Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 04:29

General

  • Target
    y.exe
  • Size 22.2MB
  • Sample260802-e4n3ravckc
  • SHA256 389ef8f04eb57e83659754bcac1e71e01bcd6a80f5ce1954cbc2d4b21755a203
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • xXxaa-55919.portmap.host:55919

Mutex
  • IXjOkp0kluo6U1y1

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    XClient.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 32 IoCs
  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\y.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\y.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3140
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1056
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..exe"
        3⤵
        • Creates a file in the Startup directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4692
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Glitch Nuker #101.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Glitch Nuker #101.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4788
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Glitch Nuker #101.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Glitch Nuker #101.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4900
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            PID:3288
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            PID:3020
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c cls
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            PID:3812
    • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SC2RS.txt
      2⤵
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:1000

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        ..exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..exe
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 5d0944ff4428b79d40b6d672cce4ebdfca0877b594053f83bdd384dad8a65c04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Glitch Nuker #101.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Glitch Nuker #101.exe
        • Size 21.7MB
        • SHA256 1150ff9033788a667159b5f65cad324e61e0ac875ac47dde213f8666f384c654
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SC2RS.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SC2RS.txt
        • Size 197B
        • SHA256 f0a2f563d503a3aedd4d91e190c9d893f90223dad18df76249f475ac516498a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
        • Size 191KB
        • SHA256 f63901977f642fd25e1f8f93b96af3b5fc4c63888925ab192abca3e33564f30b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 85KB
        • SHA256 082a761a280b08afecf6fb0509050ffbf7e87d1638ca49466b8b3eb4c85009b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 139KB
        • SHA256 a11d680d89f054584e6a5b2a03103d8731def86e367aff2f70cce8c6367f9025
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 157KB
        • SHA256 2376cd374ce8c2c5ecf573226e563a96975599533f86a5f5eba5bdb705e341bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _zstd.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\_zstd.pyd
        • Size 491KB
        • SHA256 8f04a54778d4f21202f1bb9cfd5d080c5c5022158016dcaaf5908f7e2350270c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 27954e62e12d115bb1540db4bb9de6e2c852d914aea61cba3c203595138537b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 6f22ff5bf9d53b7f2c3fcd553d9b8664ef5401912194b8e599e4dbd8f3105405
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 c5dc0df2fcc456c2b08392ea7d539d43549d04d14ed83d69cd46f79b9e34902a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 9ff8300ecf0ebd4c8130800b5b8857b6ddf21902264af42fb1ac15c794115864
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 39174763da266b4b955e27eecaef15d8283bb77f9eca94fe925d4928f37a4fa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 a9660f0e3ab6032bba0b75e1d02ce0bc57c9043bca423477843a7a3af1b1c200
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 445a2c24c8565834e1e41e4c617d2f9cf5def8e4a477e55e2f18583845b24c1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
        • Size 20KB
        • SHA256 f957a4c261506484b53534a9be8931c02ec1a349b3f431a858f8215cecfec3f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 94f7611fa4568f4577deba250c1254a3c83ffc7b4fd2f00243f3bfac5a993fd8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 d655a217f4c17982b4c5ecb406290885c74afba361dd840c4245c0b28e07c192
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 69b0f1e099dac7ffbbf1260eb4818abeacd2b9cf105b742b16e6bd5dda3bf035
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 87622d07bb5c9fa5ccd9f74ac70a1e2ae0cdf54462f90f365178a15a814bf3c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 79ec668286cb900c66e1caf8a47309d986c9dc4d37a5d2dcedb2ff2a973896d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 7f12e6eb9a992ea199bcfc755eea488a8889cd2642dba00e49fb06a14bec8408
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 daf13af507230a92191c348611e8b31bc384055ea5b9a6d18057646d93bfe4f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 74d809270a418e4bc1d3b94348094f00463635cedfbadd97d29686a6d037d2da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 6620a7962adb6a25a51e13add907189763b76d0816a356465d135eeeed1065a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 82850eb2e7d100938ebd419440e4575750999bc9e349cd074019e413673d02c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 b43119bdfc7c562bf07c26e01b7b862aa8dc9d5e795798fe93969111244ed2da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 bd0cff402e3f64baaf2bfb17d86b2c4c7d03584ea2601ca5c55de147a769a32a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 1985000499475faf541b17c8acbce788bcdba6dddd3b8910b6730238f1c18862
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 055544d562ca50d49443926bca396de985735f7451806ff2565486e406809d25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 0d8f2f7d031f143110c9bf5bdd4f75b24e8b41319fa2e20f78068c084e0d7603
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 8010d006df2d62839c933d3b5998abc7a7830ffe32ca68b17c76f3292f5e56ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 1789f5e749cf3a5d419e3b835bd9d78a077ee77f3e761f0fbf3609e38ace6f40
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 c893a59c4d1fa86fb50d486ebf3a873244b910efec5b00690d4a20afb7ce0761
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 9e466e76079b73bd9b0114004d040d193dc982e4150eee1241a902d16c2bda38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 64c48b1280e4540c205ee7798b7da200afd95898d520ece1d56bf8a8a351fc3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 1a513c0601c5b628018c003d8598586d4a48fd1acf51372f6783dc23b0a27756
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 89bb192dd079784d9ba716a2e45a1ee6af75c67e9151fde77eb8ec32cb014182
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 e5a0c8d551e36e5fd394a45a5e9229f592b46d8e80897f25e7f0ca449abb6b00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 f13dc1d6895f21fe2f7fd4b7ada78828b5a819013f751aa32eb1704beb4dc469
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 a13aed9e8d7f4f53826cedd6acbc7b75dba51aeecd7f030b0f0d7b7c66e1a042
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 90d0c8e9ea6a4e82efcdc7ba522da3989316397218f3d1320eed1bab491c0938
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 d893a0f2c1bf6247fb94393728c6293570090028d4dd30dcea01a01b0460b0c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 2cd1133e253e3c32a805568159e6ffec91043cc4028d1a1868389a0723eff7ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\python3.dll
        • Size 72KB
        • SHA256 28a395fb2bda5e71084478abea00da9ab1c1dfeb7c4856c258518bee9cc146f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python314.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\python314.dll
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 7ffe3ab11342db03cc18b026f27485c0f74f5bf10f239f1f6573394900596394
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ucrtbase.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI47882\ucrtbase.dll
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 c04daeba7e7c4b711d33993ab4c51a2e087f98f4211aea0dcb3a216656ba0ab7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        r.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\r.exe
        • Size 22.2MB
        • SHA256 ac322dd738f5a41fe8c8549431a6be72375a3147faf8f10c8b4c1ac22f42e500
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1056-15-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000001B9E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3140-0-0x0000000000070000-0x00000000016A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-28-0x0000000000040000-0x000000000004E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-1125-0x00007FFEFD7C0000-0x00007FFEFD7E9000-memory.dmp