Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    78s
  • max time network
    81s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/09/2026, 23:29

General

  • Target
    XWorm REC.exe
  • Size 569KB
  • Sample260901-3gyknsfc66
  • SHA256 bbd9197767896d6730137ec8c36ae91cdd8980af2f9c275f670824de215e7507
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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\XWorm REC.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XWorm REC.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:120
    • C:\ProgramData\rce .exe
      "C:\ProgramData\rce .exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4828
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\XWormExploit.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\XWormExploit.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2708
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\svshost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\svshost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6256
        • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "svshost" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe"
          4⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5296
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5136
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3268

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        rce .exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\rce .exe
        • Size 401KB
        • SHA256 eef59b2a1d8f53db30a69df5b04551cd7e87e9302550106e0c1a8869e86eecb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XWormExploit.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\XWormExploit.exe
        • Size 151KB
        • SHA256 a4e7373746cce8039c09a6bcae96d1c809d59f72f428b029757d4744cd4e28b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        svshost.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\svshost.exe
        • Size 224KB
        • SHA256 9393422930c95ab3bd6218520dc61f643c4ea26577de8de870eff788a2da4822
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/120-3-0x00007FF981F90000-0x00007FF982934000-memory.dmp

        memory/120-0-0x00007FF98211F000-0x00007FF982120000-memory.dmp

        memory/120-10-0x00007FF981F90000-0x00007FF982934000-memory.dmp

        memory/120-15-0x00007FF981F90000-0x00007FF982934000-memory.dmp

        memory/120-2-0x0000000002CD0000-0x0000000002D3A000-memory.dmp

        memory/120-1-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A06000-memory.dmp

        memory/2708-23-0x0000000000730000-0x000000000075C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4828-32-0x00007FF762600000-0x00007FF76260D000-memory.dmp

        memory/6256-31-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000274000-memory.dmp

        memory/6256-33-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF8000-memory.dmp