Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 04:34

General

  • Target
    2026-07-28_a3e282f3e33c11c8660d2695847417be_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 14.6MB
  • Sample260728-e686psar9x
  • SHA256 cc421f4b22a36888891c64e45d003f18e42396e4a6fcfb77bbf94e783c8e642b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_a3e282f3e33c11c8660d2695847417be_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_a3e282f3e33c11c8660d2695847417be_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2600
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard\WIS7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE_4_2_0_0.MSI" WISE_SETUP_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_a3e282f3e33c11c8660d2695847417be_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1052
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4496
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 148A40A8CB45DF67785989219BB03924 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4272
      • C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla1.exe
        "C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla1.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4120

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        WIS7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE_4_2_0_0.MSI

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard\WIS7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE_4_2_0_0.MSI
        • Size 12.8MB
        • SHA256 81fbc9523ee244b0787b113fd30160e79f204f8552f8e0718693b0e01d09048c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GLC4FF0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GLC4FF0.tmp
        • Size 161KB
        • SHA256 250914ecdebf4423bdf4839327bafccc4118b7b68a3be629bdb7f7f0a8574e92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI4E98.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4E98.tmp
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 be4002550e6f8f13ee7f5090c8412ca6bd316bbc7cf629bedbe739ee9684fec5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI538C.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI538C.tmp
        • Size 108KB
        • SHA256 cfae900920871f92cb9ab92a1732aeb7b0734464f33390dab49a193d4ae2a451
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WiseCustomCalla1.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla1.exe
        • Size 108KB
        • SHA256 57b60abe2d96cab8751a64ec92ecbf86ab3b944159f2e703891adca502f23e9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH