Analysis

  • max time kernel
    298s
  • max time network
    204s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/05/2026, 15:28

General

  • Target
    16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe
  • Size 699KB
  • Sample260510-swee8sa13x
  • SHA256 41d0a449e657da1473447ca21ed3dea47b3d311b7ebcd73413d62bb5e139748d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • 204.10.160.250:7007

Mutex
  • YaMXGbVWfOUMIxB5

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 2 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1992
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4892
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16996-VR-26_004102_AH_032D2026.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3096 -s 1732
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:240
  • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pq0kgk0cxhu.ps1"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4476
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1628
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:564
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 564 -s 1764
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:3688
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 3096 -ip 3096
    1⤵
      PID:2408
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 564 -ip 564
      1⤵
        PID:3704

      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 18KB
            • SHA256 b7f477f425413e30c8fce032ac489f1acaf0302ed295e9872a209d44a40f4d85
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_ncjirvdt.z4a.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ncjirvdt.z4a.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            pq0kgk0cxhu.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pq0kgk0cxhu.ps1
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 6478db14a76e9c1157c0eadbc5c1997c9835ada7e3160c6ab289afa0f7a3c38c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RoykkEjPXFZUj.exe
            • Size 699KB
            • SHA256 41d0a449e657da1473447ca21ed3dea47b3d311b7ebcd73413d62bb5e139748d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/564-114-0x0000000001220000-0x000000000122B000-memory.dmp

            memory/564-113-0x0000000001420000-0x0000000001439000-memory.dmp

            memory/564-115-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005BD1000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-92-0x000000000BE50000-0x000000000BE75000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-91-0x000000000BB80000-0x000000000BBC2000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-90-0x0000000005CC0000-0x0000000005CF7000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-82-0x0000000005890000-0x0000000005951000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-80-0x0000000005890000-0x0000000005951000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-81-0x0000000005CC0000-0x0000000005CF7000-memory.dmp

            memory/1516-89-0x0000000005890000-0x0000000005951000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-112-0x0000000007360000-0x0000000007375000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-110-0x0000000007050000-0x00000000070F4000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-100-0x0000000005960000-0x0000000005CB7000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-118-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000BA9000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-102-0x00000000061F0000-0x000000000623C000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-117-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B8B000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-103-0x0000000070E40000-0x0000000070E8C000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-111-0x0000000007310000-0x0000000007321000-memory.dmp

            memory/1628-119-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004D61000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-6-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005922000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-3-0x00000000053D0000-0x00000000053E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-20-0x00000000011A0000-0x00000000011C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-4-0x00000000055F0000-0x00000000055FA000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-0-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000A46000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-2-0x0000000005460000-0x00000000054F2000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-5-0x00000000056B0000-0x000000000574C000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-9-0x00000000085F0000-0x0000000008692000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-1-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005ED6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-8-0x00000000053D0000-0x00000000053E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1992-7-0x00000000011A0000-0x00000000011C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/3096-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

            memory/3096-65-0x0000000005590000-0x00000000055A8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3096-64-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005E91000-memory.dmp

            memory/3096-41-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

            memory/4476-57-0x000002D4A4640000-0x000002D4A464C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4476-58-0x000002D4A4A30000-0x000002D4A4A42000-memory.dmp

            memory/4476-34-0x000002D4BCD30000-0x000002D4BCD52000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-24-0x0000000006260000-0x00000000062C6000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-69-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F18000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-73-0x0000000002E90000-0x0000000002EA9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-74-0x00000000056F0000-0x00000000057B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-79-0x0000000006850000-0x000000000685A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-78-0x0000000006190000-0x00000000061A8000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-77-0x0000000006140000-0x000000000614A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-76-0x0000000006680000-0x00000000066C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-75-0x0000000006640000-0x0000000006677000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-68-0x0000000007F20000-0x0000000007F3A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-67-0x0000000007E20000-0x0000000007E35000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-66-0x0000000007E10000-0x0000000007E1E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-63-0x0000000007DE0000-0x0000000007DF1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-62-0x0000000007E60000-0x0000000007EF6000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-61-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007C5A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-59-0x0000000008210000-0x000000000888A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-60-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007BEA000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-52-0x0000000007AB0000-0x0000000007B54000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-51-0x0000000006E60000-0x0000000006E7E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-43-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006EB4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-44-0x0000000070E50000-0x0000000070E9C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-33-0x00000000068A0000-0x00000000068EC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-32-0x0000000006870000-0x000000000688E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-25-0x00000000062D0000-0x0000000006627000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-23-0x00000000061F0000-0x0000000006256000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-22-0x0000000006150000-0x0000000006172000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-21-0x00000000058C0000-0x0000000005EEA000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-18-0x0000000002ED0000-0x0000000002F06000-memory.dmp

            memory/4892-19-0x0000000002F20000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp