xworm | 70441672a9bdcdab038ce4944ddb852afd678f38a6058601dc3f5cd57b5bea60

General

Target

XClient.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

18bfa92b77cf828eef637da14eefb770
SHA1

9c010b423e035c0751050bf96f61750509734029
SHA256

70441672a9bdcdab038ce4944ddb852afd678f38a6058601dc3f5cd57b5bea60
SHA512

de1cdaa74edf4d0604bc4625ee55ea15d627378c243b65e4cf19c9d5d28abdaafad288172ac7323d5ab1869b530f96dd553b38fe548ee6a4df4e2934fb9c3ca4
SSDEEP

1536:WJmDhjyCoaQ7o7nacdQNZwKdeol9bYjZomFqW6XOmH7AHmn+k:bVjVeOnacdQEwj9bY1omFcOmH7F+k

Score

10^/10

xworm execution persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

C2

publication-glossary.gl.at.ply.gg:4444

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
USB.exe
telegram
https://api.telegram.org/bot7704029346:AAHPre1lXQa0UfPCpOUXJZ9UXA9mFxvH4Gk/sendMessage?chat_id=7590668020

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1664-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002CA000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral1/files/0x000c000000018718-33.dat	family_xworm
behavioral1/memory/2108-35-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CCA000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral1/memory/1632-38-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AA000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm
Xworm family
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
2604	powershell.exe
332	powershell.exe
2848	powershell.exe
2260	powershell.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2108	security
1632	security
2788	security

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-1-5-21-2039016743-699959520-214465309-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\security = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\security"	XClient.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
2772	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1664	XClient.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2604	powershell.exe
332	powershell.exe
2848	powershell.exe
2260	powershell.exe
1664	XClient.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1664	XClient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2604	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	332	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2260	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1664	XClient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2108	security
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1632	security
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2788	security

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1664	XClient.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2604	1664	XClient.exe	30
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2604	1664	XClient.exe	30
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2604	1664	XClient.exe	30
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 332	1664	XClient.exe	32
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 332	1664	XClient.exe	32
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 332	1664	XClient.exe	32
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2848	1664	XClient.exe	34
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2848	1664	XClient.exe	34
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2848	1664	XClient.exe	34
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2260	1664	XClient.exe	36
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2260	1664	XClient.exe	36
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2260	1664	XClient.exe	36
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2772	1664	XClient.exe	39
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2772	1664	XClient.exe	39
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2772	1664	XClient.exe	39
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2108	1072	taskeng.exe	43
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2108	1072	taskeng.exe	43
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2108	1072	taskeng.exe	43
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 1632	1072	taskeng.exe	44
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 1632	1072	taskeng.exe	44
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 1632	1072	taskeng.exe	44
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2788	1072	taskeng.exe	45
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2788	1072	taskeng.exe	45
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 2788	1072	taskeng.exe	45

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.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
1⤵
- 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:1664
- 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:2604
- 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:332
- 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\security'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2848
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'security'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2260
- C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "security" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security"
  2⤵
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2772

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {67D8A675-B6C7-4E18-9237-DE03C610F47A} S-1-5-21-2039016743-699959520-214465309-1000:PIDEURYY\Admin:Interactive:[1]
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1072
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2108
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1632
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2788

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

Filesize
7KB

MD5
f6e47403d9abf8f00be091943119aa15

SHA1
eff415ff0455064e8939ed36bf7f2c3655002e80

SHA256
ddc9fe3ad8f72a2c639db2138f5f1f3306f3c08757e070cc33f6a16bfdba8c9d

SHA512
a810eff3484c529cbe6bbe9096bcf50adb2dba197519f2e7affb833970d0116a7fb9eb342fd5d8ceb27aa98535815161a10f6d532408c5bc51ec241d74472b03

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\security

Filesize
80KB

MD5
18bfa92b77cf828eef637da14eefb770

SHA1
9c010b423e035c0751050bf96f61750509734029

SHA256
70441672a9bdcdab038ce4944ddb852afd678f38a6058601dc3f5cd57b5bea60

SHA512
de1cdaa74edf4d0604bc4625ee55ea15d627378c243b65e4cf19c9d5d28abdaafad288172ac7323d5ab1869b530f96dd553b38fe548ee6a4df4e2934fb9c3ca4

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memory/332-15-0x0000000001DE0000-0x0000000001DE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/332-14-0x000000001B7A0000-0x000000001BA82000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.9MB

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memory/1632-38-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1664-30-0x000007FEF5FA3000-0x000007FEF5FA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1664-29-0x000000001B0A0000-0x000000001B120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
512KB

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memory/1664-0-0x000007FEF5FA3000-0x000007FEF5FA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1664-31-0x000000001B0A0000-0x000000001B120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
512KB

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memory/1664-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2108-35-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CCA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2604-8-0x00000000028E0000-0x00000000028E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2604-7-0x000000001B520000-0x000000001B802000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.9MB

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memory/2604-6-0x00000000029C0000-0x0000000002A40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
512KB

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Resubmissions

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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