Overview

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Static

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Potatium.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Potatium.exe

windows11-21h2-x64

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General

  • Target
    Potatium.exe
  • Size 87KB
  • Sample260304-25jwragy8v
  • SHA256 41e4cf5945194793301978fb55464263486eb1f8154297d6b6a2d7c1892372eb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
xwormexecutionpersistencerattrojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

  • xworm

Version

  • XWorm V6.5

C2

  • nvd9pk2u4h.localto.net:2123

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %Public%

  • install_file

    svchost.exe

Targets

    • Target
      Potatium.exe
    • Size 87KB
    • SHA256 41e4cf5945194793301978fb55464263486eb1f8154297d6b6a2d7c1892372eb
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    10/10
    executionxwormpersistencerattrojan

    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

      trojanratxworm

    • Xworm family

      xworm

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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

      execution

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Adds Run key to start application

      persistence

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    behavioral1behavioral2

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks