Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 15:51

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample260804-tamedstfme
  • SHA256 91cc8541446d6651d0fdc14ee38f0ff00bc2d759b0a14691dce629f350264772
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • bdaejec

C2
  • ddos.dnsnb8.net

Signatures

  • Family: Bdaejec

    Bdaejec is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects Bdaejec Backdoor. 1 IoCs

    Bdaejec is backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 5 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 1 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • UPX packed file 5 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 49 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4580
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OSp.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OSp.exe
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1612
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2bd025c5.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2868
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe" /to "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4648

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AutoHotkey32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\.staging\2026-08-04_4d1813654c187a1aa52d40d08d5d40ce_elex_smoke-loader_wapomi.exe\AutoHotkey32.exe
        • Size 960KB
        • SHA256 07978048d8271554f58dfb8ce9fdf6d0c68fcb84ce82117cddc314cca95c2fb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Minimal for v2.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\Templates\Minimal for v2.ahk
        • Size 93B
        • SHA256 7f618d3ca343a0739a52a4a3c4f5b963ed98dc077b60c65fdc77d70fb0ec12d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        WindowSpy.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\WindowSpy.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 b29f7037876d82deaaf200e79e9f1c139a4fc9d8b883101be1f93c62d3299967
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CommandLineToArgs.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CommandLineToArgs.ahk
        • Size 352B
        • SHA256 a6c51e2188e31e3510577263d7b96db147b0df3dfa24c96df8fdd9d73da859ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        CreateAppShortcut.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CreateAppShortcut.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 40a6f0cda5fd1dff324cab288bb453aa60b41b09dacbfbc64f2d871423f33935
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        EnableUIAccess.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\EnableUIAccess.ahk
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 a9a824a763195e5810bf904854af7ed41c025527b2b8faa7532c6f24189d69b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk
        • Size 844B
        • SHA256 48a3f822a720b8e9b41165a1d19d56411d1f58036338ebd07ab40f2a14cf0f1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        HashFile.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\HashFile.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84032ecac8ed334cf8788a81bea721b0af5cd7ca7dca57b60cdec3556ae33914
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        README.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\README.txt
        • Size 182B
        • SHA256 d65c6e73417e6bba7a619f2e68933b74e6ae6141277b65542aed9b6acdfc83ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ShellRun.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ShellRun.ahk
        • Size 420B
        • SHA256 ea67340c555fdc1abf8e324ac550ac37d2ba5f96a8edef120e72fb340f8f95c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        bounce-v1.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\bounce-v1.ahk
        • Size 142B
        • SHA256 9b75c7f804d1d55807459e6f06db2bee8e1fb60ce9c9340d44a7b491ce53b982
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        common.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\common.ahk
        • Size 870B
        • SHA256 4e1e49dcb93bb8f6adcc7385029ff779259f1492a214f9bd6af0d62ea10a76e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        config.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\config.ahk
        • Size 429B
        • SHA256 4d1f241a0c973e30f1bf19e71cadb386b872a14bf0c29d32d4781a56cafd998a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        identify.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f5b97911887c303b6859de44eff73780309e31e931dcba86a66aaafbe932af72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        identify_regex.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify_regex.ahk
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 c2563ab626df892398083404acecc5229300ba7dc6077b120844c65facfad854
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        launcher-common.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\launcher-common.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 220629b006d13b24afb3367abeea424c5b4103ac0c5a137fdc9d98047cdd908f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        spy.ico

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\spy.ico
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 968473df8eac7264d9e84e6ae91a4d706cda9f89f345d182617b161ef4fe1a7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-base.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ui-base.ahk
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 5f0208e050c64b5b8c7733c2413cd5bb69cc6eb2555c67ee0716b28a351ed651
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        install-ahk2exe.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-ahk2exe.ahk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c242ebb51241acab13152d95cdb05be5382ffb97f3dca2da3a4e5a084c2e3ff4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        install-version.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-version.ahk
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 d275f352ca714100249457ed39f42ce4e2b342102f51a16c59b6270d681c2907
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        install.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install.ahk
        • Size 40KB
        • SHA256 eae93fc89ed952cb2323de726d54107848950f3effa55a564557e78347fe3597
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        launcher.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 830db4be4c8320f23ff32316dac933d4e72d9056ea5a819cc12c38614da6e06f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reload-v1.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reload-v1.ahk
        • Size 556B
        • SHA256 e4659306a755b583e9cef5fdba3b3eb102d8939fb028afd91aad4496e758fad5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        reset-assoc.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 d26caef44190e0b612c3e4309ff6689dc2953c72cb3de1c94d002250b089f16b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ui-dash.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-dash.ahk
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 e19e68f3904e1e5d3eee1c1340a0e36a854670911e051d263a8ea4c1fb2e53c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-editor.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 7263286eb3a42eccf5edc39b43c74a8bf7c82f2671204d1ae654236c1de3f05d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-launcherconfig.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-launcherconfig.ahk
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 179c96d787fae5dd26cdf832e5226142ab3e4f1ff53e3b1f24cecddcf3e79947
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-newscript.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-newscript.ahk
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 e6279029591444d06adbfc718eef7436da1fb0f2b69873732aff89ca0f54a20a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-setup.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-setup.ahk
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 68b114a2ea4af9df54709a78ec5991a1f271097b29cb93757403fdb158746bc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ui-uninstall.ahk

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-uninstall.ahk
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 1e09fc4af5dc3e673d4facfe4fa849c6bdd0b29c67b0efd7f96aaf387fcef698
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        license.txt

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\license.txt
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 b27c1a7c92686e47f8740850ad24877a50be23fd3dbd44edee50ac1223135e38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AutoHotkey.chm

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.chm
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 198e14a2f0550e2e84c80b14ffc87e35df024e71d19d562bad0365edb3b723d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AutoHotkey64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 660ea022d6822ce5b7f057f55160a5b144e8817423606388199ee6774af7701d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        k2[1].rar

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8TC3VSEU\k2[1].rar
        • Size 1B
        • SHA256 01ba4719c80b6fe911b091a7c05124b64eeece964e09c058ef8f9805daca546b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        2bd025c5.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2bd025c5.bat
        • Size 181B
        • SHA256 e4974b8739f133644b7a6c0adcad702b5f05693959b9775c2581ddc09dc38edc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        641E124B.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\641E124B.exe
        • Size 1B
        • SHA256 08f271887ce94707da822d5263bae19d5519cb3614e0daedc4c7ce5dab7473f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        OSp.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OSp.exe
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 4354970ccc7cd6bb16318f132c34f6a1b3d5c2ea7ff53e1c9271905527f2db07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1612-5-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000D99000-memory.dmp

        memory/1612-206-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000D99000-memory.dmp

        memory/4580-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000960000-memory.dmp

        memory/4580-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000960000-memory.dmp

        memory/4580-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000960000-memory.dmp

        memory/4648-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000960000-memory.dmp

        memory/4648-207-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000960000-memory.dmp