Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/11/2026, 04:31

General

  • Target
    WinHex20Pro/WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample261101-e5gp3asxbz
  • SHA256 02c8fa008710affd57be5c6d79f68ee66ee43e742243679d7af3dbba1d4c95f8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Family: Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 8 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2864
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\._cache_WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\._cache_WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4428
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\winhex64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\winhex64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:872
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1844
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1384
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\winhex64.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\winhex64.exe" InjUpdateInjUpdate
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          PID:4292
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4916
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1108
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.002\WinHex\winhex64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.002\WinHex\winhex64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        PID:3560
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3296

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 02c8fa008710affd57be5c6d79f68ee66ee43e742243679d7af3dbba1d4c95f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        01B85E00

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01B85E00
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 61626d61f8edab6c7d80ebf0d0bb919239e2f166026605c873365213fc746571
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Chinese.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\Chinese.txt
        • Size 52KB
        • SHA256 514b57238136ffe6eb50ad9e89c7056dd05dd01d6c701d0de045f680c3d15e85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WinHex.cfg

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\WinHex.cfg
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 4edf8571875e89e64e4e11ff5f10b009870afff7bdf1db273819b0360db744ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WinHex64.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\WinHex64.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 412f43499cb20f64aeb36e547845afc319a4e10b9a190db2f8ec72f99eef296f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        timezone.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\timezone.dat
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 8bc05b3f5652cce6ca30da7bc146ca193fef76cbd4fd83ebc6935145773b221d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        user.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\user.txt
        • Size 216B
        • SHA256 cb6bb0c14ab8362e3f5c9eb8df76724f67a3c7fdd5c0608eb9e04972fdbfb5cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        hash2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\x64\hash2.dll
        • Size 194KB
        • SHA256 2c31e7aacba30ad7113e2a66fe0966e4bf66026bd39e782fbe5e66dcf3dd7e3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        zlib1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\WinHex\x64\zlib1.dll
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 7c4ee77a9f24225d313c9837e0f973072168ab3ddfa2aad546110923f4eff8b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Boot Sector FAT.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Boot Sector FAT.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4b16a526faecee899f97547a2fe05b7513de6a6c4f807c9f6623c94ec4d2c5ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Boot Sector FAT32.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Boot Sector FAT32.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 6a7df566070f7ce6d1778c9932b231e2916ae7e7f26eb009378b6a8db9d169a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Boot Sector NTFS.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Boot Sector NTFS.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c221d32e6360dffe0272ddf5411c853ce7f056cce10e955ab589afc2fcd784fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Chinese.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Chinese.dat
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 bf96bcd2180b7d5f1c5c50d1f3d146160b8a1ad642c0049c8cf283ec5bf1a172
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Ext Directory Entry.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Ext Directory Entry.tpl
        • Size 586B
        • SHA256 2b23038af1df80b7f404ae0c3e03dfa3dece95185ee1275d1be7e5533fa60a42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ext Group Descriptor.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Ext Group Descriptor.tpl
        • Size 592B
        • SHA256 1705edf4117c3c3dfbae8f76d268437ec27ff8ad2ac7fc4dd4c8616fbb7825e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ext Inode.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Ext Inode.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3bf09a19e830f142ad19525479ee25a1595d1343fc45368975a1435ea9885cba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ext Superblock.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Ext Superblock.tpl
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 4706b2def17ed1e91e559aa920998fc461a7d3bfc7c37707f04636f2798ca056
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Ext4 Inode.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Ext4 Inode.tpl
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 70b5887f078ab832423969c64ae32df2fae7da295001792cdaa530f9e9221a05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        FAT Directory Entry.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\FAT Directory Entry.tpl
        • Size 912B
        • SHA256 832039763cb2e837cd48f24b9a44c6a928702a472c77d4ca847f140c2cd83c84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        FAT LFN Entry.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\FAT LFN Entry.tpl
        • Size 711B
        • SHA256 4b36dc865d28928f030b5ef58139f5ae61212821a283a5147c5fa6ec1683d5a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        File Type Signatures Search.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\File Type Signatures Search.txt
        • Size 24KB
        • SHA256 187e24223fbfddabe7a1098c1c6901234c95e7aa91c84c059faf006e3d1f733e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GUID Partition Table.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\GUID Partition Table.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 997d492ee269c23576037bec2fcec0df71a464c51ee5e851e565de24afda50a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        HFS+ Volume Header.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\HFS+ Volume Header.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 8cd31e3896894153574b810172e6d88a5d6f035baa83a31a0d798b5cb94043dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Master Boot Record.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Master Boot Record.tpl
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 92d1f63048c0518b04a7e417d9a6218a9e08643490938bb0034b706d6fd55dea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        NTFS FILE Record.tpl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\NTFS FILE Record.tpl
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6ecf91001a559202201f8ba1f59fe39140772e5b3c0f7db500ef9240549a4f21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Sample script.whs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Sample script.whs
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 7ff8c33efcb86d159bc0c596256463cd825c61ecde3242d4372a0df2f52761af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Text file conversion UNIX - Windows.whs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Text file conversion UNIX - Windows.whs
        • Size 267B
        • SHA256 df97e3931040e814981ce5df601cd6c8e717c7dbbfd2de852a9fc61ecdc48df0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Text file conversion Windows - UNIX.whs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\Text file conversion Windows - UNIX.whs
        • Size 267B
        • SHA256 69ad006980223c3b5200fbe2e72763b7b198a95b1bfaf7d62c969f4585319942
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        language.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\language.dat
        • Size 395KB
        • SHA256 f52d006bd687897b8f793dd84d4b53aa87094fb05a5ba9846ff56e128e9393bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winhex.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\winhex.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 61e33fce74af432f019c725660f041e76f911b59e26a2730e84a37c6ff610d1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        zlib1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.001\WinHex\zlib1.dll
        • Size 98KB
        • SHA256 6fee3797819384b70bddc8868c2b8a1112900206a21ae8b85588f62bb41b82e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ._cache_WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinHex20Pro\._cache_WinHex_v20.5_x86_x64.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 f4d82bed74b07cd39c27ed2e6eb8fe52448bf97601f3efa6d2c7619f56210bd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        afjhuLMU.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afjhuLMU.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/872-534-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-545-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-404-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/1384-270-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/1384-536-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-548-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-133-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-533-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-531-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-601-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-612-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/2864-0-0x0000000002490000-0x0000000002491000-memory.dmp

        memory/2864-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2864-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-322-0x00007FFEFA2B0000-0x00007FFEFA2C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-323-0x00007FFEFA2B0000-0x00007FFEFA2C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-385-0x00007FFEF7EF0000-0x00007FFEF7F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-384-0x00007FFEF7EF0000-0x00007FFEF7F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-342-0x00007FFEFA2B0000-0x00007FFEFA2C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-321-0x00007FFEFA2B0000-0x00007FFEFA2C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3296-383-0x00007FFEFA2B0000-0x00007FFEFA2C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3560-546-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-544-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4428-510-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/4428-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/4428-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-407-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000707000-memory.dmp