Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 03:17

General

  • Target
    d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44.exe
  • Size 12.4MB
  • Sample260815-ds3akayvft
  • SHA256 d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 3.1

C2
  • fds6gbae3v.localto.net:4294

Mutex
  • WHx0XqzWQ60CU9Vw

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 26 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5224
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d045846ff104a450d04e4ddbc8b3b2d34b1d34f4e3fbe0b4bde0e1d2255c9c44.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5568
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp"""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2668
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp""
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4540
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2444
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3108
          • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "tmp_qnoepqcf" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe"
            5⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5108
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4336
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3944
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4788

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        _raw_aes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pyd
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 520b343e44b5633bbc4fdcecc705a7f2eb6e55d082a1f3e4723ada9d7e5ea97d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _raw_aesni.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aesni.pyd
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 3818873f50418cbecde58150e9bffff7372d2c2067fc0b96ffac9482dfddd603
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _raw_ctr.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ctr.pyd
        • Size 14KB
        • SHA256 aeb1f2943a921684bd1edf752a6355e38de46466f56b3003f5b295fc30053732
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _raw_ecb.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ecb.pyd
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 98f59f221f102db198c0d7425e8c93cdfa91ce5683d4cadd3f541e1dae0f79a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _BLAKE2s.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Hash\_BLAKE2s.pyd
        • Size 13KB
        • SHA256 d1ed1ca3c6802954cd8ca6f5e419c54a357b4a04bb802bab876b04b942a4b862
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ghash_clmul.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Hash\_ghash_clmul.pyd
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 63d9bbdac4e8e2c95b1a41eb7a2b42047b6a0c8d36447165e32167d3c7a57aee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ghash_portable.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Hash\_ghash_portable.pyd
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 ca4c4e24af0d7f879f9cb73df6e27f83441071dd466c366a4f4b467101e50e21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _cpuid_c.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\Crypto\Util\_cpuid_c.pyd
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 2af984819d9b1f95132520901b355eb85aa24d5efc6fc5ae9e77252ed03b7f4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 d1f4225df2cd877dbf130d5668a021dce3f94118455ff5ec952061c30afc9ce7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 a7146c08f89fe5b04541ab507cdb59ff7b44534d4ba3c668a426c6450a03434e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 86KB
        • SHA256 b938073c85cf6b9fe80556d7899ed1901e5e60b7adea2832442376239fb36b36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 139KB
        • SHA256 408cc4e7a22ffa418ca52f5e13fe9268a3c50a2bc9de02b0530b555ef591bc5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 67KB
        • SHA256 5933ef5eda7c0bca0b3874a6e2c5f13b91b8f2cfc29bc46160df3212a1dbee79
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 157KB
        • SHA256 d2abf8db7fb0cf6285663b177991691a41b37e215c3d71fd087a98d8ec1bee63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _queue.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_queue.pyd
        • Size 35KB
        • SHA256 2fd8668f52b34d0e71ae48784bd2e7d35e5d99df6f641edb0fc279235a187c8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_socket.pyd
        • Size 85KB
        • SHA256 02265dd0d0287f3ffd287ea5d8e3c918a5a056e8ef2c4529857f5e84ec9e2519
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ssl.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_ssl.pyd
        • Size 186KB
        • SHA256 4cfb154c7cc525d57020c0e64f2dd876a78b46cd38419446392478de6b7b13b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _wmi.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_wmi.pyd
        • Size 39KB
        • SHA256 b6fd41f079da0c0054829855360e88b8b762f5c42bb474c2fa02eae367839ad2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _zstd.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\_zstd.pyd
        • Size 491KB
        • SHA256 33c6eca99470c3eb9d776b617c550ad41b002a668336f062a9ab7be677a7409a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 4b6e7aaf40f4b58718f03366fb642b8db7173419b5cd3b9efe685b0fddc28ef1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 6.0MB
        • SHA256 53c529145339fb042a3dcd3a09c2d7753204f8b4fc79d99e0d31e69a33985958
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 b17a87979862d19241edc4318f967e24c3ec356ed6c2368f561179fab2311001
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _psutil_windows.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
        • Size 69KB
        • SHA256 0035450801bd7d938e9e146c5ec28e619cb5a5f4a18cdc53ac7e9734c7f94f78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\python3.DLL
        • Size 72KB
        • SHA256 6c45910e7c82617ca6360820de861699cc99f9efee434df290aa4c6e38f39886
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python314.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\python314.dll
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 0f9857ffdfe010fe6b99328d58c2e3c7472ce75f336bf9c2ad9bd5bca3bce700
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Lorem ipsum.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI52242\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmp_qnoepqcf.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_qnoepqcf.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 b2e5ca48d6b5d3ae8b8e0e1a8bfbc86ff815754d8427357ffb493b46da89f676
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3108-140-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000086E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-108-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-117-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-115-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-114-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-113-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-112-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-111-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-110-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-109-0x00000220662B0000-0x00000220662D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-105-0x00007FF847B70000-0x00007FF848514000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-104-0x00007FF847CFF000-0x00007FF847D00000-memory.dmp