Analysis Overview
SHA256
7f71385d6a2745866497ffd421c23698a4ba6e0be811d5728d7c0318539ae607
Threat Level: Known bad
The file dde.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Detect Xworm Payload
Xworm family
Xworm
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Looks up external IP address via web service
Adds Run key to start application
Drops file in Windows directory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Unsigned PE
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-05-30 10:51
Signatures
Detect Xworm Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Xworm family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-30 10:51
Reported
2024-05-30 10:54
Platform
win10-20240404-en
Max time kernel
150s
Max time network
148s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Xworm Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Xworm
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-160447019-1232603106-4168707212-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XClient = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\XClient.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe | N/A |
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Drops file in Windows directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\rescache\_merged\4183903823\2290032291.pri | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\rescache\_merged\1601268389\715946058.pri | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_QEMU&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000 | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_QEMU&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_QEMU&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe"
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\dde.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'dde.exe'
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\XClient.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XClient.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dde.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.0.8.0.8.0.8.0.ip6.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.221.185.147.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 43.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 66.112.168.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.18:62460 | registered-martial.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
Files
memory/3308-0-0x00007FFF7A123000-0x00007FFF7A124000-memory.dmp
memory/3308-1-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009F8000-memory.dmp
memory/3308-2-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1000-7-0x0000023439600000-0x0000023439622000-memory.dmp
memory/1000-9-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1000-11-0x00000234397B0000-0x0000023439826000-memory.dmp
memory/1000-12-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1000-21-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nnjrbmeg.aof.ps1
| MD5 | c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b |
| SHA1 | 356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab |
| SHA256 | 6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b |
| SHA512 | 4dff4ea340f0a823f15d3f4f01ab62eae0e5da579ccb851f8db9dfe84c58b2b37b89903a740e1ee172da793a6e79d560e5f7f9bd058a12a280433ed6fa46510a |
memory/1000-51-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | ad5cd538ca58cb28ede39c108acb5785 |
| SHA1 | 1ae910026f3dbe90ed025e9e96ead2b5399be877 |
| SHA256 | c9e6cb04d6c893458d5a7e12eb575cf97c3172f5e312b1f63a667cbbc5f0c033 |
| SHA512 | c066c5d9b276a68fa636647bb29aea05bfa2292217bc77f5324d9c1d93117772ee8277e1f7cff91ec8d6b7c05ca078f929cecfdbb09582522a9067f54740af13 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 86540a0c5e167e40926a4a794714b54d |
| SHA1 | 4e5307f3d83ee3ff3d3ec1400d62d1a945dc425a |
| SHA256 | b4f3f14f03e953894c3306fa07e776ef16f96ada85b4ca6f587cb6dfb9569b0c |
| SHA512 | 506fea68ccc3bb8c990cf9beea8f3b84a4186cce0f28a3e3f1236d434d23877bbc704c9e8435f8ab95a3dac97b554bb60ea6d98b43d2890463d1b36a67897a02 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 7d945eba6be7a48afb6f8a29c03b33bf |
| SHA1 | c8efdf30b07d7df3ee09307b7fc7fba536f67b38 |
| SHA256 | 420d68de51d5a84752893b6ddfa25a214eaffa4534f9648d80411434a946cbc6 |
| SHA512 | 4fd88fa37901bef3a9eaeeaad754be94b3b39ddc2fb43bbbf28e2f2e18f3912626f0ac4748b1360b049f34a013ad37be203d62b74359765fc550e8d73280a7a4 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | dde2ecae6449edcea6c29ae9e1f0f66e |
| SHA1 | 215c8519e5f781a6df1efac38f3ca618f48aeee6 |
| SHA256 | 89dac7cc6a5910f29b9c202dca2107b45c2b16c4b414bc5e053c95317d1117a5 |
| SHA512 | 48a49d5eddccd07d7ffc63feb40476db3773580c67a226bce0b01e0fc33bb9b5c4204ea223c161e5d29b106ba745b9894bd36d27f7abc8895e8c631142953caa |
memory/3308-183-0x00007FFF7A123000-0x00007FFF7A124000-memory.dmp
memory/3308-184-0x00007FFF7A120000-0x00007FFF7AB0C000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\dde.exe.log
| MD5 | 16c5fce5f7230eea11598ec11ed42862 |
| SHA1 | 75392d4824706090f5e8907eee1059349c927600 |
| SHA256 | 87ba77c13905298acbac72be90949c4fe0755b6eff9777615aa37f252515f151 |
| SHA512 | 153edd6da59beea6cc411ed7383c32916425d6ebb65f04c65aab7c1d6b25443d143aa8449aa92149de0ad8a975f6ecaa60f9f7574536eec6b38fe5fd3a6c6adc |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
| MD5 | d5af9923e3015fc2cd381797720e84ec |
| SHA1 | 8a11d55d97ad484897fd8da7c7e36543184ef23d |
| SHA256 | 7f71385d6a2745866497ffd421c23698a4ba6e0be811d5728d7c0318539ae607 |
| SHA512 | 11fc191532a6a8a643531aeb90b30a18830bb904b898cb66d6e068cd887b0658b3e6edc75a6c2c622fe0bc0329fac720af43a933a724ccab4c27fa92865307cb |