Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/07/2026, 12:11

General

  • Target
    Order invoice.xlsm
  • Size 354KB
  • Sample260723-pc3f6swtey
  • SHA256 8e35ecb913c6fcde475d68a726ce847c179d855d56a914efc460b5a4134b186b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • oman101.duckdns.org:4545

Mutex
  • pe7B8RV9EP0Gtp98

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    XWormClient.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • 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: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Order invoice.xlsm"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4128
    • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QPwnrJHmuj.js"
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1920
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Temp\ps_oN3NaHZyLAyk_1784808736839.ps1"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:564
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
          4⤵
            PID:3596
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
            4⤵
              PID:5616
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
              4⤵
                PID:4780
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
                "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
                4⤵
                  PID:5744
                • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
                  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
                  4⤵
                    PID:5372
                  • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
                    "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe"
                    4⤵
                    • Drops startup file
                    • Adds Run key to start application
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:5288
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'
                      5⤵
                      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:1180
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'aspnet_compiler.exe'
                      5⤵
                      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:5548
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe'
                      5⤵
                      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:2412
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'XWormClient.exe'
                      5⤵
                      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      PID:2580
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "XWormClient" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe"
                      5⤵
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:1640
                • C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im wscript.exe
                  3⤵
                  • Kills process with taskkill
                  PID:6036
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
              1⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:824
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe"
              1⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4124
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe"
              1⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:1780

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  ps_oN3NaHZyLAyk_1784808736839.ps1

                  • Path C:\Temp\ps_oN3NaHZyLAyk_1784808736839.ps1
                  • Size 290KB
                  • SHA256 2c693155cda1a63715b4aa59a7b7de66adf1b224ee1b95c0f3aaa20a66ba6084
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  ModuleAnalysisCache

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                  • Size 67KB
                  • SHA256 0f57c6ef4f062e398afd897db02f67d987e3e600973e8f450001f4e6d249b0fe
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 21KB
                  • SHA256 901b7c4273ab7e1756b61cd612868e777c3a2a24e5dd2b53fc4583138baf168d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 21KB
                  • SHA256 cd5a77d89610ae4b1de1486c46ffd70202df3f6cc5a4ed14a7c1c53a0a180333
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 21KB
                  • SHA256 38bb4657af09da74520209c2f22e240b2f9ee18b480b6ab38b18a9ec86b852ce
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_duuicdiq.fha.ps1

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

                  b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 ee029cdc759dae92f88deadc67117102d15566d2bd496615820c4a9577d8dc2d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  QPwnrJHmuj.js

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\QPwnrJHmuj.js
                  • Size 528KB
                  • SHA256 7fa351e9a0f42046c8cbc7890ef1a792240505f3886104d930979efa80742c9b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  XWormClient.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XWormClient.exe
                  • Size 48KB
                  • SHA256 923c541ce782bf45a3d338487e6f411cd11ab0b98eb9775a2d2065dff39a4f37
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/564-70-0x000001F0A0FB0000-0x000001F0A0FB8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/564-69-0x000001F088B50000-0x000001F088B5C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/564-67-0x000001F088AE0000-0x000001F088B02000-memory.dmp

                  memory/824-139-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000890000-memory.dmp

                  memory/824-140-0x00000000056A0000-0x0000000005BCC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-94-0x0000000007640000-0x000000000764A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-87-0x0000000070870000-0x00000000708BC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-78-0x0000000005CA0000-0x0000000005D06000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-77-0x0000000005480000-0x00000000054A2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-95-0x0000000007840000-0x00000000078D6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-93-0x00000000075D0000-0x00000000075EA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-92-0x0000000007C10000-0x000000000828C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-91-0x0000000007490000-0x0000000007533000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-90-0x0000000006850000-0x0000000006870000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-79-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000005D76000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-86-0x0000000007420000-0x0000000007456000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-85-0x0000000006310000-0x000000000635C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-84-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000005F0E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-76-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005B2A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-82-0x0000000005F50000-0x00000000062AB000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1180-75-0x0000000002A30000-0x0000000002A66000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2412-115-0x0000000070870000-0x00000000708BC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2580-123-0x0000000070870000-0x00000000708BC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2580-121-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005C8B000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-83-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-55-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-5-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-15-0x00007FFF64F50000-0x00007FFF64F60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-71-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-4-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-6-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-14-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-3-0x00007FFFA79DF000-0x00007FFFA79E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-1-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-0-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-74-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-2-0x00007FFF679C0000-0x00007FFF679D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-47-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-13-0x00007FFF64F50000-0x00007FFF64F60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-8-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-7-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-9-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-12-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-11-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-34-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-35-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4128-10-0x00007FFFA7880000-0x00007FFFA7AE3000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5288-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5288-73-0x0000000005070000-0x000000000510C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5288-141-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000007042000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5288-142-0x0000000007610000-0x0000000007BCA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5548-107-0x0000000070870000-0x00000000708BC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5548-102-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005BCB000-memory.dmp