General

  • Target

    Ziadambtz.exe

  • Size

    4.3MB

  • Sample

    240615-et5yhsyeka

  • MD5

    a715390b60339d3a56de38b271d837c5

  • SHA1

    b5366c414d22e8d6a5d3c8c2546306877165e163

  • SHA256

    fd43504919323178d05fa0c57b63eb316a512fdc366e20761f16c6e7e5c56904

  • SHA512

    18b8a5d953b66eb1f7136569dbc27ff978f32973b554dedb4df387de07a0339a9bea15ce56ed655db63a4cfa735856d0bbaead7f0782c2cdaaec58558099cb32

  • SSDEEP

    24576:qd4q8VYcHaiG9W6wKwD5RvrqeCeUSVJuC3RLCRb4RZQFC/P1WZ8SBs8SHUeNQaPc:E

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

5.0

Mutex

XgMwB5Un881eApDQ

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %LocalAppData%

  • install_file

    rundll64.exe

  • pastebin_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/EiiXCJbn

aes.plain

Targets

    • Target

      Ziadambtz.exe

    • Size

      4.3MB

    • MD5

      a715390b60339d3a56de38b271d837c5

    • SHA1

      b5366c414d22e8d6a5d3c8c2546306877165e163

    • SHA256

      fd43504919323178d05fa0c57b63eb316a512fdc366e20761f16c6e7e5c56904

    • SHA512

      18b8a5d953b66eb1f7136569dbc27ff978f32973b554dedb4df387de07a0339a9bea15ce56ed655db63a4cfa735856d0bbaead7f0782c2cdaaec58558099cb32

    • SSDEEP

      24576:qd4q8VYcHaiG9W6wKwD5RvrqeCeUSVJuC3RLCRb4RZQFC/P1WZ8SBs8SHUeNQaPc:E

    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1
T1059

PowerShell

1
T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Tasks