Analysis Overview
SHA256
beda01736d0a386f8fd5354dd54f23129fb39d8a6f72ace73bf73d9feac3c048
Threat Level: Known bad
The file Celestial.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Detect Xworm Payload
Xworm
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Drops startup file
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-06-20 19:07
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-20 19:07
Reported
2024-06-20 19:10
Platform
win7-20240221-en
Max time kernel
120s
Max time network
148s
Command Line
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
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 created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | 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
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | london-components.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.20:30205 | london-components.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
Files
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
| MD5 | 38a7d3c578a960bd1d045717b822752f |
| SHA1 | caffbb50a591cbf368f9ff1fcdf5134cf60b12c7 |
| SHA256 | cc9ebcf65f91040511bd9efa28882aec14b24f2d11aa9f789b60e01a01b913e3 |
| SHA512 | e1ac98df06407b500b21db82b045a890d6baba4c6db77603aa7598a7e2352e1cc16140ff332030bd1555e4c96e2eab630d546eed62d4e33769dc2fd91bea51ac |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe
| MD5 | 2bb7a7cf8640666e10c8f435715e84de |
| SHA1 | cc717620c6ab50d81ad00b3332c896551479c7c1 |
| SHA256 | 9f49609bb71606a39039a6012f2a0dfbcae30432d42a7f3e515a0247dbb98186 |
| SHA512 | 9aa1ae9a2d49a7e44945af1c8e21471d5355d8053734d71205744ca5a430bc23f6078a5ba745e0054fac67b898327efe54916adf19d509a4331fd610080cf6f2 |
memory/2364-23-0x0000000001190000-0x00000000011A4000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-27-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000773F2000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-25-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000773F2000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-29-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000773F2000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-31-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000141F42000-memory.dmp
memory/2140-38-0x000000001B5A0000-0x000000001B882000-memory.dmp
memory/2140-39-0x00000000027E0000-0x00000000027E8000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\6JKDWHQBS2YJY7TCSAQS.temp
| MD5 | c108fd6e4ed03cbdd3c224a754c0b1ba |
| SHA1 | 58c8129379d67cb80310de24b7cccd5453bbe557 |
| SHA256 | 96cfea04f355692348ffb4f88fb21e0d74a26b136d770e1adde6470ca7da6873 |
| SHA512 | 91303892120c36fee3859e1d40321575521286ed4c1f24f74b89c1e0bcf1070facfdaffb6ffd1cfeaba1873660ad94f1b0941c84468e6820e23fde823168a93a |
memory/1644-45-0x000000001B6A0000-0x000000001B982000-memory.dmp
memory/1644-46-0x00000000027E0000-0x00000000027E8000-memory.dmp
\??\PIPE\srvsvc
| MD5 | d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e |
| SHA1 | da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 |
| SHA256 | e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 |
| SHA512 | cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-20 19:07
Reported
2024-06-20 19:10
Platform
win10v2004-20240508-en
Max time kernel
51s
Max time network
60s
Command Line
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
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-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
Drops startup file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe | 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
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.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:\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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celestial.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe'
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | london-components.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
Files
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
| MD5 | 38a7d3c578a960bd1d045717b822752f |
| SHA1 | caffbb50a591cbf368f9ff1fcdf5134cf60b12c7 |
| SHA256 | cc9ebcf65f91040511bd9efa28882aec14b24f2d11aa9f789b60e01a01b913e3 |
| SHA512 | e1ac98df06407b500b21db82b045a890d6baba4c6db77603aa7598a7e2352e1cc16140ff332030bd1555e4c96e2eab630d546eed62d4e33769dc2fd91bea51ac |
memory/3880-16-0x00007FFBF0A03000-0x00007FFBF0A05000-memory.dmp
memory/3880-17-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000864000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1Celestial.exe
| MD5 | 2bb7a7cf8640666e10c8f435715e84de |
| SHA1 | cc717620c6ab50d81ad00b3332c896551479c7c1 |
| SHA256 | 9f49609bb71606a39039a6012f2a0dfbcae30432d42a7f3e515a0247dbb98186 |
| SHA512 | 9aa1ae9a2d49a7e44945af1c8e21471d5355d8053734d71205744ca5a430bc23f6078a5ba745e0054fac67b898327efe54916adf19d509a4331fd610080cf6f2 |
memory/3144-24-0x0000000140560000-0x0000000140E9D000-memory.dmp
memory/3144-23-0x00007FFC0EF90000-0x00007FFC0EF92000-memory.dmp
memory/3880-27-0x000000001B4F0000-0x000000001B500000-memory.dmp
memory/3144-25-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000141F42000-memory.dmp
memory/1340-30-0x00000219FCEB0000-0x00000219FCED2000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ohgvjmof.cyv.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
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 | d28a889fd956d5cb3accfbaf1143eb6f |
| SHA1 | 157ba54b365341f8ff06707d996b3635da8446f7 |
| SHA256 | 21e5d7ccf80a293e6ba30ed728846ca19c929c52b96e2c8d34e27cd2234f1d45 |
| SHA512 | 0b6d88deb9be85722e6a78d5886d49f2caf407a59e128d2b4ed74c1356f9928c40048a62731959f2460e9ff9d9feee311043d2a37abe3bb92c2b76a44281478c |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 60945d1a2e48da37d4ce8d9c56b6845a |
| SHA1 | 83e80a6acbeb44b68b0da00b139471f428a9d6c1 |
| SHA256 | 314b91c00997034d6e015f40230d90ebbf57de5dc938b62c1a214d591793dbe3 |
| SHA512 | 5d068f1d6443e26ae3cad1c80f969e50e5860967b314153c4d3b6efd1cfa39f0907c6427bec7fa43db079f258b6357e4e9a1b0b1a36b1481d2049ea0e67909ed |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 92075279f2dbcaa5724ee5a47e49712f |
| SHA1 | 8dd3e2faa8432dde978946ebaf9054f7c6e0b2cb |
| SHA256 | fd985ddd090621af25aa77aebff689c95ea7679ff0e81887124b2802ae3e9442 |
| SHA512 | 744c62556233d9872f43ffb5a5a98aee20a44834436306f0a948c8c4072bdb46ef8044616593747edd645caaee60faf8b14fedb2d6df5f6019b5c73357d80d22 |
memory/3880-80-0x00007FFBF0A03000-0x00007FFBF0A05000-memory.dmp
memory/3144-81-0x0000000140560000-0x0000000140E9D000-memory.dmp
memory/3880-82-0x000000001B4F0000-0x000000001B500000-memory.dmp