Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/05/2026, 20:42

General

  • Target
    shaobab.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260528-zhacpadt3s
  • SHA256 23946e724058b44d96496ae416c15f04f850ec8fa69849974eda7b859187e39f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xenorat

C2
  • 193.161.193.99

Mutex
  • shaobaba

Attributes
  • delay

    1

  • install_path

    appdata

  • port

    1194

  • startup_name

    iqwlsys.sys

Signatures

  • Family: XenoRat

    XenoRat is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect XenoRat Payload 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaobab.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaobab.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5104
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\shaobab.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\shaobab.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "iqwlsys.sys" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8F3B.tmp" /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3412
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\shaobab.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\shaobab.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3040

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        shaobab.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\shaobab.exe.log
        • Size 226B
        • SHA256 494398ec6108c68573c366c96aae23d35e7f9bdbb440a4aab96e86fcad5871d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmp8F3B.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8F3B.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4f831115722b9bcc947289fe3565840c8a557a05daa1b6e26c0bc2b39aff0776
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        shaobab.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XenoManager\shaobab.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 23946e724058b44d96496ae416c15f04f850ec8fa69849974eda7b859187e39f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/732-14-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/732-18-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5104-0-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000082000-memory.dmp