Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 14:21

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 637KB
  • Sample260809-rn847sgl4v
  • SHA256 9fdef80f5bd99b8907141dea30ebb97760e39e709a660d94685f30cd53368dc2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 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 10 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 62 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2708
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFA49.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3848
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4300
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFD18.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2124
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4812
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFDE3.bat
              6⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3976
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                7⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Drops file in Windows directory
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3408
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFECD.bat
                  8⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:5568
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                    9⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Drops file in Windows directory
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3736
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFFA8.bat
                      10⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:2228
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                        11⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Drops file in Windows directory
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:4872
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a73.bat
                          12⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:6044
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                            13⤵
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • Drops file in Windows directory
                            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:2264
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a219.bat
                              14⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:204
                              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
                                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
                                15⤵
                                • Executes dropped EXE
                                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                                PID:2336
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5740
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4108
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:6096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5740 -s 1004
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4116
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 5740 -ip 5740
    1⤵
      PID:3304

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          $$a219.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a219.bat
          • Size 775B
          • SHA256 63d33715f83a9960069efc0bd1c5781d7e3df4d1b94eb553933a68bdbb3742f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$a73.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a73.bat
          • Size 774B
          • SHA256 f46379b7ddd424fcedc88f7af4aa3fb22db2c417608aa3ed38fa92fa7ebbaa29
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$aFA49.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFA49.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 eb49b6e8a238fce618b8fa5394cf591a3fa7a00008844ac27280e7a624689f4a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$aFD18.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFD18.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 95be2bd150734fd4c4b2163558ecb71737378ab73b3b076c564669a53abfc894
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$aFDE3.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFDE3.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 14eb3b2be6e9d89074d158ee926c234ff85466580b61fbd83cc5a353a78bb556
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$aFECD.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFECD.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 660fa35b39188eba66de1a68925bc7a76dd778571c42aad379fae81149c32ce2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          $$aFFA8.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFFA8.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 f28cd48ba3ff84b06f43cfb32b927ac959f2642dcd7bffe54d596e0bc39e09ee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 605KB
          • SHA256 76143bba971485b5c91ea347c9890be90c45a57967a7162a57c81f5266ca0e53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 c2d3f0e9ddc7ffc5d3d253107c9042f7230cffe05a47ca40627cbd448067012b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 539KB
          • SHA256 998f361f94d49e2dcb7f609659a1821e35398c8a94f7cca180e09ce3a2a222bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 506KB
          • SHA256 b775cf7bf2336b9b13665c979ca603e1ae3e1272ec3719a5d4876dd11229dcf8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 473KB
          • SHA256 4ead075acd4c2dc349c57aec80c90ae5a92bf02baf805f152aaff483a0f6680d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 440KB
          • SHA256 22c509710ad5cf1aacc6be9883d570c8ba5c14c9a8a5be9769f59c5386e81877
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_5e5b916d4302417bb356ee0dd401735e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 408KB
          • SHA256 386b26735ce9afef569df511043e8a43dfb0109c50a77b70d7aff69b9e085642
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Logo1_.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 5c6ca16525876afba9f88ae6809b550793501ed5c5a73b8a800d4029ff92c98c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\_desktop.ini
          • Size 8B
          • SHA256 9665de4083439d021866163b21bda2a5f96fd16cd7572fbd2966e90951743829
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2264-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/2264-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/2708-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/2708-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/3408-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/3736-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/4812-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/4872-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/5740-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/5740-441-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

          memory/5740-466-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp