Extracted

• • Target

    XWorm V5.6.exe

  • Size

    7.0MB

  • MD5

    70a913973c647c9870c7b583a2d015ea

  • SHA1

    65fdac5c3c58626c9be3d95515bec0bd5d18e61e

  • SHA256

    dc65da3dbed13577bea7ad3e0acb999f26a10f586735272cf83aadcc02e03dcf

  • SHA512

    8eb699aa83a3de1f2d9289ff8cc9af82c81a17de45d75ca32fb8bcfe441ee3747fde6327eaa49af255c4929e24da9b04b9efa974781cfd0ddcf1aae88920c813

  • SSDEEP

    196608:835zKSnoyTKuu0Na8JLXDFQA9YMC5UR6s6eFV5SYpAjrYS:839rnoyTJJDD2xD5u6s1V5SCAH

  Score

  10^/10

  xwormbootkitdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistencerattrojan

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Using powershell.exe command.

    execution

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs

    Clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion.

    defense_evasion

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Enumerates connected drives

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

  behavioral1