Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    140s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/11/2026, 01:12

General

  • Target
    XBinderOutput.exe
  • Size 3.9MB
  • Sample261115-bkpcmax15m
  • SHA256 e045393a6a54dab9fae98783243072345d8551062caabf4a28c728682c262a3d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xbinder

Mutex
  • e8gX9ChiETTm3X2eS

Attributes
  • primary_drop_directory

    %Temp%

  • primary_execute

    true

  • primary_hidden_file

    false

  • primary_resource_name

    z3ama.mp3

  • secondary_drop_directory

    %Temp%

  • secondary_execute

    true

  • secondary_hidden_file

    false

  • secondary_resource_name

    Ittihad.exe

Signatures

  • Family: XBinder

    XBinder is a crypter and loader delivering a wide variety of malware, written in C#.

  • Manipulates Digital Signatures 1 TTPs 17 IoCs

    Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to make their binary seem validly signed.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Start PowerShell.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 18 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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 Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XBinderOutput.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XBinderOutput.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5824
    • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
      "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z3ama.mp3"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5280
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ittihad.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ittihad.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c start /b powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tagtbq.exe"' & exit
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4684
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tagtbq.exe"'
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3568
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tagtbq.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tagtbq.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4144
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c start /b powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctrjrj.exe"' & exit
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2992
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctrjrj.exe"'
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3912
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctrjrj.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctrjrj.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5648
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete HKCR /f
              6⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2884
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg delete HKCR /f
                7⤵
                  PID:780
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete HKCU /f
                6⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5988
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg delete HKCU /f
                  7⤵
                  • Modifies registry key
                  PID:5340
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete HKLM /f
                6⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                PID:3232
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg delete HKLM /f
                  7⤵
                  • Modifies registry key
                  PID:1140
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete HKU /f
                6⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5816
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg delete HKU /f
                  7⤵
                  • Manipulates Digital Signatures
                  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
                  PID:2876
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete HKCC /f
                6⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2684
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg delete HKCC /f
                  7⤵
                    PID:4584
      • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
        C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004CC 0x00000000000004C8
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4764

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            powershell.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 955d02ee998eae94048f3a1b33c8eedc73276ef0a179efb1cebc970d9af0df09
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 15KB
            • SHA256 da3f7bc0fa2fc2a6c2fffe02807682e353217f45abf41fbbea775dc3ceca3dd8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Ittihad.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ittihad.exe
            • Size 64KB
            • SHA256 bce6f4d27dcc20d837fd8cd48a9c068371e0cd33b5b585f5048197fb837c101e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_kajjar0r.u3o.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kajjar0r.u3o.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ctrjrj.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctrjrj.exe
            • Size 11KB
            • SHA256 48f7f4568b1480c9ca31ab5fcc7b83041c01c363fcb78b0f09ce96b768ec542f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            tagtbq.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tagtbq.exe
            • Size 583KB
            • SHA256 d88f5b00da5f05ab7f55fd7c414bb56aaf47e9f51365aaabd71f3ace3cc77523
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            z3ama.mp3

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\z3ama.mp3
            • Size 3.9MB
            • SHA256 1e13a5951874428c89b948cef2650972d8ddaa20786b2872bbaa219a39ce00ae
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            vlc-qt-interface.ini

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini
            • Size 82B
            • SHA256 66104d2db193776a2f540cc096c7570ec58ef1f9f41a135e59e7326fc001cb40
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/3516-28-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005266000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-29-0x00000000056C0000-0x000000000575C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-32-0x0000000006640000-0x0000000006BE6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-105-0x0000000006EB0000-0x0000000006F26000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-107-0x0000000006E50000-0x0000000006E6E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-108-0x0000000007190000-0x0000000007222000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-109-0x0000000006D00000-0x0000000006D0A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-230-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-22-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000906000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-106-0x0000000006610000-0x000000000661C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-259-0x0000000006110000-0x0000000006176000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-256-0x00000000052D0000-0x0000000005306000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-269-0x0000000007950000-0x00000000079E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-268-0x0000000006830000-0x000000000687C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-267-0x00000000066A0000-0x00000000066BE000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-266-0x0000000006320000-0x0000000006677000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-271-0x0000000006D00000-0x0000000006D22000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-270-0x0000000006CB0000-0x0000000006CCA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-258-0x00000000058D0000-0x00000000058F2000-memory.dmp

            memory/3568-257-0x00000000059E0000-0x000000000600A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3912-332-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005E97000-memory.dmp

            memory/4144-276-0x000000001B340000-0x000000001B3E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/4144-277-0x000000001B9F0000-0x000000001BEBE000-memory.dmp

            memory/4144-278-0x000000001BEC0000-0x000000001BF5C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4144-279-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C48000-memory.dmp

            memory/4144-280-0x000000001C020000-0x000000001C06C000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-35-0x00007FF8AB6E0000-0x00007FF8AB996000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-38-0x00007FF8C3C30000-0x00007FF8C3C41000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-93-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-46-0x00007FF8BF520000-0x00007FF8BF541000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-47-0x00007FF8BFC70000-0x00007FF8BFC88000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-48-0x00007FF8BF6B0000-0x00007FF8BF6C1000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-49-0x00007FF8BF500000-0x00007FF8BF511000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-50-0x00007FF8BF4E0000-0x00007FF8BF4F1000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-122-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-146-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-170-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-194-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-218-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-51-0x00007FF8BF440000-0x00007FF8BF45B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-243-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-52-0x00007FF8BEF10000-0x00007FF8BEF21000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-45-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-53-0x00007FF8BEEF0000-0x00007FF8BEF08000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-54-0x00007FF8BEEC0000-0x00007FF8BEEF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-55-0x00007FF8B6D60000-0x00007FF8B6DC7000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-56-0x00007FF8B5B00000-0x00007FF8B5B7C000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-69-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-40-0x00007FF8C3B90000-0x00007FF8C3BA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-36-0x00007FF8C8E40000-0x00007FF8C8E58000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-37-0x00007FF8C7E20000-0x00007FF8C7E37000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-359-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-39-0x00007FF8C3BB0000-0x00007FF8C3BC7000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-42-0x00007FF8C3510000-0x00007FF8C3521000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-44-0x00007FF8BF550000-0x00007FF8BF591000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-43-0x00007FF8B3A40000-0x00007FF8B3C4B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-41-0x00007FF8C3B70000-0x00007FF8C3B8D000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-34-0x00007FF8C3B20000-0x00007FF8C3B54000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-294-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-308-0x00007FF8AB6E0000-0x00007FF8AB996000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-318-0x000002779F200000-0x00000277A02B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-33-0x00007FF6A5760000-0x00007FF6A5858000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-19-0x00007FF8AB6E0000-0x00007FF8AB996000-memory.dmp

            memory/5280-8-0x00007FF8AB98D000-0x00007FF8AB98F000-memory.dmp

            memory/5648-343-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002DA000-memory.dmp

            memory/5824-1-0x000000001B2A0000-0x000000001B2B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5824-0-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000678000-memory.dmp