Malware Analysis Report

2024-09-11 13:53

Sample ID 240615-f1x2xszdka
Target Qfnhrnpt.exe
SHA256 64574bb980eeffa711f72d3f457235516cf2edd20529fc28aeab59401ae221a6
Tags
xworm execution persistence rat trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

64574bb980eeffa711f72d3f457235516cf2edd20529fc28aeab59401ae221a6

Threat Level: Known bad

The file Qfnhrnpt.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

xworm execution persistence rat trojan

Detect Xworm Payload

Xworm

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Adds Run key to start application

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up external IP address via web service

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Enumerates physical storage devices

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13

Initial Access
TA0001
Execution
TA0002
Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059
PowerShell
T1059.001
Persistence
TA0003
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
T1547
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1547.001
Privilege Escalation
TA0004
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
T1547
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1547.001
Defense Evasion
TA0005
Modify Registry
T1112
Credential Access
TA0006
Discovery
TA0007
System Information Discovery
T1082
Lateral Movement
TA0008
Collection
TA0009
Exfiltration
TA0010
Command and Control
TA0011
Web Service
T1102
Impact
TA0040
Resource Development
TA0042
Reconnaissance
TA0043

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-15 05:20

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-15 05:20

Reported

2024-06-15 05:22

Platform

win11-20240508-en

Max time kernel

57s

Max time network

60s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe"

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Xworm

trojan rat xworm

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

execution
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1672260578-815027929-964132517-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Docker \\.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe N/A

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A ip-api.com N/A N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 896 set thread context of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 896 wrote to memory of 3184 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1068 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1068 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1068 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Qfnhrnpt.exe'

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Qfnhrnpt.exe'

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 ip-api.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp

Files

memory/896-0-0x00000000749BE000-0x00000000749BF000-memory.dmp

memory/896-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x0000000000936000-memory.dmp

memory/896-2-0x0000000006650000-0x0000000006884000-memory.dmp

memory/896-3-0x0000000006E30000-0x00000000073D6000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4-0x0000000006920000-0x00000000069B2000-memory.dmp

memory/896-24-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-32-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-66-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-68-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-64-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-62-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-60-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-58-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-56-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-54-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-52-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-50-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-48-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-46-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-44-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-42-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-40-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-36-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-34-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-28-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-26-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-38-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-30-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-22-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-20-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-18-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-16-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-14-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-12-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-11-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-8-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-6-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-5-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000687E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4891-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4892-0x00000000055B0000-0x000000000561E000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4894-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4893-0x0000000005620000-0x000000000566C000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4895-0x0000000005420000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

memory/896-4896-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Qfnhrnpt.exe.log

MD5 9d0cacca373731660e8268a162d9d4ff
SHA1 a82111d00132cdf7ef46af5681601d55c6a0e17c
SHA256 95932f81206717ff86f0974ee37dc40d5d914f730f00a08344b4c1765d663394
SHA512 8c971ab501fc322b13f53b03325b2295e1eedb12b6d50a4225e6e3b4bf5128665b1a3d8b560a8b04f14bfa6f5cba41058e4f546139101fc303f3b8393f5ca485

memory/896-4901-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4903-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4902-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4904-0x0000000005940000-0x00000000059DC000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4905-0x00000000058A0000-0x0000000005906000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4906-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4907-0x0000000004760000-0x0000000004796000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4909-0x0000000004EA0000-0x00000000054CA000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4908-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4910-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E62000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4911-0x0000000005540000-0x00000000055A6000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_qbitoob1.qv1.ps1

MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

memory/2328-4920-0x0000000005750000-0x0000000005AA7000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4921-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4922-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000005BFE000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4923-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C6C000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4925-0x000000006FAE0000-0x000000006FB2C000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4934-0x0000000006DD0000-0x0000000006DEE000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4924-0x0000000006D90000-0x0000000006DC4000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4935-0x0000000006E00000-0x0000000006EA4000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4936-0x0000000007580000-0x0000000007BFA000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4937-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006F5A000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4938-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000006FBA000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4939-0x00000000071E0000-0x0000000007276000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4940-0x0000000007150000-0x0000000007161000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4941-0x0000000007180000-0x000000000718E000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4942-0x0000000007190000-0x00000000071A5000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4943-0x00000000072A0000-0x00000000072BA000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4944-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4945-0x0000000007280000-0x0000000007288000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-4948-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

MD5 d0c46cad6c0778401e21910bd6b56b70
SHA1 7be418951ea96326aca445b8dfe449b2bfa0dca6
SHA256 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
SHA512 057531b468f7fbbb2175a696a8aab274dec0d17d9f71df309edcff35e064f3378050066a3df47ccd03048fac461594ec75e3d4fe64f9dd79949d129f51e02949

memory/1068-4958-0x0000000006110000-0x0000000006467000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

MD5 6df87c63b54ca788e43f547bfa21fdf3
SHA1 7f4f3a4b9569ffc36ef6dc0c6574395993f572da
SHA256 e574859e1626825e3f7262df4a795251e54220820e48d025c4474997598ae7ee
SHA512 fc4a391c10161187c53449d6f3836c7bed7d0589646a02ee534e19fbe7f3ca323c8bedf60b24a1e861ea29f32b64379211eec90b0000be34cabb3a0df10a8c0c

memory/1068-4960-0x000000006FAE0000-0x000000006FB2C000-memory.dmp

memory/3184-4970-0x00000000749B0000-0x0000000075161000-memory.dmp