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General

  • Target

    fix.exe

  • Size

    35KB

  • Sample

    240701-pf8scs1dnf

  • MD5

    83bbe29b99a54bad48074efb72ce1fcc

  • SHA1

    421deeba13130a8eebacc8c7f48f28e6fe8485f2

  • SHA256

    99bf031f23b1759702a56ccfc9425f0a063654dcc4a94d8feeb89792c82f3082

  • SHA512

    67fe2ac907c297cd3c4d1af7f80257b468bc4e73cab428568ea1238d41cd8c43262765a0b0d43b2accb003901a66e9e7ec162fefda2fd89040697e1e168ac27f

  • SSDEEP

    768:ChiLce92aOrsQiUy5FyS9ZL6LOjhibold:ChkceWsQi5FT9ZL6LOjGo7

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

5.0

C2

20.ip.gl.ply.gg:53765

Mutex

JCfj6Aifpywc6Ul9

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %AppData%

  • install_file

    svchost.exe

aes.plain

Targets

    • Target

      fix.exe

    • Size

      35KB

    • MD5

      83bbe29b99a54bad48074efb72ce1fcc

    • SHA1

      421deeba13130a8eebacc8c7f48f28e6fe8485f2

    • SHA256

      99bf031f23b1759702a56ccfc9425f0a063654dcc4a94d8feeb89792c82f3082

    • SHA512

      67fe2ac907c297cd3c4d1af7f80257b468bc4e73cab428568ea1238d41cd8c43262765a0b0d43b2accb003901a66e9e7ec162fefda2fd89040697e1e168ac27f

    • SSDEEP

      768:ChiLce92aOrsQiUy5FyS9ZL6LOjhibold:ChkceWsQi5FT9ZL6LOjGo7

    • Contains code to disable Windows Defender

      A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

    • Detect Xworm Payload

    • Xworm

      Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

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

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

      Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Checks for any installed AV software in registry

    • Checks installed software on the system

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

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

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

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1
T1059

PowerShell

1
T1059.001

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Active Setup

1
T1547.014

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Pre-OS Boot

1
T1542

Bootkit

1
T1542.003

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Active Setup

1
T1547.014

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Pre-OS Boot

1
T1542

Bootkit

1
T1542.003

Discovery

Software Discovery

1
T1518

Security Software Discovery

1
T1518.001

Query Registry

6
T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

System Information Discovery

5
T1082

Tasks