xworm | 153825af8babb75361f4af359bfdd5e95cbdc7f263db5c4e70ac1da8f36bc564

max time kernel
27s
max time network
27s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 23:56

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Reason

Machine shutdown

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General

Target

ExodusInject.exe
Size

227KB
MD5

38b7704d2b199559ada166401f1d51c1
SHA1

3376eec35cd4616ba8127b976a8667e7a0aac87d
SHA256

153825af8babb75361f4af359bfdd5e95cbdc7f263db5c4e70ac1da8f36bc564
SHA512

07b828073c8f80c5498501c8f64decb5effa702c8bc3d60a2f7d5de36d493b469cbbf413fb0c92c0aadd6ee139bfb75f3b9e936230212d42e57d2ec5671e9b27
SSDEEP

3072:iBIVzZQgudhV3mypQgbNjcEHBAnpK37nXY8q004Q78ePsi74tyJhbgKL/VoilIBS:Ur3mypQX8mOeP/9/VtLGH+8l

Score

10^/10

xworm execution rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

5.0

137.184.74.73:5000

Mutex

Y2rnj2CSRObOXXLb

Attributes

Install_directory
%ProgramData%
install_file
System.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1664-30-0x0000000000160000-0x000000000016E000-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 2 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
1752	powershell.exe
1120	powershell.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2952	cmd.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1664	AggregatorHost.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
536	timeout.exe

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
2164	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1752	powershell.exe
1120	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2412	ExodusInject.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2916	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2916	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	2916	vssvc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1752	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1120	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1664	AggregatorHost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1664	AggregatorHost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1936	shutdown.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1936	shutdown.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1752	2412	ExodusInject.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1752	2412	ExodusInject.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1752	2412	ExodusInject.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1120	2412	ExodusInject.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1120	2412	ExodusInject.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 1120	2412	ExodusInject.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2952	2412	ExodusInject.exe	39
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2952	2412	ExodusInject.exe	39
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2952	2412	ExodusInject.exe	39
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 536	2952	cmd.exe	41
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 536	2952	cmd.exe	41
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 536	2952	cmd.exe	41
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 1664	2884	taskeng.exe	42
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 1664	2884	taskeng.exe	42
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 1664	2884	taskeng.exe	42
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2164	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	44
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2164	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	44
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 2164	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	44
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 1936	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	46
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 1936	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	46
PID 1664 wrote to memory of 1936	1664	AggregatorHost.exe	46

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
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ExodusInject.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ExodusInject.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2412
- 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\AggregatorHost.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1752
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'AggregatorHost.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1120
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC542.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2952
- - C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:536

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2916

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
taskeng.exe {A99DE608-0351-48F3-A033-FCBE3ABBA7F6} S-1-5-21-1488793075-819845221-1497111674-1000:UPNECVIU\Admin:Interactive:[1]
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2884
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AggregatorHost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AggregatorHost.exe
  2⤵
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1664
- - C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "System" /tr "C:\ProgramData\System.exe"
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2164
- - C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
    shutdown.exe /f /s /t 0
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1936

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x0
1⤵
PID:1344

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x1
1⤵
PID:1388

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

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC542.tmp.bat

Filesize
164B

MD5
ba847b3c61dfb239761b71134ea134f4

SHA1
172088e85b781c2a479fe76689b349aff496f1f5

SHA256
695804da14cf33deaf263a58f4e1c370532987867bd47530435c0b1a08a35ff8

SHA512
61580c5b74dabc9a6bfebd08228a69625520773e70f3b1bab73d9e9c74bfa56eb3309e1d08e865cc8f70c9787fbe4f025e7950945bc358ca4eae6ba86cd09628

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\AggregatorHost.exe

Filesize
227KB

MD5
38b7704d2b199559ada166401f1d51c1

SHA1
3376eec35cd4616ba8127b976a8667e7a0aac87d

SHA256
153825af8babb75361f4af359bfdd5e95cbdc7f263db5c4e70ac1da8f36bc564

SHA512
07b828073c8f80c5498501c8f64decb5effa702c8bc3d60a2f7d5de36d493b469cbbf413fb0c92c0aadd6ee139bfb75f3b9e936230212d42e57d2ec5671e9b27

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\EAL54I527DACR5ENB7AJ.temp

Filesize
7KB

MD5
3cab3fdf457f50ee04e8c03832ed2c00

SHA1
cba9da7f8cc4eccc37bac6ef7eb71ed51ecd0ae4

SHA256
7a2ed2835a12a67dce4f8bdea993578294f994bb1cf73203bcf662f764092f33

SHA512
8ecb2637bdedc2d08664e133078f5a83213f7ba5d085328cee27b23c206bf5a82a8f319af8dcddc99ae119a986222af821c2a4c76fc5c81d249c131b1e972ad5

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memory/1120-14-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1120-13-0x000000001B670000-0x000000001B952000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.9MB

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memory/1664-29-0x0000000001240000-0x0000000001280000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/1664-30-0x0000000000160000-0x000000000016E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1752-7-0x0000000001DB0000-0x0000000001DB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1752-6-0x000000001B6E0000-0x000000001B9C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.9MB

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memory/2412-0-0x000007FEF5283000-0x000007FEF5284000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2412-25-0x000007FEF5280000-0x000007FEF5C6C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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memory/2412-1-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001260000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2412-35-0x000007FEF5280000-0x000007FEF5C6C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.9MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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