Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
18/10/2026, 12:30
General
- Target pxup.exe
- Size 406KB
- Sample261018-ppe7eaah84
- SHA256 9900143d04ff107fcc5f5b6b09c780cff3bdac77ab966a9e7870ea2300bd4c93
Malware Config
Extracted
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xworm
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5.0
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84.38.133.187:3270
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w8zdMPBoJy4nr1pj
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Install_directory
%AppData%
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install_file
bin.exe
Signatures
- Family: Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
- Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
- 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.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- 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 13 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pxup.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pxup.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {$shObj = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp23840.tmp'); Invoke-Expression -Command $shObj}"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Aspnet_compiler.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Aspnet_compiler.exe"3⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Aspnet_compiler.exe'4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Aspnet_compiler.exe'4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exe'4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'bin.exe'4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "bin" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exe"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\bin.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
bin.exe.log
powershell.exe.log
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
__PSScriptPolicyTest_xlqqacn5.abu.ps1
tmp23840.tmp
bin.exe
memory/456-25-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007AB6000-memory.dmp
memory/456-27-0x00000000079E0000-0x00000000079EC000-memory.dmp
memory/456-8-0x0000000005A40000-0x0000000006068000-memory.dmp
memory/456-17-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000065F4000-memory.dmp
memory/456-20-0x0000000006980000-0x000000000699E000-memory.dmp
memory/456-21-0x00000000069B0000-0x00000000069FC000-memory.dmp
memory/456-7-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp
memory/456-23-0x0000000008160000-0x00000000087DA000-memory.dmp
memory/456-24-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006E9A000-memory.dmp
memory/456-28-0x00000000079F0000-0x00000000079F8000-memory.dmp
memory/456-10-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005A36000-memory.dmp
memory/456-26-0x0000000007940000-0x0000000007962000-memory.dmp
memory/456-9-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005952000-memory.dmp
memory/456-6-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A6000-memory.dmp
memory/456-5-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp
memory/456-31-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp
memory/456-32-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp
memory/456-11-0x0000000006170000-0x00000000061D6000-memory.dmp
memory/2212-78-0x00000000073D0000-0x00000000073E1000-memory.dmp
memory/2212-77-0x0000000007090000-0x0000000007133000-memory.dmp
memory/2212-69-0x00000000707F0000-0x000000007083C000-memory.dmp
memory/2212-79-0x0000000007410000-0x0000000007424000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-50-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007A13000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-40-0x0000000007930000-0x0000000007962000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-54-0x0000000007CD0000-0x0000000007CE4000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-55-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DEA000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-56-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007DB8000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-52-0x0000000007C90000-0x0000000007CA1000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-51-0x0000000007B00000-0x0000000007B0A000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-53-0x0000000007CC0000-0x0000000007CCE000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-49-0x0000000006D50000-0x0000000006D6E000-memory.dmp
memory/2436-41-0x00000000707F0000-0x000000007083C000-memory.dmp
memory/3328-2-0x0000000005310000-0x00000000053A2000-memory.dmp
memory/3328-1-0x0000000005820000-0x0000000005DC4000-memory.dmp
memory/3328-0-0x00000000008A0000-0x000000000090E000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-126-0x0000000004E40000-0x000000000536C000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-125-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001B0000-memory.dmp
memory/4528-90-0x00000000707F0000-0x000000007083C000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-106-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005F84000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-117-0x00000000072D0000-0x0000000007373000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-118-0x0000000007590000-0x00000000075A1000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-119-0x00000000075E0000-0x00000000075F4000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-109-0x0000000070F80000-0x0000000070FCC000-memory.dmp
memory/4704-108-0x00000000060A0000-0x00000000060EC000-memory.dmp
memory/4872-122-0x00000000054D0000-0x00000000054E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4872-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp
memory/4872-128-0x00000000054D0000-0x00000000054E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4872-30-0x0000000005390000-0x000000000542C000-memory.dmp