Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    50s
  • max time network
    49s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/02/2026, 03:13

General

  • Target
    HESCOxCHEAT.exe
  • Size 3.2MB
  • Sample260219-dqr2taaz8a
  • SHA256 b811b4498c04e2a34ddd6bdcdb0b11c61f530f83ef42bc589074f214b7af1ade
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • next-dance.gl.at.ply.gg:15742

Mutex
  • v1mtgouHNRcNxaTB

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xworm family
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HESCOxCHEAT.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HESCOxCHEAT.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1580
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5092
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MARECHAL SYSTEM.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MARECHAL SYSTEM.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:604
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s NPSMSvc
    1⤵
      PID:2764
    • C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      PID:5256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:932
    • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5248

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          MARECHAL SYSTEM.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MARECHAL SYSTEM.exe
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 a109463f78da9bfece1e38360ef0bac089b19dbf23da4e327492eade367ae2f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          XWormClient.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 9c6f8eb5ee2bb03c75742d1bf23ddad0aa02709b5188c52b4ebc1c4a70905355
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/604-22-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001402EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/932-32-0x00000000031E0000-0x00000000031E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/932-31-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000016FD000-memory.dmp

          memory/1580-23-0x000000001BD00000-0x000000001BDEA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1580-0-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000001180000-memory.dmp

          memory/2764-34-0x000001DFA1E00000-0x000001DFA1EEA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5092-12-0x00000000008F0000-0x00000000008FE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5092-24-0x000000001B5F0000-0x000000001B600000-memory.dmp

          memory/5092-25-0x000000001B5F0000-0x000000001B600000-memory.dmp

          memory/5092-26-0x000000001BA00000-0x000000001BAEA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5248-36-0x0000025375940000-0x0000025375A2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5256-35-0x00000194632B0000-0x000001946339A000-memory.dmp