Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    140s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/06/2026, 04:42

General

  • Target
    XClient.exe
  • Size 30KB
  • Sample260626-fb2c2shw7m
  • SHA256 104d18c3a36984e0f906508005d4ab014ab7d98568bbf3f388babe3ebf1560d9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 3.0

C2
  • hjgf-33623.portmap.host:33623

Mutex
  • XAWfbxXXzrop48if

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2024
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gmqhny.COM
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gmqhny.COM"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5036
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3944
        • C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3060
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:3508
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3968
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4252
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:676
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x4b0 0x304
    1⤵
      PID:3536

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          GDI.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 e153def894c867923dd56a7025b7b0b7bd3ee37c801a5957201d39f999bb28bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MBR.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 acddde9514e3b9d5c40b3d1750af5f4187c99f8987b027d6da44fb6bcf79b3ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MBR2.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe
          • Size 205KB
          • SHA256 c22e2419f04fe03a92255a139ca8814697962e86d191a1d4171788fd0c903f68
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TROLL2.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe
          • Size 105KB
          • SHA256 dcdf5140bc51db27f3aec80ae9a66a57aad446a2522904d288770e8d8cde8cee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TROLL5.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe
          • Size 712KB
          • SHA256 79f00c7dab0891824136539fabd542c74e26cbed94b9add3f1aa7f793d653de6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          gmqhny.COM

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gmqhny.COM
          • Size 921KB
          • SHA256 c1aeab35f61f12db28274d82713bff400b808625854a18e49504022f92805e31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MatrixMBR.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
          • Size 250KB
          • SHA256 339fe94164952a8454e6ec5fc75e2c38baade2c14b231e47bf41989ffbb55ee4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/676-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2024-3-0x00000000026B0000-0x00000000026BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2024-0-0x0000000000620000-0x000000000062E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2024-2-0x000000001B220000-0x000000001B230000-memory.dmp

          memory/2024-1-0x000000001B220000-0x000000001B230000-memory.dmp

          memory/3060-64-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000296000-memory.dmp

          memory/3508-86-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3944-28-0x0000000000E30000-0x0000000000E6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-49-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-48-0x0000000004E90000-0x0000000004F22000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-47-0x00000000053A0000-0x0000000005944000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-46-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/5036-11-0x000000001B9D0000-0x000000001BAB4000-memory.dmp

          memory/5036-10-0x000000001B9C0000-0x000000001B9D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5036-9-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000C4C000-memory.dmp