Analysis

  • max time kernel
    136s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05/06/2024, 17:20

General

  • Target
    Solara v2.exe
  • Size 230KB
  • Sample240605-vwkncsdf96
  • SHA256 eed43c12866f5d2d70382ccd10a07670e4b935885a3dbf375da38b8924339b0d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • takes-stewart.gl.at.ply.gg:61176

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    XClient.exe

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • 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).

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Solara v2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Solara v2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3392
    • 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\Solara v2.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3008
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Solara v2.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:400
    • 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\Roaming\XClient.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1676
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XClient.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4464
    • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
      "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\peghds.mp4"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2832
    • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
      "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gdmrtl.mp3"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1380
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x470 0x3cc
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2980

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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 22e3078aa01e8823ee5ef8518496c8526e35f6673d02877b518ab0bb16097010
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 fb19df7545cdbaef6436b53ba72bcf51bac5e9d2d5026c2af25e771aa7b68f7e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_nxyyyd5u.wb5.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nxyyyd5u.wb5.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        gdmrtl.mp3

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gdmrtl.mp3
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 66766d23f4557610f8ac64c127902d7682897877973c7d7f8da28433e712536b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        peghds.mp4

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\peghds.mp4
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 370c0e0d592f84566438e87b06e6352b380167e44dbd1dbadfa623426f5f4fce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        ml.xspf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\ml.xspf
        • Size 304B
        • SHA256 81970dbe581373d14fbd451ac4b3f96e5f69b79645f1ee1ca715cff3af0bf20d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        vlc-qt-interface.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini
        • Size 539B
        • SHA256 2fa85832296d310a29423bc3c4a47f74483e0fa07369f8a40ab658f7a512d3a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1380-212-0x00007FF852060000-0x00007FF852094000-memory.dmp

        memory/1380-211-0x00007FF7FA960000-0x00007FF7FAA58000-memory.dmp

        memory/1380-214-0x00007FF83DA30000-0x00007FF83DB3E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1380-213-0x00007FF838A50000-0x00007FF838D06000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-177-0x00007FF83EE40000-0x00007FF83EE51000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-169-0x00007FF84E0C0000-0x00007FF84E0D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-187-0x00007FF7FA960000-0x00007FF7FAA58000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-163-0x00007FF851D40000-0x00007FF851D74000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-162-0x00007FF7FA960000-0x00007FF7FAA58000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-171-0x00007FF84DD10000-0x00007FF84DD21000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-170-0x00007FF84E0A0000-0x00007FF84E0BD000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-179-0x00007FF83EE00000-0x00007FF83EE1B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-178-0x00007FF83EE20000-0x00007FF83EE31000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-189-0x00007FF838510000-0x00007FF8387C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-176-0x00007FF83EE60000-0x00007FF83EE71000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-175-0x00007FF84DCF0000-0x00007FF84DD08000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-174-0x00007FF842D60000-0x00007FF842D81000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-173-0x00007FF83EE80000-0x00007FF83EEC1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-172-0x00007FF838300000-0x00007FF83850B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-188-0x00007FF851D40000-0x00007FF851D74000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-164-0x00007FF838510000-0x00007FF8387C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-168-0x00007FF84E0E0000-0x00007FF84E0F7000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-167-0x00007FF851140000-0x00007FF851151000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-166-0x00007FF851500000-0x00007FF851517000-memory.dmp

        memory/2832-165-0x00007FF851BA0000-0x00007FF851BB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-17-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-14-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-13-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-12-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-7-0x0000014A13AD0000-0x0000014A13AF2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-55-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-0-0x0000000000970000-0x00000000009AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-54-0x00007FF841E03000-0x00007FF841E05000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-53-0x00007FF841E00000-0x00007FF8428C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-1-0x00007FF841E03000-0x00007FF841E05000-memory.dmp