Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20240611-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240611-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
15/06/2024, 18:06
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
XClient.exe
Resource
win7-20240508-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target XClient.exe
- Size 67KB
- Sample240615-wp1xfatdlm
- SHA256 3d0566863a71c0bdd072c29413be5654bd922f4733192ee26fef5431208e8a30
- MD5 3f218b783946a9c9de51a2d04655eafa
- SHA1 9ae1e92e8e90fba57ad56d52292a060e8bd2cfc2
- SHA512 1da0d07bd2a9a7abfb552b79af4a3f6c3b6dd3746857ca6e8c9c574f90a843a012a26441ef995c52f13b8ba5d47b604eae03b384f6c822d3770e573f5bfa3596
- SSDEEP 1536:LgQiUr6VzoA6ahdIf53B2XlP4b9GiTQHo603Uk9O5h2u56:LV65hdIx3wXlP4b9rTQ+3Uk9O5ou56
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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xworm
C2
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cameras-happen.gl.at.ply.gg:23386
Attributes
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Install_directory
%AppData%
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install_file
XClient.exe
Signatures
- Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1348-0-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000908000-memory.dmp family_xworm - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 1752 powershell.exe 5040 powershell.exe 4432 powershell.exe 3460 powershell.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2080292272-204036150-2159171770-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation XClient.exe - Drops startup file 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk XClient.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.lnk XClient.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1804 ltmrmf.exe 2092 ccqxik.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 22 ip-api.com - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2080292272-204036150-2159171770-1000_Classes\Local Settings XClient.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 5040 powershell.exe 5040 powershell.exe 4432 powershell.exe 4432 powershell.exe 3460 powershell.exe 3460 powershell.exe 1752 powershell.exe 1752 powershell.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1348 XClient.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5040 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4432 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3460 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1752 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1348 XClient.exe Token: 33 4192 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4192 AUDIODG.EXE Token: 33 3616 vlc.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 23 IoCs
pid Process 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 5 IoCs
pid Process 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe 3616 vlc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1348 wrote to memory of 5040 1348 XClient.exe 86 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 5040 1348 XClient.exe 86 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4432 1348 XClient.exe 88 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 4432 1348 XClient.exe 88 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3460 1348 XClient.exe 90 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3460 1348 XClient.exe 90 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 1752 1348 XClient.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 1752 1348 XClient.exe 92 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 1804 1348 XClient.exe 99 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 1804 1348 XClient.exe 99 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 1804 1348 XClient.exe 99 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 2092 1348 XClient.exe 101 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 2092 1348 XClient.exe 101 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 2092 1348 XClient.exe 101 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3616 1348 XClient.exe 103 PID 1348 wrote to memory of 3616 1348 XClient.exe 103
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1348 -
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'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5040
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XClient.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4432
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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'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3460
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XClient.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1752
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ltmrmf.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ltmrmf.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1804
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccqxik.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccqxik.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2092
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C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uagofb.mp4"2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3616
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x4cc 0x5081⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4192
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
- MD5 d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730
- SHA1 31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a
- SHA512 8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 944B
- SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
- MD5 77d622bb1a5b250869a3238b9bc1402b
- SHA1 d47f4003c2554b9dfc4c16f22460b331886b191b
- SHA512 d6789b5499f23c9035375a102271e17a8a82e57d6f5312fa24242e08a83efdeb8becb7622f55c4cf1b89c7d864b445df11f4d994cf7e2f87a900535bcca12fd9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 944B
- SHA256 77a94ef8c4258445d538a6006ffadb05afdf888f6f044e1e5466b981a07f16c5
- MD5 da5c82b0e070047f7377042d08093ff4
- SHA1 89d05987cd60828cca516c5c40c18935c35e8bd3
- SHA512 7360311a3c97b73dd3f6d7179cd979e0e20d69f380d38292447e17e369087d9dd5acb66cd0cbdd95ac4bfb16e5a1b86825f835a8d45b14ea9812102cff59704b
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 944B
- SHA256 366473e774d8976c7fd4dc582220666fb61a4feb3f7c95e69b2a68ad9e446ec9
- MD5 cc19bcff372d20459d3651ba8aef50e7
- SHA1 3c6f1d4cdd647864fb97a16b1aefba67fcee11f7
- SHA512 a0e360ca4b6e874fd44612bf4b17f3722c0619da4f6bade12a62efadae88c2d33460114eaafa2bc3fb1cef5bea07e745b8bee24f15d0cacaff5f4a521b225080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_oeuuwhql.smk.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccqxik.exe
- Size 6KB
- SHA256 b11a92c2961b6b3da9ca54ce8bf866980913f3a5df2969f809e5cd4fcc734663
- MD5 2aea27b056354f507176190c33a2b679
- SHA1 23a103bac45bd0d090a959fe4f524d112aea5b24
- SHA512 62336fa72f093bf73114dc140d461b7684e966624484651d1821a210b73016cc525c2d949d4d43947219af18c0c776184a127a4a2a57c1ff13f3daf117f57514
- SSDEEP 96:HIlKrov+pw2x5bt3VqEEI96nOBPVc5lhVokcXok1gok4okdzNt:H20/2qBq/I9KONVc7hRQ1UcX
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ltmrmf.exe
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 e60353b37f785c77e1063ac44cba792e9ec69f27b1dc9f3b719280d5ce015cc0
- MD5 17b935ed6066732a76bed69867702e4b
- SHA1 23f28e3374f9d0e03d45843b28468aace138e71c
- SHA512 774ea047cdc5f008df03ad67242df04d630bb962bc99f1ea8974a21baf6a902c7a5d8b8d09d9e5c7d7e46b0378c7baf33bf80fb3e34777cd0958b8fc740d0318
- SSDEEP 96:2AY3+z86Wt3VGEwMO54w802Sug8kiBzNt:FYe86WGhMO54w81jJD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uagofb.mp4
- Size 506KB
- SHA256 55f75ec1b09b1c3e3343b57fcd29e808d4124396e55c1e6283f67b2d88368a42
- MD5 43cf76b67730d774222067fd901af752
- SHA1 e6f57f7fa535dd3488c5ec1d4be9732a99814e8a
- SHA512 3d7dccf9612e13678750f325a60e46ba0c10d124031b6e7a19f8e9575f49b4c1ab5b53fd9453f39309aff2c9e457751e82690a68224d2710681628f887f62386
- SSDEEP 12288:SVHcoHLWuJJTPP7h2FxORoeuCvCkt8a+ED/XPLpEkuGuUNYkNitW6SQ0:SV8UW7ORNuCqqL+u9ELx8YkQ4R
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP