xworm | baa8ace81d5e51f20fea99bf6b8de26c594a2011b670883304e085e5a9847eb2

Reason

Machine shutdown

General

Target

XClient.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

bfa950b37b6a4f8de71af861e677a8b4
SHA1

2ee40bfbf2964d92c82256e5924169295dfdd225
SHA256

07f94f8f6061ba95899914496edc5854aa810de56797d9004875276d60e21ade
SHA512

235b514fac01b24edaef3aeb4209676789b6ba9264a8798cb7ae48c26d2455cdd8f254e92bbba688535acb69fd77b3c0a0a549cf97ece84c235cc74f72234e1a
SSDEEP

1536:EI5NuEGJkEtydWqZQSp1eS+b59gxzhfxdl/5m6qeo//3Oy/4IK4Dax5:Eg1GhtktQGAS+b59cJ4eA/OlINDab

Score

10^/10

xworm execution persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

C2

full-self.gl.at.ply.gg:45212

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
XClient.exe

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral5/memory/3224-1-0x0000000000880000-0x000000000089A000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat 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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
1604	powershell.exe
1452	powershell.exe
2792	powershell.exe
3796	powershell.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2326217578-3761199233-1872589011-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XClient = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\XClient.exe"	XClient.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292114432"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = 99ebff004cc2ff000091f8000078d4000067c000003e9200001a6800f7630c00	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4290799360"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292114432"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365268"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365268"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1"	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1604	powershell.exe
1604	powershell.exe
1452	powershell.exe
1452	powershell.exe
2792	powershell.exe
2792	powershell.exe
3796	powershell.exe
3796	powershell.exe
3224	XClient.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3224	XClient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1604	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1452	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2792	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3796	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3224	XClient.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	464	shutdown.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	464	shutdown.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3224	XClient.exe
1360	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 1604	3224	XClient.exe	83
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 1604	3224	XClient.exe	83
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 1452	3224	XClient.exe	85
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 1452	3224	XClient.exe	85
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 2792	3224	XClient.exe	87
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 2792	3224	XClient.exe	87
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 3796	3224	XClient.exe	89
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 3796	3224	XClient.exe	89
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 464	3224	XClient.exe	92
PID 3224 wrote to memory of 464	3224	XClient.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3224
- 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:1604
- 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:1452
- 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:2792
- 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:3796
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\shutdown.exe
  shutdown.exe /f /s /t 0
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:464

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a19055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1360

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
2KB

MD5
627073ee3ca9676911bee35548eff2b8

SHA1
4c4b68c65e2cab9864b51167d710aa29ebdcff2e

SHA256
85b280a39fc31ba1e15fb06102a05b8405ff3b82feb181d4170f04e466dd647c

SHA512
3c5f6c03e253b83c57e8d6f0334187dbdcdf4fa549eecd36cbc1322dca6d3ca891dc6a019c49ec2eafb88f82d0434299c31e4dfaab123acb42e0546218f311fb

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
1a9fa92a4f2e2ec9e244d43a6a4f8fb9

SHA1
9910190edfaccece1dfcc1d92e357772f5dae8f7

SHA256
0ee052d5333fd5fd86bc84856fec98e045f077a7ac8051651bf7c521b9706888

SHA512
5d2361476fa22200e6f83883efe7dcb8c3fe7dae8d56e04e28a36e9ae1270c327b6aa161d92b239593da7661289d002c574446ecfd6bd19928209aae25e3ef64

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
781da0576417bf414dc558e5a315e2be

SHA1
215451c1e370be595f1c389f587efeaa93108b4c

SHA256
41a5aef8b0bbeea2766f40a7bba2c78322379f167c610f7055ccb69e7db030fe

SHA512
24e283aa30a2903ebe154dad49b26067a45e46fec57549ad080d3b9ec3f272044efaaed3822d067837f5521262192f466c47195ffe7f75f8c7c5dcf3159ea737

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
0f7c95759cc5eaddf6a8574ed661578e

SHA1
d3d9147c34f987bf539e70d78b13dcb95f060363

SHA256
fb5b5d6af545baea8117d7ffda670efb7b7ea3b9e3f109806f05a14b0e8edafd

SHA512
24f23f8b6fb630211a34e0a730ff863923f39d184fb7891af328347ec12362ce600c898201e80e75b0a86310ea3aea62db2d378bea7c2888a0ee305f326c61ae

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kokwaahz.a0u.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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memory/1604-10-0x00000233BDF20000-0x00000233BDF42000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1604-13-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1604-14-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1604-15-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1604-18-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1604-12-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1604-11-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3224-0-0x00007FFD17613000-0x00007FFD17615000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3224-1-0x0000000000880000-0x000000000089A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3224-51-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3224-52-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3224-53-0x0000000001230000-0x000000000123C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/3224-54-0x00007FFD17610000-0x00007FFD180D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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Analysis

Sharing

Errors

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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