Analysis Overview
SHA256
5387c56df35aef193a5bb272b88d0ad4e05b35a71a72f6c4190e548243223c87
Threat Level: Known bad
The file goodgame.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Xworm family
Detect Xworm Payload
Xworm
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Adds Run key to start application
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-06-14 05:11
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
2024-06-14 05:11
Reported
2024-06-14 05:14
Platform
win7-20240221-en
Max time kernel
147s
Max time network
149s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Xworm Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| 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 |
Drops startup file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1298544033-3225604241-2703760938-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XClient = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\XClient.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | pastebin.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | pastebin.com | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| 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 |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.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\goodgame.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'goodgame.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\Roaming\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'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | pastebin.com | udp |
| US | 172.67.19.24:443 | pastebin.com | tcp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp |
Files
memory/2204-0-0x000007FEF5873000-0x000007FEF5874000-memory.dmp
memory/2204-1-0x00000000009B0000-0x00000000009C8000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-6-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-7-0x000000001B650000-0x000000001B932000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-8-0x0000000002070000-0x0000000002078000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 8439d4327cbdadceb36cd3444eeae6c7 |
| SHA1 | 88f0e7a2a4634b768ff8578f26fa56c5a8cc3c26 |
| SHA256 | 8442bbc347bf77b2efb296c0016ff449db45da59e9c3a0bc7ecfb5086ec8da39 |
| SHA512 | 00f41b24a1fb2fd918670cc00e7e07c4efad20fc2d028dcb53a67194aa80e1e1a7e15483d4e9a4fa5b426edfdd2240f44afd51c78118f6904cf47355cc58c0f8 |
memory/2564-14-0x000000001B6D0000-0x000000001B9B2000-memory.dmp
memory/2564-15-0x0000000002140000-0x0000000002148000-memory.dmp
memory/2204-30-0x000000001A7C0000-0x000000001A840000-memory.dmp
memory/2204-31-0x000007FEF5873000-0x000007FEF5874000-memory.dmp
memory/2204-32-0x000000001A7C0000-0x000000001A840000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-14 05:11
Reported
2024-06-14 05:14
Platform
win10v2004-20240611-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
151s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Xworm Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| 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 |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3169499791-3545231813-3156325206-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Drops startup file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3169499791-3545231813-3156325206-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XClient = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\XClient.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | pastebin.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | pastebin.com | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| 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 |
| 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 |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goodgame.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\goodgame.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'goodgame.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\Roaming\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'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 13.107.21.237:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 237.21.107.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 102.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| NL | 23.62.61.194:443 | www.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 194.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | pastebin.com | udp |
| US | 172.67.19.24:443 | pastebin.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 24.19.67.172.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 99.193.161.193.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 92.12.20.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 23.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp | |
| DE | 193.161.193.99:1194 | tcp |
Files
memory/3452-0-0x00007FFC3CFE3000-0x00007FFC3CFE5000-memory.dmp
memory/3452-1-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A38000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5hhm42pg.c13.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/2244-11-0x00000279EE3C0000-0x00000279EE3E2000-memory.dmp
memory/2244-12-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp
memory/2244-13-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp
memory/2244-14-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp
memory/2244-17-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730 |
| SHA1 | 31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a |
| SHA256 | 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f |
| SHA512 | 8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 2979eabc783eaca50de7be23dd4eafcf |
| SHA1 | d709ce5f3a06b7958a67e20870bfd95b83cad2ea |
| SHA256 | 006cca90e78fbb571532a83082ac6712721a34ea4b21f490058ffb3f521f4903 |
| SHA512 | 92bc433990572d9427d0c93eef9bd1cc23fa00ed60dd0c9c983d87d3421e02ce3f156c6f88fe916ef6782dbf185cbce083bc0094f8c527f302be6a37d1c53aba |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | cbc41bceec6e8cf6d23f68d952487858 |
| SHA1 | f52edbceff042ded7209e8be90ec5e09086d62eb |
| SHA256 | b97a8a2a5dbc3c1b994affa4751e61e1ac6bddcf336a4c77ee96a3ce07c59f4d |
| SHA512 | 0f025ea2559e477c56500b9f4ecc251325793629cf1ae8d43ad783f1036b830c51757274b0aa8bb3183ac636cdfc1e0e8be1163a45695b8fb57df98c362534fb |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | aba273eeba4876ea41ee0e64b4cbb51d |
| SHA1 | bef5f75b81cf27268dc0d0f30f00b022f9288db9 |
| SHA256 | 67fc3f5c3407858793c6fac6131b0f340667ffc567fa76b43245ecf2621322c9 |
| SHA512 | 23dc2f0cfc68194dcbf407a6528cf9f9a8aa89f4821be22413bde036ae5ca44144b568aa3160372b9741f3d0f5baa48dff8a8b582bdedc3ad3fb121af340c0ae |
memory/3452-56-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp
memory/3452-57-0x00007FFC3CFE3000-0x00007FFC3CFE5000-memory.dmp
memory/3452-58-0x00007FFC3CFE0000-0x00007FFC3DAA1000-memory.dmp