Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
146s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
23/05/2026, 09:54
General
- Target New folder/XWormClient - Copy (9).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 (9).exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy (9).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 (9).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 (9).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_h3lg41q2.0fs.ps1
gayclient.exe
memory/1348-11-0x00007FF495AC0000-0x00007FF495AD0000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-27-0x000002601AA40000-0x000002601AA50000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-20-0x000002607FA20000-0x000002607FA2A000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-21-0x000002607FA90000-0x000002607FAAC000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-22-0x000002607FA30000-0x000002607FA3A000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-23-0x000002607FAB0000-0x000002607FACA000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-24-0x000002601CE40000-0x000002601CE48000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-25-0x000002601D1B0000-0x000002601D1B6000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-26-0x000002607FA70000-0x000002607FA7A000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-19-0x000002601CD80000-0x000002601CE33000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-18-0x000002601CD60000-0x000002601CD7C000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-1-0x000002601AA40000-0x000002601AA50000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-10-0x000002601AA40000-0x000002601AA50000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-9-0x000002607FA40000-0x000002607FA62000-memory.dmp
memory/1348-2-0x000002601AA40000-0x000002601AA50000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-74-0x000000001CF90000-0x000000001CFA0000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-78-0x000000001CF90000-0x000000001CFA0000-memory.dmp
memory/2096-0-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B20000-memory.dmp