Analysis

  • max time kernel
    82s
  • max time network
    81s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64system
  • submitted
    12/04/2025, 17:58

General

  • Target

    ninja-removebg-preview.png

  • Size

    214KB

  • MD5

    2c97b1e5a89dc38a8c906f63bd6676f1

  • SHA1

    b4bebeab59995284cb538eb1e987388ba5d1ff92

  • SHA256

    74bbfa3982830431f791a705d5e4100a52464a02af53ec884f19b23143309bfb

  • SHA512

    02557ddb7da84715043824172641ff670e382d88a3430da1ee6d884e010cd0bf61e8b9f0a1371197565ecc630320b2dd196d154b1b858ee63d39f34e8a2df52e

  • SSDEEP

    3072:51V8WMZwNkIRasbHGkOLnr6sOWew8zardin5gbuvs43kmE18hQrrVb2r6FAEX5uk:5kBsj7OJOJwKard0VVQ8hkVuYuTBUMa

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xenorat

C2

178.83.80.11

Mutex

WinStart

Attributes
  • delay

    5000

  • install_path

    appdata

  • port

    4782

  • startup_name

    WinStart

Signatures

  • Detect XenoRat Payload 5 IoCs
  • XenorRat

    XenorRat is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xenorat family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ninja-removebg-preview.png"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1612
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s DeviceAssociationService
    1⤵
      PID:4492
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4632
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updater.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updater.exe" /S
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5168
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\updater.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\updater.exe"
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1432
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "WinStart" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1CF9.tmp" /F
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5468
          • \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe
            "c:\windows\system32\cmstp.exe" /au C:\windows\temp\qgike020.inf
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1720
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /query /v /fo csv
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:448
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "\WinStart" /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4428
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\updater.exe"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4888
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.exe
              choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4992
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7}
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2896

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\updater.exe.log

      Filesize

      226B

      MD5

      66aea5e724c4a224d092067c3381783b

      SHA1

      ee3cc64c4370a255391bdfeef2883d5b7a6e6230

      SHA256

      04b17cab961f973464bba8924f764edef6451d1774f2405d27ef33d164296923

      SHA512

      5d719e303f491d1443cb7c7e8946481e90532522a422c98f82466e1eddcd1ef24a4505dcbf75f2191fbb66825d3550566d7f408a3854edeb4c1a192c8c9a6d06

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_stzg2abc.4tr.ps1

      Filesize

      60B

      MD5

      d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

      SHA1

      6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

      SHA256

      96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

      SHA512

      5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1CF9.tmp

      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      a61c5f8bb014d5f8e41cb4e86bcf6856

      SHA1

      428aab6ba1756440c90efad1be8171beb6103808

      SHA256

      6598f4eb2c62d41313bcf1bd9a9be023c9a1c56edb262300b4b5209efbbaa9a3

      SHA512

      45d79debb1969099fcf221f455889f93f0f45eec07352b4884c98a9c94eb798271058010d564b018049b0ad29d03e794963a8868b966fadd4c9280493426ccc2

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updater.exe

      Filesize

      112KB

      MD5

      ae4d2ce16c802796d3b052c98f380df0

      SHA1

      a2744daae12f133c6b6be3e366ac90947bbed748

      SHA256

      b56aa51e6c3e6d8e4ed7a15a1480033741ee27d2e35957be742f9d799ad828f7

      SHA512

      bfb5225d6411c913ec098ff70311302dfff76f52addb527e2790b8b766ada513af453bad0f5d3f8caa7993558fe7ebc7a2bb5ad33c5a5ad260dde6f039fe842f

    • C:\windows\temp\qgike020.inf

      Filesize

      641B

      MD5

      48676823e14c0f1537d8c8e5b065e3be

      SHA1

      8364d21ae1871c3ce67d9b56b14e84e524ca6803

      SHA256

      0a6ea9540364fcae6590fabd3fd2c21c5a54ce68243acb36021865f771308799

      SHA512

      b75f2fa13ec3e24264e396dee8c635e479e03c35de020e480a2f071e121b757140855ff1c0f18b5a2be2e866131822af0214613304bb5b1cd014f1c92fd9b758

    • memory/1432-50-0x0000000007CA0000-0x00000000081CC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/1432-46-0x00000000072D0000-0x00000000073CA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1000KB

    • memory/1432-54-0x00000000028F0000-0x00000000028FC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1432-53-0x00000000091D0000-0x0000000009450000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.5MB

    • memory/1432-41-0x0000000005870000-0x00000000058D6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/1432-42-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C2C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1432-43-0x0000000006320000-0x00000000068C6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/1432-44-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005F12000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/1432-45-0x0000000005E60000-0x0000000005E6A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1432-52-0x0000000007770000-0x000000000780C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/1432-47-0x00000000075A0000-0x0000000007762000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/1432-48-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005FE0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/1432-49-0x0000000007450000-0x00000000074C6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1432-51-0x0000000007410000-0x000000000742E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/4632-12-0x00000181ED630000-0x00000181ED674000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      272KB

    • memory/4632-13-0x00000181ED680000-0x00000181ED6F6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/4632-19-0x00000181ED8D0000-0x00000181EDA92000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/4632-8-0x00000181ED0F0000-0x00000181ED112000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/5168-34-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007B2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      136KB