azorult | d6af1ba026c010e4d006842da28b478419bbc4c711f907a28c52079bc7fea1bf

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
152s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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General

Target
Azorult 3.3‌.exe
Size 1.1MB
Sample240901-tyflrawblq
SHA256 d6af1ba026c010e4d006842da28b478419bbc4c711f907a28c52079bc7fea1bf
MD5 b91fe4c246efc048b78c9e162754a7a9
SHA1 15e1c4fe989290b07b60f93340476a9ba025bfa9
SHA512 4538a437fb2241ee38b1ab256618bbf2ea752bab92146fbf9138c6dd9585c5a5291155e19c6004372c925f300c0c7cfa87b7dfc467b556e8dbab092d8d04a2d2
SSDEEP 24576:KMyijQZ+ZJLXrfQRTJ6/aIRQbhB0LrKqk:/D0Z+ZZr4RT/I2dB0yqk
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

azorult xworm discovery execution infostealer rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

146.190.110.91:3389

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
svchost.exe
telegram
https://api.telegram.org/bot7023899363:AAFEzgbfWzhyE32Lf95TKSRYEYXMd4AfMyk/sendMessage?chat_id=6354844663

Signatures

Azorult
An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.
trojan infostealer azorult

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral3/files/0x000c000000023370-29.dat	family_xworm
behavioral3/memory/4364-37-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C08000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

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

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
2824	powershell.exe
1428	powershell.exe
1356	powershell.exe
3116	powershell.exe
1824	powershell.exe
5084	powershell.exe
3664	powershell.exe
3480	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Azorult 3.3‌.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	svchost.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-656926755-4116854191-210765258-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	csrss.exe

Drops startup file 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\svchost.lnk	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\csrss.lnk	csrss.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\csrss.lnk	csrss.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2236	Azorult 3.3.exe
4364	svchost.exe
2416	csrss.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Azorult 3.3.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4364	svchost.exe
2416	csrss.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs

pid	Process
1428	powershell.exe
1428	powershell.exe
1356	powershell.exe
1356	powershell.exe
3116	powershell.exe
3116	powershell.exe
1824	powershell.exe
5084	powershell.exe
5084	powershell.exe
1824	powershell.exe
3664	powershell.exe
3480	powershell.exe
3664	powershell.exe
3480	powershell.exe
4364	svchost.exe
2824	powershell.exe
2824	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1428	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2416	csrss.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1356	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3116	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1824	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5084	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3664	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3480	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2824	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2920	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2920	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	2920	vssvc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4364	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 2236	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	86
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 2236	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	86
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 2236	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	86
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 4364	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	87
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 4364	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	87
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 2416	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	88
PID 4200 wrote to memory of 2416	4200	Azorult 3.3‌.exe	88
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 1428	4364	svchost.exe	93
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 1428	4364	svchost.exe	93
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1356	2416	csrss.exe	95
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1356	2416	csrss.exe	95
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3116	4364	svchost.exe	97
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3116	4364	svchost.exe	97
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 5084	4364	svchost.exe	100
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 5084	4364	svchost.exe	100
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1824	2416	csrss.exe	101
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1824	2416	csrss.exe	101
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 3664	2416	csrss.exe	104
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 3664	2416	csrss.exe	104
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3480	4364	svchost.exe	106
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3480	4364	svchost.exe	106
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2824	2416	csrss.exe	108
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2824	2416	csrss.exe	108

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azorult 3.3‌.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azorult 3.3‌.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4200
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azorult 3.3.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azorult 3.3.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2236
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4364
- - 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'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1428
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3116
- - 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'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5084
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3480
- C:\ProgramData\csrss.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\csrss.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2416
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\csrss.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1356
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'csrss.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1824
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\csrss.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3664
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'csrss.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2824

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2920

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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csrss.exe

Path C:\ProgramData\csrss.exe
Size 30KB
SHA256 c33e1408ea96b9ea7a72d44d7742effb4a98776711b7c94c4997a155af61b220
MD5 0998890ccf8a3d8702db7a84fe6dd7b3
SHA1 18e561e0ef68fb08d8f391eacd45c7d573206b92
SHA512 8132312fb66a9d947eef3f625a4c18b8e640cec51616d0a9fd756e028d1bac5677f5de9a53c3ed32186cb238e8c46613b8c3d6641a6a953d7961412b030c6dd1
SSDEEP 384:QMK1UnhV9Om5/w5lbQAG5ZJqDdMM7HZ78b1DCjy1U2FAWK2arZn4127keu6LubZU:1KClMcT5nydv5gbcuw7Bt7kz6oZnfj
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powershell.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
Size 2KB
SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
MD5 d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730
SHA1 31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a
SHA512 8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 944B
SHA256 9094c4736c6c3cfe381c2eb7c2b01461ce35dbbb87dd9d16606561a8ba5324dd
MD5 865d30ef81d6f5d8cb94ccd6bd627d1d
SHA1 13fbe1cfd95fecd018929b220078b9b6ae4aeaf1
SHA512 03906c48756aeec397a71431f0fc7fbe43246f88ce49087c320d97c10203290beb53bf0b80cb8c1bb5eda5c0278dc8459fb5b61cedcea6a98b537ea72fca8766
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 944B
SHA256 e1ee9af6b9e3bfd41b7d2c980580bb7427883f1169ed3df4be11293ce7895465
MD5 dbb22d95851b93abf2afe8fb96a8e544
SHA1 920ec5fdb323537bcf78f7e29a4fc274e657f7a4
SHA512 16031134458bf312509044a3028be46034c544163c4ca956aee74d2075fbeb5873754d2254dc1d0b573ce1a644336ac4c8bd7147aba100bfdac8c504900ef3fc
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 944B
SHA256 2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d
MD5 6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8
SHA1 c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce
SHA512 60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 944B
SHA256 b97a8a2a5dbc3c1b994affa4751e61e1ac6bddcf336a4c77ee96a3ce07c59f4d
MD5 cbc41bceec6e8cf6d23f68d952487858
SHA1 f52edbceff042ded7209e8be90ec5e09086d62eb
SHA512 0f025ea2559e477c56500b9f4ecc251325793629cf1ae8d43ad783f1036b830c51757274b0aa8bb3183ac636cdfc1e0e8be1163a45695b8fb57df98c362534fb
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Azorult 3.3.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azorult 3.3.exe
Size 1.3MB
SHA256 a8add4815bce2e26df3cd492c5686e22ab842bfa52c68af3f33c23adb820d06f
MD5 8440a861c68965a66c009b140e1bee47
SHA1 801a8c77156a2c6cbc5899f36c961dc8fdc56665
SHA512 c42903216f9f35368d41853ae96aaa7a7a07ce0730ca99b26909b98f5525b4fd772e0868c683fae0ca71730c0586ad3130be4ef3e6af68e299a933d9accca266
SSDEEP 12288:9vUcupLLGjMEAWDuKAIJLdSceEARpwX9O2lTatJ2x9BQWmfzxMwpzNrvWJQHi+N7:98cs2jMxYxJLdrtARp6TayBQHlbr+Y
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__PSScriptPolicyTest_vnx13dxc.mjg.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vnx13dxc.mjg.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
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svchost.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
Size 67KB
SHA256 8fb751033d1546ce28f5dcef171857ee879bdd31d76be2ae556f246c258473f3
MD5 50dce71a753bad01a07904f2af283123
SHA1 1beab766071ddeff0c8e577c6717debcee0d21e6
SHA512 7cdc64dcfa8a0cbc1375a1878f560beb083cd9778ff67c5c0f1b693927c35365b384affc9dc33cade4aeaafded11ac328001a18ccb34a559678c1f50fa886c01
SSDEEP 1536:6d6nmDZ77wwbVBXsVFjlFodzc0yfSI9bWIAc43n6v6O0aTLGX2Fd:W77woEFj01I9bWxa6ObT1d
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memory/1428-57-0x000001B0F20A0000-0x000001B0F20C2000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-45-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000A3A000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-42-0x000000007528E000-0x000000007528F000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-46-0x00000000025A0000-0x00000000025A6000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-144-0x000000007528E000-0x000000007528F000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-48-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007D14000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-47-0x00000000046C0000-0x0000000004728000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-85-0x0000000002630000-0x000000000263A000-memory.dmp

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memory/2236-49-0x00000000071C0000-0x0000000007252000-memory.dmp

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memory/2416-44-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000EE000-memory.dmp

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memory/4200-43-0x00007FFED23B0000-0x00007FFED2E71000-memory.dmp

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memory/4200-0-0x00007FFED23B3000-0x00007FFED23B5000-memory.dmp

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memory/4200-1-0x0000000000020000-0x000000000013E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4200-4-0x00007FFED23B0000-0x00007FFED2E71000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-41-0x00007FFED23B0000-0x00007FFED2E71000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-37-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C08000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-143-0x00007FFED23B0000-0x00007FFED2E71000-memory.dmp

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