Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
140s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
- submitted
20/07/2026, 09:49
General
- Target 2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260720-ltke5sdx2k
- SHA256 70a1c549d76ee1c534cabf83edde1e4c64dacef8aec712737b185b97768a968f
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 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 processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 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.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E347.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E347.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 430B742B748A049CBD9C950BBF7812B55349669B2A679AD451B43862318BA46BCD1CC68E91AF2865E08DB6464D5C11EDB3F41CD3F945CB7FA758C7079640A0892⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-20_5e553a167f13e286b6f7ebbbf2ec5bbc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
E347.tmp
memory/3244-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/4112-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-21-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-23-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-18-0x00007FFCEF25F000-0x00007FFCEF260000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-19-0x00007FFCAF240000-0x00007FFCAF250000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-16-0x00007FFCAF240000-0x00007FFCAF250000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-15-0x00007FFCAF240000-0x00007FFCAF250000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-17-0x00007FFCAF240000-0x00007FFCAF250000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-20-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-22-0x00007FFCACE00000-0x00007FFCACE10000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-14-0x00007FFCAF240000-0x00007FFCAF250000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-24-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-26-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-27-0x00007FFCACE00000-0x00007FFCACE10000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-25-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-29-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-28-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-31-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-30-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp
memory/4672-35-0x00007FFCEF100000-0x00007FFCEF363000-memory.dmp