 666de0556889cda0e76d12606e7b2986db01ec32e480230ab19d0f4e91b95d03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        licensecheck.dfm.miaf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia1\licensecheck.dfm.miaf
        • Size 128B
        • SHA256 d5de1f79d4aea2327a85379fb51ac3157907809043aa1e4aa34878e3e9787442
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        mMSIExec.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia1\mMSIExec.dll
        • Size 402KB
        • SHA256 0e87863b2e475e6ee2d2b8fa7f9da86b51dab99068a7136b18e25dee4462a104
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.msi

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia1\setup.msi
        • Size 293KB
        • SHA256 96e8ff85380761d260584ebcf878307d694c614db396a235f4c2b42a87cf8916
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        startinstallation.dfm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia1\startinstallation.dfm
        • Size 155KB
        • SHA256 af00c29e992e19d6dbe9d8dc5535bed62475f09b6e79eae64b92e6b7cc801170
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSSTDFMT.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\103479E5\431AE4FA\MSSTDFMT.DLL
        • Size 116KB
        • SHA256 b0980fb78f801a50cc7c5cfb5b653d30c650789f5443a536f05a518dcf4f59a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Ndas.ICO

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\127C9121\C5EB93D3\Ndas.ICO
        • Size 16KB
        • SHA256 6cc433ff6cef54fa3f291d686cae5b707cb24f139257e493625f73d0efeacde4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SampleImport.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\137A428A\C5EB93D3\SampleImport.txt
        • Size 222B
        • SHA256 0b5a78e6ed975464a11ef5d16818a8ab3c2e2e6df018d3b731f634e2a7160621
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ndas26.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\26EE08ED\C5EB93D3\ndas26.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 9cad146afd6bc4757815082f69041c8215e9fc0ebcd7c4403930fe62a632e337
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ndas.chm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\31631A34\C5EB93D3\ndas.chm
        • Size 254KB
        • SHA256 1d8d8fa609df85fc4ee3a29ba728144228c07b6f837caac3cb0bb34a9d6f18a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        parms.mdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\3AD50F8C\80DEDB3D\parms.mdb
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 63d81039ddc4b20d90a1e7cb399179217293d6b521f6040d8a68071a1738a5ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        COMDLG32.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\3CAF9E72\431AE4FA\COMDLG32.OCX
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 64c6ee999562961d11af130254ad3ffd24bb725d3c18e7877f9fd362f4936195
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DAO350.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\3FA0F5D6\F701033\DAO350.DLL
        • Size 556KB
        • SHA256 a4b20735be317a924d2e36707baaf911fbae890ca53c5044fb506f15d33bcb6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SSCSDK32.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\4066174C\431AE4FA\SSCSDK32.DLL
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 17e6f6475458fe0fd5a39fcb8d10c9de441c696905fe34cb5203a0754d5f781f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSADODC.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\41EB0DCB\431AE4FA\MSADODC.OCX
        • Size 116KB
        • SHA256 ef514a32549b0074665cabb398b675004366dd456fff2a7bc22c32ee738b4c0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DISNDAS.TXT

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\457CF2E\C5EB93D3\DISNDAS.TXT
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 09529c39cee0394f8d6c238fb6ea26b353379056981317a14125c9bd3480f913
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        export.dbf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\481F1393\C5EB93D3\export.dbf
        • Size 673B
        • SHA256 326a003933a196e99141c53617faef94aef64b89c3e7033ec579567557d0af53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ndas26.ICO

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\48EE6\C5EB93D3\Ndas26.ICO
        • Size 16KB
        • SHA256 d7b9ddfee3f122a26eb61385c6806038669753ab6ed0ad041983d7b45f1f895e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dao360.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\542D6084\F701033\dao360.dll
        • Size 541KB
        • SHA256 adda2095d8c43424a50d8e6887babd21263dafcf7a7acf57a92a547ae210bb0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSFLXGRD.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\64A1CF7\431AE4FA\MSFLXGRD.OCX
        • Size 238KB
        • SHA256 f2a67eb2888d8889c45576c037197c310fbbb00bb79089760508fdb132c690d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TABCTL32.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\7A871174\431AE4FA\TABCTL32.OCX
        • Size 204KB
        • SHA256 40cadbfb2eb5732f025d687664f34239db7153a192bca0287f9208852b201fb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSCOMM32.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\859074BF\431AE4FA\MSCOMM32.OCX
        • Size 101KB
        • SHA256 51a1d6812e445c26c71465e2709e6d1ad587f8513002d662cd160f424f48b37c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SampleImport.xls

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\8AD9D310\C5EB93D3\SampleImport.xls
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 5547038d89abd2c9a8f4a0ccce9d76dbf518220f4a39b8e9d79fc7895f33c836
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ARVIEW2.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\9229E0DE\431AE4FA\ARVIEW2.OCX
        • Size 475KB
        • SHA256 c4cebca83431a0c4ac3ba9cdac1ee665ea6a258874ffc45b58813de835086bd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ref.chm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\9378FB98\C5EB93D3\ref.chm
        • Size 99KB
        • SHA256 53a9534c02fe14a63223cc102a365f450c746913b54dc8fce60c22e5952288d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Msexcl35.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\A1AD54EC\431AE4FA\Msexcl35.dll
        • Size 244KB
        • SHA256 34df2a3923a71dcb5fc33b7382c36b60c4ef6592c45341287bf54634e964a679
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSMASK32.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\AD0293D5\431AE4FA\MSMASK32.OCX
        • Size 162KB
        • SHA256 114b428ee7361f916260c4ddf0fcd3e2f28d39420f5bfd489d5be5207b8368f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        export.wk1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\B2A0CB\C5EB93D3\export.wk1
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f3ea467cde312a6705901d6eabf1be7b7db278924ea9b923ebe14a17c4ef0178
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ndas.mdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\C39A4D93\80DEDB3D\Ndas.mdb
        • Size 912KB
        • SHA256 3fbf1e56866ef037267448311f33e57800e313afec6a28504c5603621c2bbafb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        export.mdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\C3A8E6D4\C5EB93D3\export.mdb
        • Size 196KB
        • SHA256 39508f10c68c6c7e0577c8b439770c8e6c40c55ddac858b557c5c270f72dd0b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sserife.fon

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\C9E84960\C5EB93D3\sserife.fon
        • Size 63KB
        • SHA256 28877eee4ccda2a33e0fac39da7f3effdea061e4fd9cc019f00d82405b9f9682
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Comctl32.ocx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\D628CB2D\431AE4FA\Comctl32.ocx
        • Size 603KB
        • SHA256 ba86931d5386cf5311a6b62a619c9c8f2983e37d2ce752b21106570121c8fd32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        actrpt2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\DCD2E22C\431AE4FA\actrpt2.dll
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 7bbad3c39e84982fa3c00f7e67b4aabb991b3dbbf40c6dcd28cee1f4236e5892
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DBGRID32.OCX

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\ED90C04E\431AE4FA\DBGRID32.OCX
        • Size 513KB
        • SHA256 6cc3e18193118e5d5e0d9a3c765ff2e649a99641b55a79abf1463ed5d46928db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vb5db.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\EEA2580E\431AE4FA\vb5db.dll
        • Size 87KB
        • SHA256 d7cf39e673a87fac5d5abaf81c572d422675b9f0fbe18d4eb4e7c20f3d3038cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSDBRPTR.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\data\OFFLINE\F334EFB0\431AE4FA\MSDBRPTR.DLL
        • Size 292KB
        • SHA256 436ff2311b8dccf8ed5ae2484c2e73b4f4f2c80dfcf8d163c643761c5cfa6346
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mia.lib

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\mia.lib
        • Size 715KB
        • SHA256 f7325995fcac9002b1b196afb1fa5376ef73b39e816b1096cd15d186b0486e7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\setup.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 a0c6fe38480f1702bdd862aa801894b289f032cb9f68ec78980463251a389404
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.msi

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\setup.msi
        • Size 292KB
        • SHA256 0d171a1ee6e79c43eae901d7146070236c6f6271df079aac223f20d69837b489
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.res

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mia635.tmp\setup.res
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 40b512c8e6819c0600be9774f10071c735f49c11e78bbbe607dea54abaaf279f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        {59D1F63E-C64E-4176-802D-BD94556E21FC}

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{59D1F63E-C64E-4176-802D-BD94556E21FC}
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 1c26c835ac2a6327731e7ad90109566f60e575d7c98970e439ff79c4d2fdd988
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI775E.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI775E.tmp
        • Size 90KB
        • SHA256 08c72daa01f1420d4bb22046afbd2cdebf76d5e70bacd7ee133c3675642dbe23
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI77FB.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI77FB.tmp
        • Size 43KB
        • SHA256 0acadf47a54cdf59a3bb68f6146400c7a071d9ad797c6bbd0e6c27e19ca091b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1528-204-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1528-210-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025BF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-188-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000658000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-189-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000658000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-336-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000658000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-113-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000658000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-111-0x00000000005D9000-0x00000000005DB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4920-364-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000658000-memory.dmp