Malware Analysis Report

2024-09-11 14:03

Sample ID 240615-fkycratblm
Target XClient.exe
SHA256 8d169001ddb232c1464585539a4f4ebe7299392c250095021013e3d75d454503
Tags
xworm execution 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

8d169001ddb232c1464585539a4f4ebe7299392c250095021013e3d75d454503

Threat Level: Known bad

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

Malicious Activity Summary

xworm execution rat trojan

Xworm

Xworm family

Detect Xworm Payload

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Executes dropped EXE

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up external IP address via web service

Enumerates physical storage devices

Unsigned PE

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13

Initial Access
TA0001
Execution
TA0002
Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059
PowerShell
T1059.001
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053
Persistence
TA0003
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053
Privilege Escalation
TA0004
Scheduled Task/Job
T1053
Defense Evasion
TA0005
Credential Access
TA0006
Discovery
TA0007
System Information Discovery
T1082
Query Registry
T1012
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 04:56

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload

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

Xworm family

xworm

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-15 04:56

Reported

2024-06-15 04:57

Platform

win11-20240508-en

Max time kernel

58s

Max time network

58s

Command Line

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

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload

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

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\ProgramData\rundll64.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
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

Enumerates physical storage devices

Creates scheduled task(s)

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe N/A

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.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:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4288 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4288 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4744 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4744 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2044 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2044 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

persistence

Processes

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

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.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\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'

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe'

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'rundll64.exe'

C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "rundll64" /tr "C:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe"

C:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe

C:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe

Network

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

Files

memory/2672-0-0x00007FFD2F253000-0x00007FFD2F255000-memory.dmp

memory/2672-1-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FD8000-memory.dmp

memory/2672-2-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-3-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-6-0x000002A3D5560000-0x000002A3D5582000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ofvdjmwa.xds.ps1

MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

memory/4040-13-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-14-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-15-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-18-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 627073ee3ca9676911bee35548eff2b8
SHA1 4c4b68c65e2cab9864b51167d710aa29ebdcff2e
SHA256 85b280a39fc31ba1e15fb06102a05b8405ff3b82feb181d4170f04e466dd647c
SHA512 3c5f6c03e253b83c57e8d6f0334187dbdcdf4fa549eecd36cbc1322dca6d3ca891dc6a019c49ec2eafb88f82d0434299c31e4dfaab123acb42e0546218f311fb

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

MD5 1a9fa92a4f2e2ec9e244d43a6a4f8fb9
SHA1 9910190edfaccece1dfcc1d92e357772f5dae8f7
SHA256 0ee052d5333fd5fd86bc84856fec98e045f077a7ac8051651bf7c521b9706888
SHA512 5d2361476fa22200e6f83883efe7dcb8c3fe7dae8d56e04e28a36e9ae1270c327b6aa161d92b239593da7661289d002c574446ecfd6bd19928209aae25e3ef64

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

MD5 cef328ddb1ee8916e7a658919323edd8
SHA1 a676234d426917535e174f85eabe4ef8b88256a5
SHA256 a1b5b7ada8ebc910f20f91ada3991d3321104e9da598c958b1edac9f9aca0e90
SHA512 747400c20ca5b5fd1b54bc24e75e6a78f15af61df263be932d2ee7b2f34731c2de8ce03b2706954fb098c1ac36f0b761cf37e418738fa91f2a8ea78572f545cb

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

MD5 e07eea85a8893f23fb814cf4b3ed974c
SHA1 8a8125b2890bbddbfc3531d0ee4393dbbf5936fe
SHA256 83387ce468d717a7b4ba238af2273da873b731a13cc35604f775a31fa0ac70ea
SHA512 9d4808d8a261005391388b85da79e4c5396bdded6e7e5ce3a3a23e7359d1aa1fb983b4324f97e0afec6e8ed9d898322ca258dd7cda654456dd7e84c9cbd509df

C:\ProgramData\rundll64.exe

MD5 f2d14e6de14ad5981096711e11802dad
SHA1 d95a2912cad8a2eb98bab4a5218147f00330f42d
SHA256 8d169001ddb232c1464585539a4f4ebe7299392c250095021013e3d75d454503
SHA512 048da5f655dedaf0fdcf29417a7844d281a13fe5efde09467d17490c2394e9136988e5ba73ac867d265c46d0d48699652a4c22b60b46196e82547eff31df9783

memory/2672-53-0x00007FFD2F250000-0x00007FFD2FD12000-memory.dmp