| File name: | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/37ae328e-06a1-44ac-864b-270a305fc692 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 12:49:37 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 4149D1C7678459558F327BD37A13D145 |
| SHA1: | 89F8902BA0B7C2DA8AB6E2D3D906FB6A17ADC304 |
| SHA256: | 9377A418344C83B212EEC57EEE0F93420C463BED3CE416E37F7E308BD9D6579C |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:iefUuZuKAuf5jTFvkOefUuZuKAuf5jTFrkHVrGDYwOwjefUuZuKAuf5jTFPkOefu: |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
Executing commands from a ".bat" file
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
- UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7680)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
- UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7680)
Starts itself from another location
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
Creates file in the systems drive root
- UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7680)
INFO
The sample compiled with chinese language support
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
Checks supported languages
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
- UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7680)
Create files in a temporary directory
- 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7528)
- UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7680)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (63.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (24.3) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.1) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.5) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2007:03:12 04:30:52+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 102400 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 16384 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x27dc |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6.1 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 6.1.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 6.1.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Chinese (Simplified) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | Windows Update Manager for NT |
| CompanyName: | Microsoft Corporation |
| FileDescription: | Windows Update Manager for NT |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999 |
| ProductName: | Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System |
| FileVersion: | 6.01 |
| ProductVersion: | 6.01 |
| InternalName: | INCUBUS |
| OriginalFileName: | INCUBUS.exe |
Total processes
128
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7432 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Update Manager for NT Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 6.01 Modules
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| 7528 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Update Manager for NT Version: 6.01 Modules
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| 7556 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\Option.bat | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7564 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7680 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\UpdatAuto.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe | — | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Update Manager for NT Version: 6.01 Modules
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| 7696 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\Option.bat | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | UpdatAuto.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7704 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7776 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe | — | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Adobe PDF Broker Process for Internet Explorer Exit code: 3221225781 Version: 23.6.20320.0 Modules
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Total events
112
Read events
112
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7528 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | C:\ntldr~8 | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7528 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7528 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7680 | UpdatAuto.exe | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7528 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | C:\ntldr~6 | executable | |
MD5:3B32EF022B737DB8936E8C0E974A710D | SHA256:EC30A9378EBB02530C2EE5D19CC385F47B3D985ED4A72F95B0CC0D4F810042D2 | |||
| 7528 | 2025-03-24_4149d1c7678459558f327bd37a13d145_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat | text | |
MD5:1D04ABF39E9DF55EED1D04430CC21EB8 | SHA256:0BC485263CF8A962E64DB0B88F156F2A9AF1B81ECFDB1CF9111D497E85DF70F3 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
4
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1616 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.164.32:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 20.83.72.98:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 20.83.72.98:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1616 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1616 | RUXIMICS.exe | 2.16.164.32:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.83.72.98:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |