General

  • Target
    XWorm 7.4.rar
  • Size 70.3MB
  • Sample261004-pgt1latsbx
  • SHA256 5a8fc818ec7156109b02c21b7ed1af701aec03a3c7c7758333839b84f075e54a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 5.0

C2
  • gdgregergedrge.ddns.net:1723

Mutex
  • vwvgut3T8sN6QTwT

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %Temp%

  • install_file

    vshost.exe

aes.plain
aes.plain
aes.plain

Extracted

Family
  • azalea

Botnet
  • default

C2
  • 217.195.153.81:50000

Mutex
  • b896ab6b-f2fc-4ae9-84b0-7d01188327de

Attributes
  • amsi_patch

    true

  • av_exclusion_path

    C:\

  • beacon_interval_seconds

    5

  • beacon_path

    /api/health

  • install_path

    %TEMP%\updatehost\update.exe

  • persistent_queue_path

    %Temp%\updatehostdata.tmp

  • registry_key

    Update

  • scheduled_task

    UpdateTask

  • uac_bypass

    true

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36

Targets

    • Target
      XWorm V7.4.exe
    • Size 22.1MB
    • SHA256 98f0a3fe8cedb340ace6bd1dcb57360d75e52b63074fb39cad09811da8ff4378
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Detects Azalea RAT

    • Family: Azalea

      Azalea is a modular Windows RAT written in C#.

    • Family: Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Uses the VBS compiler for execution

    • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

      Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

      Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks