Analysis
- max time kernel
147s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
23/05/2026, 09:54
General
- Target New folder/XWormClient - Copy (8).exe
- Size 38KB
- Sample260523-lxbbmsfx2p
- SHA256 e064eed0fc19d4df77bd33c3e26ff2f2e25639550292f93218c17a0ddceb0299
Malware Config
Extracted
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xworm
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5.0
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speN341SssyFGzgn
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Install_directory
%AppData%
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install_file
gayclient.exe
Signatures
- Family: Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
- Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
- 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.
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
- 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.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (8).exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (8).exe"1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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 (8).exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XWormClient - Copy (8).exe'2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
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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
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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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gayclient.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
gayclient.exe.log
powershell.exe.log
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_hxkesagf.jxn.ps1
gayclient.exe
memory/2028-11-0x00007FF4B8A90000-0x00007FF4B8AA0000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-27-0x0000025F1DC10000-0x0000025F1DC20000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-20-0x0000025F37C90000-0x0000025F37C9A000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-21-0x0000025F37F10000-0x0000025F37F2C000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-22-0x0000025F37DF0000-0x0000025F37DFA000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-23-0x0000025F37F50000-0x0000025F37F6A000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-24-0x0000025F37E00000-0x0000025F37E08000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-25-0x0000025F37F30000-0x0000025F37F36000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-26-0x0000025F37F40000-0x0000025F37F4A000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-19-0x0000025F379C0000-0x0000025F37A73000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-18-0x0000025F379A0000-0x0000025F379BC000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-2-0x0000025F1DC10000-0x0000025F1DC20000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-10-0x0000025F1DC10000-0x0000025F1DC20000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-9-0x0000025F37910000-0x0000025F37932000-memory.dmp
memory/2028-1-0x0000025F1DC10000-0x0000025F1DC20000-memory.dmp
memory/4136-74-0x000000001C600000-0x000000001C610000-memory.dmp
memory/4136-78-0x000000001C600000-0x000000001C610000-memory.dmp
memory/4136-0-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002E0000-memory.dmp