Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/05/2026, 02:54
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
13 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe
- Size 10.8MB
- Sample260522-ddv8psfy8x
- SHA256 a403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1
- MD5 4c4d232c28d1081d032892b418be1583
- SHA1 51271091408567f4fab11254bcc77da983ec25a8
- SHA512 fb6dcc593a612d9b2f4eac2aee508ffff70a69dc2cf0f8eb175a464c99145593bc8cc269f04876e61274f0807c5f6696ebca5298b360ca32f782e5fa9373f7f4
- SSDEEP 12288:SstE/7ioLLu8nuMoBpxB0IgP5sOttsiBPJnu:SwG7ionu8n5U/0bhtsiBxu
- TLSH T11BB6A419E253CF6E187713E055655FFCAEEEB14E696A1687D0F9E24332E606C80BF840
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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xworm
Version
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5.0
C2
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6.tcp.eu.ngrok.io:29843
Mutex
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n2a9kAFC9fPtli8N
Attributes
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Install_directory
%AppData%
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install_file
svhost.exe
aes.plain
Signatures
- Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4296-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp family_xworm behavioral1/memory/2940-105-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003A0000-memory.dmp family_xworm - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 2624 powershell.exe 1860 powershell.exe 1840 powershell.exe 3328 powershell.exe - Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\WindowsService.exe xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2716 winupdate.exe 3552 svhost.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinUpdateManager = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Updates\\winupdate.exe" xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinUpdateManager = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Updates\\winupdate.exe" winupdate.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svhost = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svhost.exe" cvtres.exe - Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
flow ioc 33 6.tcp.eu.ngrok.io 79 6.tcp.eu.ngrok.io 96 6.tcp.eu.ngrok.io - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1892 set thread context of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 2716 set thread context of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cvtres.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language winupdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cvtres.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svhost.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 2624 powershell.exe 2624 powershell.exe 1860 powershell.exe 1860 powershell.exe 1840 powershell.exe 1840 powershell.exe 3328 powershell.exe 3328 powershell.exe 4296 cvtres.exe 4296 cvtres.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4296 cvtres.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2940 cvtres.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2624 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1860 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1840 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3328 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4296 cvtres.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4296 cvtres.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1892 wrote to memory of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 1892 wrote to memory of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 1892 wrote to memory of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 1892 wrote to memory of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 1892 wrote to memory of 4296 1892 xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe 90 PID 4296 wrote to memory of 2624 4296 cvtres.exe 93 PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 PID 2716 wrote to memory of 2940 2716 winupdate.exe 95 PID 4296 wrote to memory of 1860 4296 cvtres.exe 96 PID 4296 wrote to memory of 1840 4296 cvtres.exe 98 PID 4296 wrote to memory of 3328 4296 cvtres.exe 102
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xa403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1.exe"1⤵
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1892 -
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4296 -
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\cvtres.exe'3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2624
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'cvtres.exe'3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1860
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svhost.exe'3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1840
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svhost.exe'3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3328
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Updates\winupdate.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Updates\winupdate.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2716 -
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2940
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svhost.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svhost.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3552
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
- MD5 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
- SHA1 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
- SHA512 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
- TLSH T1A4417C303261A9D84D435B0215286ED5E3EF478AAFAC5F5CB569231DCE2A44BD7221F3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 8676dda7a410b358a33f6fc80989eeb071c9b3bf74f82c9c2c1f546672f6f14d
- MD5 eb32c2312e3577a962fc2216a8ed40a0
- SHA1 1a7875926219870861b5a208cb33d99ed62d0557
- SHA512 208a8726a2ad6b93592ef847b46a9ee4b27441f0548003cde0c6ea6082bf6a872ffc9b09c8dfdb324dcc128258841dce0aaea88455ceae058fa1c7ccde97b5a8
- SSDEEP 384:Nsf+BY9i+VbnczvlBhvNJk+o9o2ThK6seYwME/h03SoZJfYSg0jEDkeQ0gdItkKF:SfLbABhvcjo2ThNfrqSMWKEDjCq3
- TLSH T1BA82E76E611F16C3C48613B8E11B045FE8F2DE8D531A13D87B1E9F3B8AAC69E903D548
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 0f4f57f1da157001f4efc62143b1cf333531c1599660327c715f4c06658a0ee4
- MD5 040f91428b0902e2b6e4599d33a4547e
- SHA1 4c65612e0684a46e9078b9dbcd594a4e07c3b323
- SHA512 33f34f1ea3a23eb49430971ed86cc15f7fc4b3a38dab8b9fb2f55ec226d95c764367767b73915abbb310db5fb033377a710726b104bdbf295423a4efd4149d14
- SSDEEP 384:e6+Bp91g1X5GX4vuBQpAlNY19/G0iopz+9I0qkdq+nUOkKkki0SO1:76EXNvuoAlNA6x9I0qAUOiki0H
- TLSH T176822A6D211F2AD7D0A523B4C42787DBEDF09DDEC30407DD274A693B09DA76A80AD0D8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 e1426bacede9c8de68557d881fc077baee78a1075f60991b86fa82c20a3f7ba2
- MD5 1261f5373a9c17d232844ffbbdba8703
- SHA1 fb6bef4e92aa49aaefb7e773c42688fba7b22e66
- SHA512 4a1f5ddc2d590e72c0536fb44896f59a7f68b8fd36d12609e812d6fd41c8739f7f1f798ecbb731eef26a00091a2cbb73287d10ea60c2ec95bd15c15049530beb
- SSDEEP 384:Esf+Bf991zq0ckRl1SyJo9onWoTBNY1qF0ioZ+dIpFd7L+nUKVhi0SO1:xfezEkRbaonjTBNflxdIDd2UKri0H
- TLSH T15582196E210F2AD7C0A623B4E4370397DDB0AEDE930417DD2B4A5E3706DA66AD0681DD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aes4jsz0.pjr.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cryptor_debug.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 919974a19ad71d87ded691bcf3bbb41733d8e8b67dfdcefafe69d69d965d2f02
- MD5 7c58c7c79a23d191ab5f2dfbbe96f138
- SHA1 f54cfca1c17621f5c54d8cabab1bf9a49541e496
- SHA512 8b5c4c31d9fd84cac8c314c8cc4b23a906a116c8fea4588e24f0fca31aca73fc47add19151f41587a563cea9a408a8e28934b4fa0f20ec1b764a6f07e737096f
- TLSH T12B51EA2D18FCC5774259828BEB80BED21E6171156A706E1FB7C0D0CC6841EB83DE63E6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cryptor_debug.log
- Size 430B
- SHA256 c29619ba101dd3408f17b471a5d08c17228251a7dda049e2bb41340db4ae8390
- MD5 882c5dab9ad0467d2cc110df5c80415a
- SHA1 ce74db5d8f112e8bd9b19f7bb695221df8e45cd5
- SHA512 4f80a21d068fb09811f0564ffba1b2d4a96325a149b2bbca579b0cc379870c8aa67b8844ceb3bf288b83290e128c8cd5e53d0755f6b89c65072c1cbb94bc2f3b
- TLSH T1F4E0653D04FC9E7343158B8F8F8678C02E49B22522288D23B3C8C2C820829383EF63D5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cryptor_debug.log
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 cd8d0225f47c566e05f395b94b886a3fc9b3f8597299c86347adce95874d5f3e
- MD5 0b779a7a66c3528eec9c7abe2e3930d9
- SHA1 695b61adf28e7bccedd47b0f31d698b9efe05ce3
- SHA512 21a4b0fb06a1b4557c9c4daee5e488160a1985940d25037bf0ece8f16791f8c730664e8c1c8e54e6f5233dfe1371d37e89cae700e0a2e38b62a562b4bb4e28f9
- TLSH T10C51B82E18FCC57742A9828BEB80BED21E6571156A746E1EB7C0D0CC6442D783DE63E6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cryptor_debug.log
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 80013e9b1bfac89f7a34c0009668192c2629658381f6ad65a687ec72165816eb
- MD5 35901464a7814130b1819694baf0b4f9
- SHA1 82c81a55a0679ce80199f0e6636887e09fca6cde
- SHA512 2ba5bcec5e682b03dc22b28fc75e6fcb30abcdd376ac8ede491b136aa449052a8ffb4948cee425b794494cadbeaf18830c186c7baa802a2539a5d5df02164841
- SSDEEP 96:owtrarUJuWZ2tTv6kCK5JlBiA862Q8f4iG:9tb655CKr8HFvG
- TLSH T132B1DC2E88FCC1776299828BEB81BEDA1E6530155A745F4EA7C0D0CC6841DB83EE63D5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Updates\winupdate.exe
- Size 10.8MB
- SHA256 a403cd8cc03aee693d587a568be64d717edf6c8c6d3e40f07199067c734153c1
- MD5 4c4d232c28d1081d032892b418be1583
- SHA1 51271091408567f4fab11254bcc77da983ec25a8
- SHA512 fb6dcc593a612d9b2f4eac2aee508ffff70a69dc2cf0f8eb175a464c99145593bc8cc269f04876e61274f0807c5f6696ebca5298b360ca32f782e5fa9373f7f4
- SSDEEP 12288:SstE/7ioLLu8nuMoBpxB0IgP5sOttsiBPJnu:SwG7ionu8n5U/0bhtsiBxu
- TLSH T11BB6A419E253CF6E187713E055655FFCAEEEB14E696A1687D0F9E24332E606C80BF840
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svhost.exe
- Size 45KB
- SHA256 e4dbdbf7888ea96f3f8aa5c4c7f2bcf6e57d724dd8194fe5f35b673c6ef724ea
- MD5 70d838a7dc5b359c3f938a71fad77db0
- SHA1 66b83eb16481c334719eed406bc58a3c2b910923
- SHA512 9c9a945db5b5e7ff8105bfe74578e6f00b5f707f7c3d8f1f1fb41553a6d0eab29cef026e77877a1ad6435fa7bc369141921442e1485f2b0894c6bbcbd7791034
- SSDEEP 768:bINyGPbIriyUAfETlzjpyXcZ0R55GhrdRMJmcBkmcrH+ihBy3kM:3GjyUAfWNkFR5GTMJhkmM+wBxM
- TLSH T1E0237D929AFC8062F593AAB057B1E587ED3EB6E31970811F0359DC661D937C0EA0072F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH