Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
299s - max time network
303s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
19/02/2026, 01:42
General
- Target amhj.exe
- Size 39KB
- Sample260219-b4yqeahv8f
- SHA256 47ed5f61dda8dbf905f06588bfbc938ba95f86fbf072525140b025fea210556f
Malware Config
Extracted
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xworm
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5.0
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Nexit-62461.portmap.host:62461
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xIESsdaFhdraUmvt
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Install_directory
%LocalAppData%
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install_file
GeodeUpdater.exe
Signatures
- Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
- Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
- Xworm family
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 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.
- Drops startup file 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 40 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\amhj.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\amhj.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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\amhj.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'amhj.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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\GeodeUpdater.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'GeodeUpdater.exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GeodeUpdater.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GeodeUpdater.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding1⤵
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C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\amhj.exe"C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\amhj.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
GeodeUpdater.exe
powershell.exe.log
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_vicxqgsn.fcy.ps1
memory/1268-25-0x00000293E3D00000-0x00000293E3D0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1268-26-0x00000293FDBF0000-0x00000293FDC5B000-memory.dmp
memory/2056-57-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D3C000-memory.dmp
memory/3308-71-0x00000000012E0000-0x00000000012EC000-memory.dmp
memory/3572-36-0x000001FC48110000-0x000001FC4811C000-memory.dmp
memory/3572-37-0x000001FC62040000-0x000001FC620AB000-memory.dmp
memory/3872-48-0x0000018C6FDC0000-0x0000018C6FE2B000-memory.dmp
memory/3872-47-0x0000018C6F530000-0x0000018C6F53C000-memory.dmp
memory/5692-0-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000950000-memory.dmp
memory/5692-53-0x000000001B760000-0x000000001B770000-memory.dmp
memory/5692-67-0x00000000010D0000-0x00000000010DC000-memory.dmp
memory/5692-68-0x000000001B6E0000-0x000000001B74B000-memory.dmp
memory/5692-69-0x000000001B760000-0x000000001B770000-memory.dmp
memory/6016-14-0x000001E39A680000-0x000001E39A6EB000-memory.dmp
memory/6016-13-0x000001E380780000-0x000001E38078C000-memory.dmp
memory/6016-9-0x000001E3820A0000-0x000001E3820C2000-memory.dmp
memory/6016-1-0x000001E39A750000-0x000001E39A760000-memory.dmp
memory/6016-2-0x000001E39A750000-0x000001E39A760000-memory.dmp