File name:

2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0e8d336b-1fb3-4519-badf-4ad8434b2051
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 29, 2025, 08:41:51
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
sakula
auto-reg
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:

BC83E4692D29789D7A63B663C6D024AC

SHA1:

3730A261B6F9A5320B7D448ABF20BAE1AE7E44D6

SHA256:

F0D966B306C543BA9E16F45FE1F0473262C208782222A66CC83E5A7BB7C50BED

SSDEEP:

1536:cZoUZR6RnYmE2q73nTWPZJA1zekntfaMBRId6HQmRc0nNU/+AE5A:c6NYx/nYZJA5cMUepnNU/B

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • SAKULA has been detected

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for self-deleting

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts itself from another location

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Auto-launch of the file from Registry key

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Reads the computer name

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Checks supported languages

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 4380)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • AdobeUpdate.exe (PID: 1244)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 3100)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 3100)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2013:04:02 06:46:11+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 8
CodeSize: 57344
InitializedDataSize: 32768
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x4d59
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
128
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #SAKULA 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe adobeupdate.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs ping.exe no specs adobeupdate.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1188"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe—2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
1244C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\micromedia\adobeupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
3100C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe—2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\micromedia\adobeupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
3100C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
4272\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4380"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
5728ping 127.0.0.1 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
TCP/IP Ping Command
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\ping.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
Total events
3 915
Read events
3 914
Write events
1
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4380) 2025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:AdobeUpdate
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
43802025-04-29_bc83e4692d29789d7a63b663c6d024ac_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeexecutable
MD5:C1E645064BE1FEBDA587B5DB930EC9FE
SHA256:A5DF204918F41A49CCFDE935043D4D84301262936D805DC81586705445060999
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HTTP(S) requests
23
TCP/UDP connections
42
DNS requests
13
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
304
4.245.163.56:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
GET
200
13.85.23.206:443
https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping
unknown
—
—
—
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.105:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.105:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.105:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
52.149.20.212:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
2.16.164.105:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
2.23.246.101:80
www.microsoft.com
Ooredoo Q.S.C.
QA
whitelisted
3884
SIHClient.exe
13.95.31.18:443
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6184
slui.exe
40.91.76.224:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.31.128:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.105
  • 2.16.164.106
  • 2.16.164.51
  • 2.16.164.48
  • 2.16.164.114
  • 2.16.164.130
  • 2.16.164.42
  • 2.16.164.58
  • 2.16.164.25
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.246.101
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.95.31.18
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.229.19
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 20.190.159.128
  • 40.126.31.2
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 40.126.31.3
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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