Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
03/08/2026, 08:55
General
- Target 2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260803-kvtvjasdnc
- SHA256 80d1009e622986597e78c8cefa9d88a59616dac5f37baa35f92473691f892e37
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\2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_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\1747.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1747.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 71F985CE296555215740C73DBE0DBD190B783F734126783E061814AF6FFB2ADBC2076F25127273B72A5A59DF3CB98A8858FFA83D3674E7AB23A2416074DBB36D2⤵
- 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\2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_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
1747.tmp
2026-08-03_bb1fd9fd7a34a7945550c7517b8f27f2_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
memory/1628-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/4576-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-18-0x00007FF906420000-0x00007FF906683000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-15-0x00007FF8C6560000-0x00007FF8C6570000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-16-0x00007FF8C6560000-0x00007FF8C6570000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-17-0x00007FF90657F000-0x00007FF906580000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-14-0x00007FF8C6560000-0x00007FF8C6570000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-19-0x00007FF8C6560000-0x00007FF8C6570000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-21-0x00007FF906420000-0x00007FF906683000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-20-0x00007FF906420000-0x00007FF906683000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-22-0x00007FF8C6560000-0x00007FF8C6570000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-23-0x00007FF8C3FC0000-0x00007FF8C3FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-24-0x00007FF8C3FC0000-0x00007FF8C3FD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-28-0x00007FF906420000-0x00007FF906683000-memory.dmp
memory/5380-29-0x000001D81ED00000-0x000001D81EDF0000-memory.dmp