Analysis

  • max time kernel
    139s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 16:50

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_5b6db5cc79439b4b48ae72e5ccc1f882_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample260801-vb9fzstths
  • SHA256 878f5633a9ae8947be4582beff5a0024568381057defaa53983bfef46cf64122
  • 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 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 30 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 50 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 56 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_5b6db5cc79439b4b48ae72e5ccc1f882_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_5b6db5cc79439b4b48ae72e5ccc1f882_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:2696
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_5b6db5cc79439b4b48ae72e5ccc1f882_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_5b6db5cc79439b4b48ae72e5ccc1f882_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:2160
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1376

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          AdobeNPPDF32.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AIR\AdobeNPPDF32.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 5c372fa1fe1d8cfea2f62eec1fbe0e96d2329fe112553c0f03090af8ec295bb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Operatingchromeelf.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\Operatingchromeelf.exe
          • Size 9.1MB
          • SHA256 421259e55c40a91dac4440a59a11ba6d20c31f2728b6f53b3c2c48a03c8e4bd3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcefOperating.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\libcefOperating.exe
          • Size 9.1MB
          • SHA256 a30a55b8363295953fafbab4bf41697069d4076b8255c11ead48a7e4feaf18f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          LinguisitcAdobeHelp.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LinguisitcAdobeHelp.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 209a6c71a6161a9f98c741d000dd0b0da99234b811469d607d145de3db187754
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ViewerPSApplication.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ViewerPSApplication.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 610e80cf6ad8ee1e361fd261884fbe7140f0b15d0dcc76ff69fb0b9419b6860f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VisualApplications9.0.30729.7079.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTA\Pipeline.v10.0\AddInViews\VisualApplications9.0.30729.7079.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 3d3e0f0bf8049944856aad3e3ddc781373671e64a0a9b174fc08f518c9c62bb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vstoeeStudio.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\vstoeeStudio.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 6f3eecdac7af0ec94af3fd42cf618405baa1a4f4f570b3442f8087f50b8dc8ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          WAB32WAB32.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\WAB32WAB32.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 b726bca81b8d7cb226e4e18fae5deeb49b55666b5571a80115d38d8550ebb990
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          operativoSistema10.0.26100.1.160101.0800.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\es-ES\operativoSistema10.0.26100.1.160101.0800.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 f2d9126368d93b4c12d0e4190ed59d693f913c7b30e2ca39d43a602351fab169
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH