Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
23/05/2026, 09:54
General
- Target New folder/XWormClient - Copy.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.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\New folder\XWormClient - Copy.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.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.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_j2bhmjai.b2v.ps1
gayclient.exe
memory/584-11-0x00007FF4F4080000-0x00007FF4F4090000-memory.dmp
memory/584-27-0x00000227DAD30000-0x00000227DAD40000-memory.dmp
memory/584-20-0x00000227DBB70000-0x00000227DBB7A000-memory.dmp
memory/584-21-0x00000227DBC80000-0x00000227DBC9C000-memory.dmp
memory/584-22-0x00000227DBC60000-0x00000227DBC6A000-memory.dmp
memory/584-23-0x00000227DC130000-0x00000227DC14A000-memory.dmp
memory/584-24-0x00000227DBC70000-0x00000227DBC78000-memory.dmp
memory/584-25-0x00000227DBCA0000-0x00000227DBCA6000-memory.dmp
memory/584-26-0x00000227DBCB0000-0x00000227DBCBA000-memory.dmp
memory/584-19-0x00000227DBBA0000-0x00000227DBC53000-memory.dmp
memory/584-18-0x00000227DBB80000-0x00000227DBB9C000-memory.dmp
memory/584-1-0x00000227DAD30000-0x00000227DAD40000-memory.dmp
memory/584-10-0x00000227DAD30000-0x00000227DAD40000-memory.dmp
memory/584-9-0x00000227DBAF0000-0x00000227DBB12000-memory.dmp
memory/584-2-0x00000227DAD30000-0x00000227DAD40000-memory.dmp
memory/3388-74-0x000000001BD30000-0x000000001BD40000-memory.dmp
memory/3388-78-0x000000001BD30000-0x000000001BD40000-memory.dmp
memory/3388-0-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003F0000-memory.dmp