Extracted

• • Target

    https://workupload.com/file/Un45ur8sMTg

  Score

  10^/10

  exelastealerxwormcollectiondefense_evasiondiscoveryevasionexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalationpyinstallerratspywarestealertrojanupx

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Exela Stealer

    Exela Stealer is an open source stealer originally written in .NET and later transitioned to Python that was first observed in August 2023.

    stealerexelastealer

  • Exelastealer family

    exelastealer

  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Xworm family

    xworm

  • Grants admin privileges

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

    execution

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection

    persistence

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    evasion

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Clipboard Data

    Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.

    collection

  • Drops startup file

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer

  • Checks installed software on the system

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

  • Network Service Discovery

    Attempt to gather information on host's network.

    discovery

  • Checks system information in the registry

    System information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates processes with tasklist

    discovery

  • Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories

    defense_evasion

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

  • UPX packed file

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    upx
  behavioral1