Analysis

  • max time kernel
    90s
  • max time network
    92s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240412-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    25-04-2024 01:19

General

  • Target

    Mercurial.exe

  • Size

    3.4MB

  • MD5

    098e9faf57bdcda0314e4f43cfbe9686

  • SHA1

    3a245eedb31cafc62d3672885875489551b69283

  • SHA256

    610e127f79bb023801c4964d5fb4ce85f8cc145f54be11eb3dbe685c5e927db0

  • SHA512

    202e533c0a0a535add4e6a19a04b2fa36e486a3b058981d522cc2b961af4dd189d69f20cf77aebad31bc5e1eaef183a4ed6d6948c62ea7ceabd226a7c9fe05b1

  • SSDEEP

    98304:hNkjozJ9/im8XVBKl6t1buVfRhq+5tXzgCa/T:hxzJpjS346t1bIfuq07

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

C2

147.185.221.17:53478

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %Temp%

  • install_file

    Runbroker.exe

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator 11 IoCs

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:416
    • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\E.EXE
      "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\E.EXE"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3492
    • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\MERCURIAL.EXE
      "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\MERCURIAL.EXE"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3656

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\E.EXE
    Filesize

    71KB

    MD5

    fc1ffcb6cb37e5c7f5222ab764cbd64a

    SHA1

    e213083ec8f538a512892e0d03546e9d509deb47

    SHA256

    452fad43428918730f5fdd74953065b2359aa021ab05052d4cdfdaf15c28c3f2

    SHA512

    57ab086d049c4de13fe9673f7ea6d11f8109818214ae01e3cdf501c3b738f89dccab800f4e47476c21415e048e8424cb445780686f9090a7ede7dbbdd7e97fb4

  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\MERCURIAL.EXE
    Filesize

    3.2MB

    MD5

    a9477b3e21018b96fc5d2264d4016e65

    SHA1

    493fa8da8bf89ea773aeb282215f78219a5401b7

    SHA256

    890fd59af3370e2ce12e0d11916d1ad4ee9b9c267c434347dbed11e9572e8645

    SHA512

    66529a656865400fe37d40ae125a1d057f8be5aa17da80d367ebbe1a9dcea38f5174870d0dc5b56771f6ca5a13e2fad22d803f5357f3ef59a46e3bdf0cc5ee9c

  • memory/3492-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000098000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/3492-23-0x00007FFE54DB0000-0x00007FFE55872000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3492-57-0x0000000002080000-0x0000000002090000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3492-52-0x00007FFE54DB0000-0x00007FFE55872000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3656-41-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005DE6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/3656-31-0x0000000005180000-0x00000000051A0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    128KB

  • memory/3656-28-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-29-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F2A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/3656-36-0x0000000005270000-0x000000000528E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3656-39-0x0000000005310000-0x000000000531E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/3656-40-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005CCA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/3656-38-0x00000000052F0000-0x00000000052FE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/3656-37-0x00000000052B0000-0x00000000052E6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/3656-42-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005B70000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/3656-25-0x0000000074A20000-0x00000000751D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3656-35-0x00000000051F0000-0x000000000525E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    440KB

  • memory/3656-34-0x00000000051E0000-0x00000000051F4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/3656-33-0x00000000051D0000-0x00000000051E0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-32-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051C0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    128KB

  • memory/3656-27-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004FC2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/3656-30-0x0000000005040000-0x000000000505C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/3656-43-0x0000000008890000-0x0000000008898000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/3656-44-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-45-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-46-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-51-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-26-0x0000000005440000-0x00000000059E6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/3656-53-0x0000000074A20000-0x00000000751D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3656-54-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-55-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-56-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3656-24-0x0000000000120000-0x000000000045A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.2MB

  • memory/3656-58-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E20000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB