xworm | e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299

Analysis

max time kernel
1049s
max time network
1051s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
submitted
23/05/2026, 09:54

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General

Target
New folder/XWormClient - Copy (2).exe
Size 38KB
Sample260523-lxbbmsfx2p
SHA256 e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299
MD5 18e23bf17fdaf0280f9fb5f6849a5ac5
SHA1 e9bc84aa9bbc165f599615c73fb911464dd3cf5e
SHA512 80f29ba6646c9100831a3e4bbaf18548741266af8335f6f1cc1e2f0b04dee5eb57a248eff9bfb4d54dbf94cf7d32051f1015aa8dcce48633155cef29d0d17cc3
SSDEEP 768:zny1W6y/VUKqY9ycScOAAFWPr9tr6UOwhG7v7:zgWxVN39y3FW9tr6UOw0z7
TLSH
T1FC036C447BD04225C6FE6BF45DB2A5060730A7079D23E78D4CE886AA2F77BD4CA407E6
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

execution xworm persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

Mutex

speN341SssyFGzgn

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
gayclient.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

Family: Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4920-0-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral1/files/0x002600000002b3f9-75.dat	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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
3736	powershell.exe
1668	powershell.exe
712	powershell.exe
1652	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 18 IoCs

pid	Process
136	gayclient.exe
3140	gayclient.exe
1932	gayclient.exe
1600	gayclient.exe
2448	gayclient.exe
4520	gayclient.exe
1992	gayclient.exe
3644	gayclient.exe
2704	gayclient.exe
2412	gayclient.exe
2252	gayclient.exe
4828	gayclient.exe
2740	gayclient.exe
2064	gayclient.exe
3996	gayclient.exe
3368	gayclient.exe
3172	gayclient.exe
1900	gayclient.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
2148	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1668	powershell.exe
1668	powershell.exe
712	powershell.exe
712	powershell.exe
1652	powershell.exe
1652	powershell.exe
3736	powershell.exe
3736	powershell.exe
4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1668	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	712	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1652	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3736	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	136	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3140	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1932	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1600	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2448	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4520	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1992	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3644	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2704	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2412	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2252	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4828	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2740	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2064	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3996	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3368	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3172	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1900	gayclient.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 1668	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe	80
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 712	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe	82
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 1652	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe	84
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3736	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe	86
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 2148	4920	XWormClient - Copy (2).exe	88

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (2).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (2).exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4920
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (2).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1668
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XWormClient - Copy (2).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:712
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1652
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'gayclient.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3736
- C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "gayclient" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe"
  2⤵
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2148

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:136

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3140

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1932

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1600

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2448

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4520

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1992

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3644

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2704

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2412

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2252

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4828

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2740

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2064

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3996

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3368

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3172

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1900

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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gayclient.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\gayclient.exe.log
Size 654B
SHA256 e31b18f21621d9983bfdf1ea3e53884a9d58b8ffd79e0e5790da6f3a81a8b9d3
MD5 2cbbb74b7da1f720b48ed31085cbd5b8
SHA1 79caa9a3ea8abe1b9c4326c3633da64a5f724964
SHA512 ecf02d5240e0c1c005d3ab393aa7eff62bd498c2db5905157e2bf6d29e1b663228a9583950842629d1a4caef404c8941a0c7799b1a3bd1eb890a09fdb7efcff9
TLSH
T119F0A2302371E1C8C9263F422C0D2A4966AF474A7B50FE0C7694635DD825167AF313F3
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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powershell.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
Size 4KB
SHA256 e27390d57580e3dfba07bec3d8e430203bbc91e90f6937079b3fd52abc721bd4
MD5 dbbd2d4458d7e8094846420da595dfc3
SHA1 267cb47b904f14a519d2bd73abfdb30e1a06e1a6
SHA512 480e7ca865b811f79f35fcfe7a9ac0280b48d1f9459873d18f000db55c72d53345cf3a10075c1ac407439545f699ce2a7bef38b00b4e19439edf384b00045531
SSDEEP 96:iq4uYqGEo9xx+incqKXq3qotzYNYr7aqCiNLm7RIz+cBPzQh0nRAy6FcxZcosQSm:iq4uYqGEUdncqKXq3qotzYuWq2Iz+wx
TLSH
T11D91EE323375E0D5C8263F07192C19C463AF439AEA54AF48B258620EED2714BDF122F7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 fb485201330a5ca14dc2d7a80ecf88b5c9e53d59929f9234c3ccf7548e2fe73f
MD5 d457c1f4bc93b922760f898f5ee33a51
SHA1 73b3a14397cddbaf0f61cf73df084973e2d781f1
SHA512 84f2942c741f0034f4c83cc58350d8c63e150b1bf02c2c65e07ee2f259dd5679b2e318faec233d2be6e5d4ce67ce7b56725dd4ab4a3186aef34d62da35bcff17
TLSH
T12D218633B7ACC235C8D911BA208CAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7B84C518A57F99ADB645E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 55907118d822d9786d4c123762a6f77334bd7bd9c3b82eb5e71b1477e23fe7d7
MD5 fde6065c8851e943f0236778f831d647
SHA1 d64714bf5b5138e2ca71a76862264032d76ca7e4
SHA512 ec5effc7f76435e619066beb381d5b620969b3dda824a1b6ddd3c02390bc43bc7c8241b175a75e48f40ec655010cd2d7228f78f0065ad58f9d4478c3a7b09c6f
TLSH
T17721A833B79CC134C8C911BA108DAD01B2B5C3D7449ECE8B7BC4C528A5BF89ADF681A4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 c6ad1a8641e844b8399c2c2ffc946ab7f3f2d93e4918f628ea154d5a5c99dfc4
MD5 a4ff087db173db367e1088fa305810fa
SHA1 029decebce80808dbecd4a8cdee1b22687253fed
SHA512 368390acfd07f67f1bac49722be3c96c3f7cef75b4fb8c84a3e68e493702032c17074e53d48efd709a9894ed3115608d2d4e67274b9992cfdcbd386d1750bc37
TLSH
T15B218933B79CC134C8D9117A108DAD01B2B5C3C7449ECECB7B84C508A57F999DB645E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_ogdtxykx.bjq.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ogdtxykx.bjq.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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gayclient.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
Size 38KB
SHA256 e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299
MD5 18e23bf17fdaf0280f9fb5f6849a5ac5
SHA1 e9bc84aa9bbc165f599615c73fb911464dd3cf5e
SHA512 80f29ba6646c9100831a3e4bbaf18548741266af8335f6f1cc1e2f0b04dee5eb57a248eff9bfb4d54dbf94cf7d32051f1015aa8dcce48633155cef29d0d17cc3
SSDEEP 768:zny1W6y/VUKqY9ycScOAAFWPr9tr6UOwhG7v7:zgWxVN39y3FW9tr6UOw0z7
TLSH
T1FC036C447BD04225C6FE6BF45DB2A5060730A7079D23E78D4CE886AA2F77BD4CA407E6
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1668-11-0x00007FF4BA220000-0x00007FF4BA230000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-27-0x00000202D7BF0000-0x00000202D7C00000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-20-0x00000202F2FD0000-0x00000202F2FDA000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-21-0x00000202F3000000-0x00000202F301C000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-22-0x00000202F2FE0000-0x00000202F2FEA000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-23-0x00000202F3040000-0x00000202F305A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-24-0x00000202F2FF0000-0x00000202F2FF8000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-25-0x00000202F3020000-0x00000202F3026000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-26-0x00000202F3030000-0x00000202F303A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-19-0x00000202F3270000-0x00000202F3323000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-18-0x00000202F2FB0000-0x00000202F2FCC000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-2-0x00000202D7BF0000-0x00000202D7C00000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-10-0x00000202D7BF0000-0x00000202D7C00000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-9-0x00000202F2F10000-0x00000202F2F32000-memory.dmp

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memory/1668-1-0x00000202D7BF0000-0x00000202D7C00000-memory.dmp

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memory/4920-74-0x000000001B4B0000-0x000000001B4C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4920-0-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

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