Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
146s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/11/2026, 14:20
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
XWormClient.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
XWormClient.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
13 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target XWormClient.exe
- Size 431KB
- Sample261107-rnj53sfb56
- SHA256 a07247afb650bb2a0fd763d0bdde2001d8180791d167772b448fc4b1a7dd53f7
- MD5 46eae29c1f29a9c5086f74be5bfee63c
- SHA1 84bf107f2c4445d7d74d1a981124a2f8ec96c2c3
- SHA512 7b13f3e7b5ce194dc8715e4035c99a9ee69699d5028269827c7a81a93964ec230e209d9977b33916640957135a72d5a2fb4b19d32d81ccbcfd1c572c923965e8
- SSDEEP 6144:UsLqdufVUNDa4o9s+GIIIIIIIhIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUA:PFUNDatA
- TLSH T10E94B6612A050E7DEFE0BA74EBDD936523A12E51027758CF23D03F8A3533D43BAA9156
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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xworm
Version
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5.0
C2
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10.0.2.15:7004
Mutex
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W8QNbGeOcbgrizPT
Attributes
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install_file
USB.exe
aes.plain
Signatures
- Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c54e-9.dat family_xworm behavioral2/memory/1608-12-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000DB0000-memory.dmp family_xworm - Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-560646293-820748483-2532804640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-560646293-820748483-2532804640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" svchost.exe - Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
pid Process 1608 xwormclient.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 5544 explorer.exe 1244 spoolsv.exe 936 svchost.exe 4496 spoolsv.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" svchost.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" svchost.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe svchost.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe XWormClient.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe icsys.icn.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exe spoolsv.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\tjud.exe explorer.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language XWormClient.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language icsys.icn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language explorer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language spoolsv.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language spoolsv.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
pid Process 936 svchost.exe 5544 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1608 xwormclient.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
pid Process 3160 XWormClient.exe 3160 XWormClient.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 4364 icsys.icn.exe 5544 explorer.exe 5544 explorer.exe 1244 spoolsv.exe 1244 spoolsv.exe 936 svchost.exe 936 svchost.exe 4496 spoolsv.exe 4496 spoolsv.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3160 wrote to memory of 1608 3160 XWormClient.exe 89 PID 3160 wrote to memory of 4364 3160 XWormClient.exe 90 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 5544 4364 icsys.icn.exe 91 PID 5544 wrote to memory of 1244 5544 explorer.exe 92 PID 1244 wrote to memory of 936 1244 spoolsv.exe 93 PID 936 wrote to memory of 4496 936 svchost.exe 94
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XWormClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XWormClient.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3160 -
\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\xwormclient.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\xwormclient.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1608
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4364 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe3⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5544 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1244 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe5⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:936 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4496
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwormclient.exe
- Size 296KB
- SHA256 1e2adcb43545ac451c8714a9d91c3d48ae2cf7823182ebfa3fe24610ec0e3b84
- MD5 4c9c0808e84ac5e401247f7ef3cad5d2
- SHA1 ace34095a2f906f65d8f47ec1a280d9b0b09a76f
- SHA512 f198b959a615751f98f4ecabc62d13311bf922706ed0a76614f3849c8e08739cfcc113fa4a6112f0458458a72b93f615fb5e2c8afd235c560f668dc541db0f81
- SSDEEP 3072:CC9bOl20Fo9jMOjOAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ+ZZZZZZZZZZZS:io9s+GIIIIIIIhIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU
- TLSH T18E5410606A050EBCEFE0BA74EBDD536513A52E92013B58CF13D03F8A3537D53BA9A056
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\explorer.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 1f8434d4ab93385ec28ce648af7e7a59b6f434604e2c7fa6dd8399dfdf2f502a
- MD5 329a61f1be6014266af02ba248c83e04
- SHA1 d5e3745037ac3f736e1c7c6cc378ecb786c8c3f1
- SHA512 29cf25c654c0af84d5abd786611c98eddb7ae1318070e11ff1be4dbeaf7a090c5e925ce09b0ca6ccceb74761fa3d32f58e457b266615929200858612e2adc328
- SSDEEP 1536:UfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbV598:UVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDal98
- TLSH T1ABD31A23FD10246EE82289F168A9D66A79152E371BD1ED4F3366FB412BB124371F160F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 38fbebb55ed8ae90f231b8d6faad0c985108298db2262a3acf2d8829f12cb614
- MD5 6582b3dbe1deba8827216bb12576a494
- SHA1 71293cdb04f8a9ff79a89d3e5826c4234b1638d3
- SHA512 900aec5e0e536354aaaf91d81d51722e2dbf353e56ee233ce0c6094416ac9f3fdf45146e1443bcad7de1ac4754f08fbe24fd41e1e07f974558856ad9be3fc909
- SSDEEP 3072:UVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDal9d333333333333333333333333333333333333L:UsLqdufVUNDaV
- TLSH T122D3F913BE40143ED82289F128F5EE6AB9255E261BD4AD073762FB123A7250376F431F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\spoolsv.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 4a33e15f68a1c2cb7262aa3d16bfaa1acff1486418f0463d7406a0b4b7207e88
- MD5 645b17f0410e6d7bdc1f4b58e64be51a
- SHA1 0cce2101a1be168e3310b4969d9f8594e01f5dc0
- SHA512 e4f1670db691b61ed0cc637205d9b931ea203e62811d81fdc8a278544f56978e76dc7d87acdcb98b7fa3416ee3fd432107be88849cea536332b28bc07bca9e3e
- SSDEEP 1536:UfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbV590:UVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDal90
- TLSH T1FDD30A23BF11942ED811CEF058A8DA5EBA125E661FB9AE073267BB103571547B2F130F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\svchost.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 3af34cc33d16d5d63c0049efed4b5e86ff0f8a34a398fecda7461e0f43f9d5c9
- MD5 39bddfc3a700ae24424da940ff3cbab0
- SHA1 dfecc1c5aff6006d98eeecd9a7b106c7256482e6
- SHA512 0935fccb2234307ee107af7b2c504adcc0faf4d8ace7071b32464481ea6df7f917e13d324c45fa5f7ba465bc714bb10d35dae7cd87cb843419470eda431bb3f9
- SSDEEP 1536:UfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbV59L:UVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDal9L
- TLSH T147D30923BE40542FD45289F168A6DA2EBE611D762BD0BD57B3A2BF0126B114372F431F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH