Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 04:32

General

  • Target
    X-Scan-v3.3/dat/nmap/nmap.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260415-e55f5ah171
  • SHA256 68c5ac4acd7ad4c8921eebb036851e4647e4dc07063a74c421da05de44f2daaa
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\nmap.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\nmap.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4632
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\._cache_nmap.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\._cache_nmap.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1972
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4560
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2840
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2840 -s 396
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4872
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3960
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4176
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2840 -ip 2840
    1⤵
      PID:3968

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Synaptics.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 68c5ac4acd7ad4c8921eebb036851e4647e4dc07063a74c421da05de44f2daaa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          C4285E00

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C4285E00
          • Size 22KB
          • SHA256 85be34fab251faf4f2af26cb80c616c7922c55ee81472bbb99c9c8b410f3eaea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          QRoFykrb.xlsm

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QRoFykrb.xlsm
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ._cache_nmap.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X-Scan-v3.3\dat\nmap\._cache_nmap.exe
          • Size 346KB
          • SHA256 f5fdf83dabce6172dafcc2aefb42d1153daa81f849dc7f60dc369974d6841dd6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3900-259-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/3900-260-0x0000000000890000-0x0000000000926000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-244-0x00007FFB60AD0000-0x00007FFB60AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-312-0x000001A9A3140000-0x000001A9A31EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-246-0x00007FFB60AD0000-0x00007FFB60AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-245-0x00007FFB60AD0000-0x00007FFB60AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-248-0x00007FFB60AD0000-0x00007FFB60AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-247-0x000001A963140000-0x000001A963150000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-262-0x00007FFB5E6B0000-0x00007FFB5E6C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-243-0x00007FFB60AD0000-0x00007FFB60AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-258-0x00007FFB5E6B0000-0x00007FFB5E6C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-131-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-309-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-311-0x0000000000830000-0x00000000008C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-335-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-364-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-366-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000797000-memory.dmp

          memory/4560-367-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4632-129-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A76000-memory.dmp

          memory/4632-0-0x0000000002420000-0x0000000002421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4632-128-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000519000-memory.dmp

          memory/4632-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp