Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
12/10/2026, 22:32
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample261012-2gexws11dw
- SHA256 2ff141e1d055de7ec740902ca152ca59f7c49924f0b2833ae4cba4e0e6b0f6f4
- MD5 497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d
- SHA1 681d994bf84aa2339667bcaaf41c99e2cc4918b0
- SHA512 90bd3b390589887ffbcd40d6f0aed2751e07047e728ac1f54fbd738eca18c3654d57d1bc96de0f31c6808239698845f9b018a89b981af8ec9296c1c56bd2e41b
- SSDEEP 24576:mHnmlJblvSdFP8THlhqe1kh4eOUvAK6kMU0MG0aw/FODVQLeBtaZMbPS8BehyDlr:4mHz0I8AK6kMfSibPrecW
- TLSH T116858DB07162A039E9BB10BB277E9458940DE9C05BD421C725D53AFFD61A4F02CBF2B6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 17 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2284-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/2284-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/2284-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/2284-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/files/0x0002000000022c49-8.dat UPX behavioral1/memory/2284-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-14-0x0000000001700000-0x000000000170B000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-15-0x0000000001700000-0x000000000170B000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-17-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-19-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-20-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-22-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-23-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-24-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-26-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral1/memory/4616-28-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010100000-memory.dmp UPX - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVSER)\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\GameExplorer\\Remote.hlp" 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 4616 svchost.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Delete00.bat 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1408 set thread context of 2284 1408 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 87 -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2284-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2284-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2284-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2284-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2284-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/4616-14-0x0000000001700000-0x000000000170B000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/4616-15-0x0000000001700000-0x000000000170B000-memory.dmp upx - Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 3312 sc.exe - Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 816 cmd.exe - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 980 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 980 PING.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 24 IoCs
pid Process 2284 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2284 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe 4616 svchost.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2284 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4616 svchost.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1408 wrote to memory of 2284 1408 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 87 PID 1408 wrote to memory of 2284 1408 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 87 PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3312 2284 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 88 PID 2284 wrote to memory of 816 2284 2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 816 wrote to memory of 980 816 cmd.exe 94
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1408 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-11_497b7a7890e9e9a91c438adebec8883d_amadey_dharma_elex_icedid_smoke-loader_stop.exe2⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2284 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc failure SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVSER) reset= 86400 actions= restart/10003⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3312
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\System32\\Delete00.bat3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:816 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping 127.0.0.14⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:980
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4616
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C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs1⤵PID:1920
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Delete00.bat
- Size 188B
- SHA256 947c49c68bceba92983635c383abdf6c1694ed62ee261c50cee6e2b698760f74
- MD5 9f5114c4eb61ab5f46a5e5baaedfbd61
- SHA1 bd8def0053047277e585b63b009f14ef1f685c56
- SHA512 6dde8de6132be28c4392657b9614f29c0c0797b265b00f7eb8094380d429bfebe71d66cb65c30b6527a13d6b135e8217d1227a547f6f54714c4aa2148f14584e
- TLSH T195C0C0139332CFF58080810B00EF5D2EC11874C4270031321302D08D90E019F5C6D704
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path \??\c:\programdata\microsoft\windows\gameexplorer\remote.hlp
- Size 936KB
- SHA256 b53132d5c59e5e62e23a9cb65fa9c09aa8403f625d76877c4e8fd60a331be56a
- MD5 2148ed98f723563683990f569d23bf43
- SHA1 25cfad1a06933f65f7d110a81d7adbfa83c19005
- SHA512 8ac4b829802e3238fcdf6629b09417dfb48b04d18880a230a387b3673c724a8281c795c83e7a088c12ef676b9fd054b70f90aebca34a1217fc7376aeb9f13dfa
- SSDEEP 24576:7DCtrH5pkRinnoxs6+ODt7WG002MK9vuHy474SvPeLEu5MKVLn7KnT+bu8JKCwOc:n2rZpkEoxs6+OX2qNhOG5
- TLSH T1B015F823B211D083D0645AF922A21A343FF887A638B98537EEE4DFA57CB5533974790D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH