xworm | e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299

Analysis

user interaction
yes
max time kernel
1050s
max time network
1044s
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 (4).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
behavioral3/memory/3928-0-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000290000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral3/files/0x002200000002b495-75.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
3272	powershell.exe
3296	powershell.exe
2276	powershell.exe
3164	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 18 IoCs

pid	Process
3856	gayclient.exe
4420	gayclient.exe
808	gayclient.exe
2756	gayclient.exe
912	gayclient.exe
4620	gayclient.exe
4312	gayclient.exe
2128	gayclient.exe
1648	gayclient.exe
2180	gayclient.exe
3552	gayclient.exe
4424	gayclient.exe
3220	gayclient.exe
3576	gayclient.exe
3468	gayclient.exe
4452	gayclient.exe
2092	gayclient.exe
4068	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
1996	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
3272	powershell.exe
3272	powershell.exe
3296	powershell.exe
3296	powershell.exe
2276	powershell.exe
2276	powershell.exe
3164	powershell.exe
3164	powershell.exe
3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3272	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3296	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2276	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3164	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3856	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4420	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	808	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2756	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	912	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4620	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4312	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2128	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1648	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2180	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3552	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4424	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3220	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3576	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3468	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4452	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2092	gayclient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4068	gayclient.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3928 wrote to memory of 3272	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe	82
PID 3928 wrote to memory of 3296	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe	84
PID 3928 wrote to memory of 2276	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe	86
PID 3928 wrote to memory of 3164	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe	88
PID 3928 wrote to memory of 1996	3928	XWormClient - Copy (4).exe	90

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 (4).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (4).exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3928
- 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 (4).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3272
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XWormClient - Copy (4).exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3296
- 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:2276
- 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:3164
- 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:1996

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3856

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4420

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:808

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:912

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4620

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4312

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2128

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1648

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2180

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3552

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4424

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3220

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3576

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3468

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4452

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2092

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4068

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 dd16566ab212783e890f0f99ec0b0c501fe85b02aa0ad98f5f9d91ff9080af9d
MD5 e658fc871c669b740efbcf9672996959
SHA1 e465bea74f7a594b5f04633332f03e7bdfb71f76
SHA512 d1d7a7fec050718614f9fe88b7f9be07ca2f5280f7605f1ae456ab61f58a69090511ba38cbeb66064ca3c23104d8dcef1732672238b5ac29634a8c50025a39b4
SSDEEP 96:iq4uYqGEo9xx+incqKXqntzYfqCYr7aqCiNLm7RIz+cBPzQh0nRAy6FcxZcosQSm:iq4uYqGEUdncqKXqntzYfqRWq2Iz+wx
TLSH
T1E191EE323375E0D5C8263F07192C19C463AF439AEA54AF48B258620EED2714BDF122F7
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 8a9e66ad74e2f2e85a14886990da57e2eedc535010a7c3dd1459f99f7ae87436
MD5 391d9636c35ceb559dccacc31c7601d6
SHA1 08340ed62cb3140947e4fe8c2a10a3ec5e5a7db0
SHA512 7950a5af95e1f1eb5a2bd011b13d702540d9c374e788a6da8cff02f87b08e5d514b2a27cd6e22b8a90e6b0478403a850725d27afd1f8065be9a496b6d63eaa50
TLSH
T112218933B79CC135C8D9117A108CAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE9B7B84C508A57F999DB641E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 824a7e35a2ee02d8d7259fc97bad1c9e203631fbd970ee34effa97b2f8d14560
MD5 71c4e0667202114b40ca025e50f19d85
SHA1 fa2c677fe8db610722c6d077b04130859f4a0167
SHA512 3acd2f7692ea44c3ddc515356ddc535a67bb8519e82acd2272f3fd93db4ac413861de8d10f74e93be0f736b5bd6ab07bf7aa0ec2bfa7f66903beea35f5fd20c6
TLSH
T180218933B79CC134C8D9117A108DAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7B84C508A57F999DB645E4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 1955165328ff735e6814133ecf8cef35b6b3d044d256cb5ef22d2e89092bbb9d
MD5 b17a74fb4e1a75a6dbd83be222935619
SHA1 347ac4fb349abde16aea642ad102cd9a4f8caef1
SHA512 78da6706df7ade181b31bd51af8338314b2cd57a7b68345202f4901cb80e315d0c1b00c6b13a963e530e1d03bdc3beee4a92d7b11c5ae8701802508c4427557a
TLSH
T15821AB33B79CC134C8C9117A108DAD01B2B5C3C7449ECE8B7BC4C518A57F999DF641A4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_esaf3za2.cp2.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_esaf3za2.cp2.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/3272-11-0x00007FF4DAC00000-0x00007FF4DAC10000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-27-0x000002F568CD0000-0x000002F568CE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-20-0x000002F56BBF0000-0x000002F56BBFA000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-21-0x000002F56BC20000-0x000002F56BC3C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-22-0x000002F56BC00000-0x000002F56BC0A000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-23-0x000002F56BED0000-0x000002F56BEEA000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-24-0x000002F56BC10000-0x000002F56BC18000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-25-0x000002F56BC40000-0x000002F56BC46000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-26-0x000002F56BEB0000-0x000002F56BEBA000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-19-0x000002F56BB30000-0x000002F56BBE3000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-18-0x000002F56BB10000-0x000002F56BB2C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-2-0x000002F568CD0000-0x000002F568CE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-10-0x000002F568CD0000-0x000002F568CE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-9-0x000002F56B890000-0x000002F56B8B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/3272-1-0x000002F568CD0000-0x000002F568CE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3928-74-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BCE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3928-78-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BCE0000-memory.dmp

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memory/3928-0-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000290000-memory.dmp

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