xworm | e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299

Analysis

user interaction
yes
max time kernel
1049s
max time network
1046s
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 (3).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
behavioral2/memory/4836-0-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000850000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral2/files/0x002200000002b4ba-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
4976	powershell.exe
4112	powershell.exe
4996	powershell.exe
1204	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 18 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	gayclient.exe
3440	gayclient.exe
2060	gayclient.exe
2444	gayclient.exe
4444	gayclient.exe
4616	gayclient.exe
2748	gayclient.exe
3064	gayclient.exe
3348	gayclient.exe
4860	gayclient.exe
1284	gayclient.exe
3520	gayclient.exe
2756	gayclient.exe
1300	gayclient.exe
5064	gayclient.exe
1500	gayclient.exe
3048	gayclient.exe
4532	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
1816	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
4976	powershell.exe
4976	powershell.exe
4112	powershell.exe
4112	powershell.exe
4996	powershell.exe
4996	powershell.exe
1204	powershell.exe
1204	powershell.exe
4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4976	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4112	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4996	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1204	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2484	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3440	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2060	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2444	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4444	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4616	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2748	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3064	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3348	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1284	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3520	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2756	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1300	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5064	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1500	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3048	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4532	gayclient.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 4976	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe	80
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 4112	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe	82
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 4996	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe	84
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 1204	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).exe	86
PID 4836 wrote to memory of 1816	4836	XWormClient - Copy (3).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 (3).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (3).exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4836
- 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 (3).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4976
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XWormClient - Copy (3).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4112
- 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:4996
- 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:1204
- 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:1816

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2484

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3440

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2060

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2444

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4444

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4616

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2748

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3064

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3348

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4860

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1284

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3520

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2756

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1300

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5064

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1500

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3048

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4532

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 b79f569e6c453b33139dcd90442a80e59ac882a1e272a8e4a322d295bfac3ab0
MD5 e60feda9a7e775a7d83cc6ec30a00f68
SHA1 b258b886f3cba5a97922f2695ebeaedafe3638ef
SHA512 51dae2882602a7ef7b3e43cc8745cc6fd974beae26a17730c928d4e82dc19dbb66287d9431cc6bd1990a7278c546cd3f9a51eeb6debd73eacf2803ee303c70e2
TLSH
T153218633B7ACC234C8D911BA208CAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7B84C508A57F99ADB645E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 3e17341e21abe677f642b2aa5359e33ac7d8ad160e49ceb13c21bbf9a769f046
MD5 8af496675c87970e24b05057dbce618e
SHA1 71fd783192ef95ad596507505ce47dc1a2ba59d8
SHA512 469854b77c865ab60a31f67c956b40a2ea082a90cec3a6f5cf546b40793b209e8c4a5ab8ae7ae0eb459e26801931527a92254959a1a9cb3b6f42f645f1355fd5
TLSH
T124218633B79CC134C8C911BA108DAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7B84C528A5BF89ADF681A4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 e6c13f83007b09a5d5b63078e3ec24154f10583cb45934593d4ad19884a18c65
MD5 1d0aa5cce4e415edb1121125504747a7
SHA1 f301b140ab60148a6c8904cb2fda3d8d58a9e6a4
SHA512 d0cc4ac1ce90a426e44eef2575942c8ad434d4ecf9a66e594834811dec64e668006ce48238f6f9c51c1cdad3b188a0de9daa774da50c10874f82c27ca6b586b3
TLSH
T1C2218933B79CC234C8D9117A108DAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7B84C508A57F999DB645E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_ts3iv01i.ngq.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ts3iv01i.ngq.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/4836-78-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029B0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4836-74-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029B0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4836-0-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000850000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-11-0x00007FF4A1C60000-0x00007FF4A1C70000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-21-0x00000268F48F0000-0x00000268F490C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-23-0x00000268F4BA0000-0x00000268F4BBA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-24-0x00000268F48E0000-0x00000268F48E8000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-25-0x00000268F4910000-0x00000268F4916000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-26-0x00000268F4920000-0x00000268F492A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-27-0x00000268F2510000-0x00000268F2520000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-22-0x00000268F48D0000-0x00000268F48DA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-20-0x00000268F47E0000-0x00000268F47EA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-19-0x00000268F4810000-0x00000268F48C3000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-18-0x00000268F47F0000-0x00000268F480C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-10-0x00000268F2510000-0x00000268F2520000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-9-0x00000268F24D0000-0x00000268F24F2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-1-0x00000268F2510000-0x00000268F2520000-memory.dmp

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memory/4976-2-0x00000268F2510000-0x00000268F2520000-memory.dmp

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