Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 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 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 28 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1396
    • 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
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4532
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3652
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding DDED6F4CA31F4A83DAFE3FA771841B61 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5256
      • 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:4976
      • C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla.exe
        "C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1764
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3480
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 18D43D77612BABCD095B2F10E6E6838B
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5424
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4100

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59d2e7.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59d2e7.rbs
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 8b6d11bcd910197842686e0fb9deb6da64ae91989859c8ef9a35a713705fb685
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          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

          GLCF5D5.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GLCF5D5.tmp
          • Size 161KB
          • SHA256 250914ecdebf4423bdf4839327bafccc4118b7b68a3be629bdb7f7f0a8574e92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIF47D.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF47D.tmp
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 be4002550e6f8f13ee7f5090c8412ca6bd316bbc7cf629bedbe739ee9684fec5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIF99F.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF99F.tmp
          • Size 108KB
          • SHA256 cfae900920871f92cb9ab92a1732aeb7b0734464f33390dab49a193d4ae2a451
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          WiseCustomCalla.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseCustomCalla.exe
          • Size 108KB
          • SHA256 ab61c41d9b8fe117b509b06692e395ecb2ddb9ee518fecfc11712710235c6891
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          WiseCustomCalla1.exe

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

          WiseData.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseData.ini
          • Size 319B
          • SHA256 166414986ade48296aad948f0176fc707035339b8d429eba6ba6f6ff445107d4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          WiseData.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\7AD59C05E83E49AFBD6C74464061DABE.TMP\WiseData.ini
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 d36cf46c27265786ef96d5bdd4c1d6d324bf7b0004cf7fce278d2eb1e33a40fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 6c1ad5aad6e11a588b9d4cb30dc43807f2490491dd64af9056c1845bc16259db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {b9ac80cd-e1c3-4f14-a7db-1e1c21dc6bf2}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c61fbfff-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{b9ac80cd-e1c3-4f14-a7db-1e1c21dc6bf2}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 85ee862bd84cad8c51e62e7576fab474c9a96c5b3e060f1cdf504493d21c1ea0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH