General

  • Target

    XClient.exe

  • Size

    67KB

  • Sample

    230322-2s9lmsdh2y

  • MD5

    404dee8c8fe0b8c25ac39f60960dcbf0

  • SHA1

    078b5427a3c29a2f410f0e09f667389ad630ed60

  • SHA256

    90d2777179534bb5746559397a767aeee141f30a57b53c5d9c2122278b4bc4b7

  • SHA512

    9d7c6c2cceff330acea030002c4c7fde0a9ebe4f6a94a035e6fd6f08d7f5fea407680e5acd5baef687a19f40e116c47e8615dd4f728bdac7636529665e83956e

  • SSDEEP

    768:I9Zqr1TeXYQI9WFFTLmxVm2LXT8fbKQCQ/bm1f5Nc0Mrufk+NY1DT4sMOcPhoRcp:1r1g+wrXFfsybmtlMi2asMOasUbj

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      XClient.exe

    • Size

      67KB

    • MD5

      404dee8c8fe0b8c25ac39f60960dcbf0

    • SHA1

      078b5427a3c29a2f410f0e09f667389ad630ed60

    • SHA256

      90d2777179534bb5746559397a767aeee141f30a57b53c5d9c2122278b4bc4b7

    • SHA512

      9d7c6c2cceff330acea030002c4c7fde0a9ebe4f6a94a035e6fd6f08d7f5fea407680e5acd5baef687a19f40e116c47e8615dd4f728bdac7636529665e83956e

    • SSDEEP

      768:I9Zqr1TeXYQI9WFFTLmxVm2LXT8fbKQCQ/bm1f5Nc0Mrufk+NY1DT4sMOcPhoRcp:1r1g+wrXFfsybmtlMi2asMOasUbj

    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings

    • Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks