Analysis

  • max time kernel
    899s
  • max time network
    552s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/10/2026, 18:31

General

  • Target
    RootClient.exe
  • Size 255KB
  • Sample261027-w6ds8swtby
  • SHA256 49a492ada31f895e6e6ab9609f661645552374b6c2c0287f3f542934bdefe6cc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xorium_stealer

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36

Signatures

  • Family: XoriumStealer

    XoriumStealer is an information stealer written in C#.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may search for information about Wi-Fi networks, such as network names and passwords, on compromised systems.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 47 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RootClient.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RootClient.exe"
    1⤵
    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • outlook_office_path
    • outlook_win_path
    PID:4896
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
      "netsh" wlan export profile key=clear folder="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IntelixWifiExport_6708d64dfbac46e08263f6a745e28e30"
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      PID:4624
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
      "netsh" wlan show profiles
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery
      PID:256
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1348
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3108
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4664
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1224
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2960
    • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
      \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:108

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
            • Size 599B
            • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1224-49-0x0000020732D30000-0x0000020732D50000-memory.dmp

            memory/1224-51-0x0000020743190000-0x0000020743290000-memory.dmp

            memory/1224-83-0x0000020743610000-0x0000020743630000-memory.dmp

            memory/1224-68-0x0000020733070000-0x0000020733090000-memory.dmp

            memory/1224-37-0x000001FF2EC00000-0x000001FF2ED00000-memory.dmp

            memory/4664-242-0x000000000E2C0000-0x000000000EB3B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4664-212-0x000000000E2C0000-0x000000000EB3B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-6-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-15-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-10-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-11-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-12-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-13-0x000001F0EAB80000-0x000001F0EAB92000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-14-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-9-0x000001F0EAFF0000-0x000001F0EB040000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-8-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-7-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-0-0x00007FFDAB46F000-0x00007FFDAB470000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-5-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-4-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-3-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-2-0x00007FFDAB2E0000-0x00007FFDABC84000-memory.dmp

            memory/4896-1-0x000001F0E8570000-0x000001F0E85B4000-memory.dmp