Analysis

  • max time kernel
    105s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 18:25

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_083151f69219ad04d004f3d8d2178e3a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample260702-w2xesab161
  • SHA256 d10763805f807fb712777784a9adb0c87ae8f69b744da417a49e442f51a9d08f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_083151f69219ad04d004f3d8d2178e3a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_083151f69219ad04d004f3d8d2178e3a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1700
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4F8.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4F8.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_083151f69219ad04d004f3d8d2178e3a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 74D0C14595756A5A0AFEA8F27D6064EEA69CFE318781D5544C533299BD81348E9114C196446AAC35FF85D0FC19A324994A787C41878FD5A58EB35AB281E606E7
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4780
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2696
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:712
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3532
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1228

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 595B
        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        4F8.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4F8.tmp
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 8c102590d230fe292e57623eb43f09bfa328968e0143bf12bd1d96d263057f12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/712-193-0x000000000E620000-0x000000000EE9B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1700-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3532-8-0x0000018A001B0000-0x0000018A002B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3532-54-0x0000018A04680000-0x0000018A046A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3532-23-0x0000018A04000000-0x0000018A04100000-memory.dmp

        memory/3532-22-0x0000018A029F0000-0x0000018A02A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3532-32-0x0000018A02E70000-0x0000018A02E90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005E6000-memory.dmp