smokeloader | 01b14ff942cee545031b1c0d7a166ccde2c18e0085f209f0c5ad893b4425f335

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
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arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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09/11/2026, 23:16

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Target
2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Size 299KB
Sample261109-29dwasst7m
SHA256 01b14ff942cee545031b1c0d7a166ccde2c18e0085f209f0c5ad893b4425f335
MD5 9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956
SHA1 b546479c5b159971e7bb7460742443f7158cec7c
SHA512 03b0e9e8f41a657cf8a0e154c0721dfc632e2a8ccb1a76d10070895d6d639ebac9c17b7272625bb90766e1abc8e8c26484a7bd37ebf3a65c4beb17dcf6a61261
SSDEEP 6144:rNy6CYUg2Reux2oJfvHT+eGOz90cByDHZ32p0M:rE6I7wWrvT+etz9n4HZs
TLSH
T148549D04ABA0D434F5B712F849BA93BDB53F7AB16B2490CB12D226EA1B356D0DD30357
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

backdoor pub2 discovery smokeloader trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

smokeloader

Botnet

pub2

Signatures

Family: SmokeLoader
Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.
trojan backdoor smokeloader

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5480 set thread context of 4252	5480	2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe	89

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4252	5480	2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe	89
PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4252	5480	2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe	89
PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4252	5480	2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5480
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_9b09aeb455e672e682d09271bc77a956_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:4252

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/4252-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

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memory/5480-2-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000809000-memory.dmp

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memory/5480-1-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000690000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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