Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/07/2026, 09:15
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
5 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 12.1MB
- Sample260720-k7462aft8x
- SHA256 55ec48b270132a7e24c6e117b8a941034d847abfd0b8177f605363488501baf1
- MD5 97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882
- SHA1 07ba2b45df2a97f3b5192eebac53933da1288aba
- SHA512 57187f7889867870d5bb512db67e24f14d957ab8e1fbdec9f9f57c3ca84174e687cd8e53f4a873730d09e3a4a7d7625b6e701ad64a0b177127a9ea24f36817ef
- SSDEEP 196608:4PmTPTfcqUy7/MQgDXiVbySg5MEivMFXG1EfnTDEXzCK0Kb2YUcXXk4:UmzzcGMjWVbpvMFmUTIVpXU4
- TLSH T11CD633E2FAE3E69AC6DB893454734B63C77760A1DB00949FF4880F591D43BE2CA35A41
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
3/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000\Control Panel\Colors 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Modifies registry class 28 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 0100000000000000ffffffff 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{f86fa3ab-70d2-4fc7-9c99-fcbf05467f3a}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1 = 14001f481cffcda87848be43b5fdf8091c1c60d00000 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\NotificationData 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{d3162b92-9365-467a-956b-92703aca08af}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\NodeSlot = "2" 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{3dfdf296-dbec-4fb4-81d1-6a3438bcf4de}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{24ad3ad4-a569-4530-98e1-ab02f9417aa8}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 0202 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\MRUListEx = ffffffff 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents" 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{088e3905-0323-4b02-9826-5d99428e115f}\Instance\ 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 1876 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1876 2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_97894adea9392ef220c8586e8da4f882_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Control Panel
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1876