Analysis

  • max time kernel
    131s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 06:50

General

  • Target
    2026-07-18_a36a9d219c69c10f7234deec860d573c_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260718-hlwxesbs7r
  • SHA256 a02346e2752a38a03de2626811656bdde0d002b18347c04bc22eab282873aaa0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 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 System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 34 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
  • 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 62 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_a36a9d219c69c10f7234deec860d573c_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_a36a9d219c69c10f7234deec860d573c_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:5532
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_a36a9d219c69c10f7234deec860d573c_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_a36a9d219c69c10f7234deec860d573c_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:5952

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        d3dcompiler47chromeelf.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\d3dcompiler47chromeelf.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 066130fe77f2d857ac4ce32b10fb48166974e09176809b73bc1bdec98e35c1fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WCChromeNativeMessagingHostCreate.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHostCreate.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 f5c5055b8a5dacf5ea8f9a880655c9dcffba8a9f59833f272f2cabe2abc22613
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WCChromeNativeMessagingHostCreate.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHostCreate.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 a02346e2752a38a03de2626811656bdde0d002b18347c04bc22eab282873aaa0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CoolTypeA3DUtils.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\CoolTypeA3DUtils.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 e441a6f909f9fd291b4b543e3e99a04b8cd00c2e5096cd84bae8712387f3840e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ccmebaseAXE8SharedExpat19.10.20064.310990.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccmebaseAXE8SharedExpat19.10.20064.310990.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 cf8631b6079a2eb5963aa36151117e5253823cc0564bd850bcf71c9ed186dc85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ReaderReader.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\ReaderReader.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 4c5b5787af57dcc7ec05941556a7ee3991f53b2927f61b6337679f11e0dec23b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOLoaderUIVisual.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\1033\VSTOLoaderUIVisual.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 3c48e1d9eee05deb0b46639872c486e4eac838e07173bee82347b6bab05f16f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msdasqlrWindows.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\Ole DB\it-IT\msdasqlrWindows.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 6ecc5af34efded9f963a179a6f70e0ca074e1b1eff8a18e40b5f5e71be937dc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH