Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    157s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29/03/2024, 02:10

General

  • Target
    67d99e584b3b8ae9133a00e5edae2439.exe
  • Size 160KB
  • Sample240329-cl5axafd84
  • SHA256 2e3efa1553c291ae2b2acd7fc0304b99d61f409fbf0979b7b7f5e852ef81833e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • head-formatting.gl.at.ply.gg:11437

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %Temp%

  • install_file

    svchost.exe

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67d99e584b3b8ae9133a00e5edae2439.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67d99e584b3b8ae9133a00e5edae2439.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4008
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67d99e584b3b8ae9133a00e5edae2439.exe'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3200
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess '67d99e584b3b8ae9133a00e5edae2439.exe'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4504
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1760
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2992
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "svchost" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:980
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3276 --field-trial-handle=2356,i,13261194862334667799,7441241219475888176,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8
    1⤵
      PID:2836
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4196
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1796

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\svchost.exe.log
          • Size 654B
          • SHA256 e1b91642d85d98124a6a31f710e137ab7fd90dec30e74a05ab7fcf3b7887dced
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 cce65b73cdfe9304bcd5207913e8b60fb69faa20cd3b684f2b0343b755b99438
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 9d97a5bbc88fdcceac25f293383f7e5ce242675460ffbfb2ee9090870c034e96
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 718dc2f5f4a6dbb7fab7f3db05bd7f602fb16526caae7084ab46c3ab4e7bad35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ivgf2rmw.wx0.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ivgf2rmw.wx0.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
          • Size 160KB
          • SHA256 2e3efa1553c291ae2b2acd7fc0304b99d61f409fbf0979b7b7f5e852ef81833e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1760-56-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/1760-55-0x0000018F47170000-0x0000018F472BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1760-53-0x0000018F46EF0000-0x0000018F46F00000-memory.dmp

          memory/1760-51-0x0000018F46EF0000-0x0000018F46F00000-memory.dmp

          memory/1760-50-0x0000018F46EF0000-0x0000018F46F00000-memory.dmp

          memory/1760-49-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-84-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-85-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-68-0x000001745ACC0000-0x000001745ACD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-72-0x0000017473430000-0x000001747357E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-67-0x000001745ACC0000-0x000001745ACD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-66-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-70-0x000001745ACC0000-0x000001745ACD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-73-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-4-0x000002919E6C0000-0x000002919E6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-14-0x000002919E800000-0x000002919E822000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-20-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-19-0x000002919E870000-0x000002919E9BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-16-0x000002919E6C0000-0x000002919E6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-15-0x000002919E6C0000-0x000002919E6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-3-0x000002919E6C0000-0x000002919E6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3200-2-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-75-0x000000001B8E0000-0x000000001B8F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-0-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000B0E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-35-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-76-0x000000001B8E0000-0x000000001B8F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-1-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4196-79-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4196-81-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-22-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-23-0x0000027B7BEE0000-0x0000027B7BEF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-24-0x0000027B7BEE0000-0x0000027B7BEF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-39-0x00007FFFA46D0000-0x00007FFFA5191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-38-0x0000027B7BFF0000-0x0000027B7C13E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4504-36-0x0000027B7BEE0000-0x0000027B7BEF0000-memory.dmp