Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
04/08/2026, 22:17
General
- Target 2026-08-04_cd5b2547f792b6d18079c7772f69fae0_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 403KB
- Sample260804-17cpsa1gmd
- SHA256 98c5e0cab1df13c2ad3fc8854716ef39b9c581308a77318af0d50bf4a209cd8f
Malware Config
Extracted
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sality
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http://89.119.67.154/testo5/
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http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif
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http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif
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http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif
Signatures
- Family: Sality
Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.
- Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Detects executables packed with Sality Polymorphic Code Generator or Simple Poly Engine or Sality 5 IoCs
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 6 IoCs
- Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- UPX packed file 5 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 13 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe"fontdrvhost.exe"1⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe"fontdrvhost.exe"1⤵
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_cd5b2547f792b6d18079c7772f69fae0_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_cd5b2547f792b6d18079c7772f69fae0_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
4Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Disable or Modify Tools
3Modify Registry
5Replay Monitor
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Downloads
memory/1036-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046B000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-1-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000341A000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-4-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000341A000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046B000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-5-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000341A000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-7-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000341A000-memory.dmp
memory/1036-3-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000341A000-memory.dmp