Analysis

  • max time kernel
    249s
  • max time network
    251s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18-01-2025 18:18

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target

    ez.exe

  • Size

    46.0MB

  • MD5

    c09e00509d7efa941fd97f50ee999feb

  • SHA1

    117361c0c4d9aee118c7cfa4b44af9c561f2d2f9

  • SHA256

    1c4c8d4b80aadd685bf7344b326116a30265c0c1ca7cbaf40f3719b825a2740a

  • SHA512

    3a4e50e44deb484d296579d5d40e9379cef1a4f62869dd2a753244849019c77837defc4bf3349b68b5f9b61b30ea29f4d5f7d087c0d1b321e06e5d93beb69ca1

  • SSDEEP

    393216:9YXEXR3uzMK0GWSFqlV3lYWmnHGm8mtGDfdJlU8Jq8tA9KxFxCfV:9YXEXhuzMmF26WmnHGrO1

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

C2

trip-thesaurus.gl.at.ply.gg:16715

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    USB.exe

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xworm family
  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ez.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ez.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops startup file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3316
    • 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\ez.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3968
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'ez.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4740
    • 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\SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3644
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2800
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "SecurityHealthSystray" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1100
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2156
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4496
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3560
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops startup file
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4592
    • 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\SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4028
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2980
    • 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\SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3140
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'SecurityHealthSystray'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3988
    • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "SecurityHealthSystray" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:224
    • C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
      shutdown.exe /f /s /t 0
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4036
  • C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
    "LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa38d3055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1916

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\SecurityHealthSystray.log

    Filesize

    654B

    MD5

    2ff39f6c7249774be85fd60a8f9a245e

    SHA1

    684ff36b31aedc1e587c8496c02722c6698c1c4e

    SHA256

    e1b91642d85d98124a6a31f710e137ab7fd90dec30e74a05ab7fcf3b7887dced

    SHA512

    1d7e8b92ef4afd463d62cfa7e8b9d1799db5bf2a263d3cd7840df2e0a1323d24eb595b5f8eb615c6cb15f9e3a7b4fc99f8dd6a3d34479222e966ec708998aed1

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

    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    440cb38dbee06645cc8b74d51f6e5f71

    SHA1

    d7e61da91dc4502e9ae83281b88c1e48584edb7c

    SHA256

    8ef7a682dfd99ff5b7e9de0e1be43f0016d68695a43c33c028af2635cc15ecfe

    SHA512

    3aab19578535e6ba0f6beb5690c87d970292100704209d2dcebddcdd46c6bead27588ef5d98729bfd50606a54cc1edf608b3d15bef42c13b9982aaaf15de7fd6

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    dd1d0b083fedf44b482a028fb70b96e8

    SHA1

    dc9c027937c9f6d52268a1504cbae42a39c8d36a

    SHA256

    cab7944d29e0501dc0db904ac460ca7a87700e0ec7eb62298b7b97cbf40c424c

    SHA512

    96bec38bfda176292ae65dcf735103e7888baa212038737c1d1e215fcb76e4c0355e4a827a1934303e7aecae91012fa412f13e38f382b732758bae985cc67973

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    fa8d1461e4feb2c39654e3a555a027f8

    SHA1

    0ca46b8961ceba8f9da31de5ed2408643fc89141

    SHA256

    7e26e4f0ef3a7d2904818a691429789c4781029ff4aab697c3b7c9a4287d661f

    SHA512

    e486b8f029c7eec60b6b2b5603390330afb1ddf627cc01c511808c47e68676b4c429b9f75fd4e16e48b496dccfe8cc8ec4a35825e1e889e66571acb6c03e0869

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    380007fbdf9fef355db2afd71fce9cd1

    SHA1

    e98802ef10fac8ef96a3210930784c317ca76fa0

    SHA256

    6353a11014d2c1495ac7a5efef195d06d8e8b30a163c437263361deb5a28de03

    SHA512

    9790c6b4c16ed4f4e6cddf492d01a6b4963e20bde6ddf40017db20ffc672b0cfaea2ad6aebcb51e8e459682974be0d024b35546aad840051a1e9fe2d3e565bd5

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    47605a4dda32c9dff09a9ca441417339

    SHA1

    4f68c895c35b0dc36257fc8251e70b968c560b62

    SHA256

    e6254c2bc9846a76a4567ab91b6eae76e937307ff9301b65d577ffe6e15fe40a

    SHA512

    b6823b6e794a2fe3e4c4ecfb3f0d61a54821de7feb4f9e3e7fd463e7fbb5e6848f59865b487dafebeac431e4f4db81ef56836d94cac67da39852c566ed34a885

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    83685d101174171875b4a603a6c2a35c

    SHA1

    37be24f7c4525e17fa18dbd004186be3a9209017

    SHA256

    0c557845aab1da497bbff0e8fbe65cabf4cb2804b97ba8ae8c695a528af70870

    SHA512

    005a97a8e07b1840abdcef86a7881fd9bdc8acbfdf3eafe1dceb6374060626d81d789e57d87ca4096a39e28d5cca00f8945edff0a747591691ae75873d2b3fb5

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    eb1ad317bd25b55b2bbdce8a28a74a94

    SHA1

    98a3978be4d10d62e7411946474579ee5bdc5ea6

    SHA256

    9e94e7c9ac6134ee30e79498558aa1a5a1ac79a643666c3f8922eed215dd3a98

    SHA512

    d011f266c0240d84470c0f9577cd9e4927309bd19bb38570ca9704ed8e1d159f9bea982a59d3eefef72ce7a10bd81208b82e88ef57c7af587f7437a89769adc0

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

    Filesize

    944B

    MD5

    bd2d04a3823d3e21fd5835181caebcaf

    SHA1

    2507b0e1b5d177811f5df27fc462ca35c194d197

    SHA256

    29c3c7a21a1b670ace9b6de23ccdca331305c8aa1e806ad2f87ebf9e35b95e30

    SHA512

    3556cf6c246cc0018d55d4de8b949e5b3898ce09612418cab8527b40b1711b51930b03096271e88876a75a2d59a102efd9720ca20de7dc8fae2bba77e4819114

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fm4qfuyb.iql.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\SecurityHealthSystray.lnk

    Filesize

    819B

    MD5

    868ad29a6ba6185a314e6a0e0df836d6

    SHA1

    d25bf87ee2b2e4d463bb15547f355a4984c3bdf8

    SHA256

    f82b7b578dde2e9aa832ae9e3bad5a4e1d5e0188828f18fd695173c1248d70f8

    SHA512

    9a9123ebe34819da506ca30c38791a0154351f1fccb0b57ab34e9413e73e1db6f2f2c1d5976b624de1201366d59c13d923b4bbea75283b0e04890189716cc6cc

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SecurityHealthSystray

    Filesize

    46.0MB

    MD5

    c09e00509d7efa941fd97f50ee999feb

    SHA1

    117361c0c4d9aee118c7cfa4b44af9c561f2d2f9

    SHA256

    1c4c8d4b80aadd685bf7344b326116a30265c0c1ca7cbaf40f3719b825a2740a

    SHA512

    3a4e50e44deb484d296579d5d40e9379cef1a4f62869dd2a753244849019c77837defc4bf3349b68b5f9b61b30ea29f4d5f7d087c0d1b321e06e5d93beb69ca1

  • memory/3316-2-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3316-4-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3316-3-0x00007FFDF70D3000-0x00007FFDF70D5000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/3316-67-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3316-0-0x00007FFDF70D3000-0x00007FFDF70D5000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/3316-1-0x0000000000110000-0x000000000012A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/3968-5-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-6-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-20-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-7-0x00007FFDF70D0000-0x00007FFDF7B91000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-17-0x0000029DFFE20000-0x0000029DFFE42000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/4592-115-0x000000001D0E0000-0x000000001D0EC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB