Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 05:06

General

  • Target
    88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe
  • Size 760KB
  • Sample260720-frgnksh17x
  • SHA256 88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • 204.10.160.250:7007

Mutex
  • YaMXGbVWfOUMIxB5

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:8
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3028
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3308
  • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grryucgz1rp.ps1"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1496
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4208
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5112
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2540

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        lghcORaW.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\lghcORaW.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 e6d84343fcfb4b4c2770a934894906cef69bf42efb82d2c77f8dc6d56db0fb0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_mpwgfk0u.rpy.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mpwgfk0u.rpy.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        grryucgz1rp.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grryucgz1rp.ps1
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 999727b4484027bd33a25768c4ecb65fdca3fb80146322624ba1e5ca332f9c5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        lghcORaW.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\lghcORaW.exe
        • Size 760KB
        • SHA256 88d52e8d9bb86b9e831342c86f32ee04fbc9d680c38c61d320ff3eedfb143c94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/8-4-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-7-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-8-0x00000000080C0000-0x0000000008162000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-6-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005112000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-5-0x0000000005130000-0x00000000051CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-3-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-2-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000004EF2000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-0-0x00000000003B0000-0x0000000000474000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-1-0x0000000005410000-0x00000000059B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1496-38-0x000002466D870000-0x000002466D892000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-42-0x00000000074E0000-0x0000000007512000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-61-0x0000000007B10000-0x0000000007BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-29-0x00000000060A0000-0x00000000063F4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-30-0x0000000006560000-0x000000000657E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-31-0x00000000065B0000-0x00000000065FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-15-0x0000000002C00000-0x0000000002C36000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-21-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005CD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-19-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005552000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-18-0x00000000055D0000-0x0000000005BF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-43-0x0000000070AC0000-0x0000000070B0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-17-0x0000000002BB0000-0x0000000002BC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-52-0x0000000007520000-0x000000000753E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-53-0x0000000007550000-0x00000000075F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-57-0x0000000007ED0000-0x000000000854A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-58-0x0000000007890000-0x00000000078AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-59-0x0000000007900000-0x000000000790A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-16-0x0000000002BB0000-0x0000000002BC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-20-0x0000000005C00000-0x0000000005C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-62-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007AA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-63-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007ACE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-64-0x0000000007AD0000-0x0000000007AE4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-65-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-66-0x0000000007BB0000-0x0000000007BB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-70-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-32-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/4208-60-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005072000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-80-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005B54000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-84-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000005FFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-86-0x0000000070470000-0x00000000704BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-94-0x00000000070A0000-0x0000000007143000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-95-0x0000000007350000-0x0000000007361000-memory.dmp

        memory/5112-96-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073B4000-memory.dmp