Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-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
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 7 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 5 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⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4916
    • C:\ProgramData\rce .exe
      "C:\ProgramData\rce .exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4128
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\XWormExploit.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\XWormExploit.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3700
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\svshost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonDrop\svshost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2360
        • 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:3120
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4452
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1920
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4700
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svshost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2900

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

        svshost.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\svshost.exe.log
        • Size 654B
        • SHA256 d39a78fabca39532fcb85ce908781a75132e1bd01cc50a3b290dd87127837d63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 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/2360-44-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D84000-memory.dmp

        memory/2360-45-0x0000000001540000-0x0000000001548000-memory.dmp

        memory/3700-34-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000068C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4128-46-0x00007FF751900000-0x00007FF75190D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-0-0x0000000000560000-0x00000000005F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-1-0x000000001B3A0000-0x000000001B3B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-2-0x0000000002580000-0x00000000025EA000-memory.dmp