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Database Entry



XWorm


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8ce7d4cb23b0de3b69db3a4b5c7ae78aa96f79b63cec6270f5ac3b214d85eb06
SHA3-384 hash: 212db3231bf85024fb0dcbdb1415f1c5759ef483b8efa5603f5fef8f6a80bcfdf0f0be656bfbf120a03c83177617e6a3
SHA1 hash: 9915da6ff557d06823c1ed2cc6b458d0b365e151
MD5 hash: ad431c1ba36654ec72c038c092242249
humanhash: alanine-mexico-snake-iowa
File name:V2603_DOC_REF0030_PDF.js
Download: download sample
Signature XWorm
File size:56'666 bytes
First seen:2026-11-02 13:30:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 768:Lt7L8GIpotRSUQBNw0ERGTJGlan/UHDRn1G1G1c1m1mAwP:Rw9XtUHdn1G1G1c1m1g
TLSH T15C430E724BA60268838059D4902AE13F9BF1E952581B69BDBF5A4EDFFF1CD70407A730
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:js xworm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
160
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
injection crypted java sage
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm encrypted fingerprint masquerade obfuscated repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-11-02T08:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-11-02T10:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Creates processes via WMI
Detected large data written to user environment variables, potentially indicating payload staging for fileless execution
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
JScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Powershell connects to network
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1996860 Sample: V2603_DOC_REF0030_PDF.js Startdate: 02/11/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->42 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->46 48 5 other signatures 2->48 9 wscript.exe 2 2->9         started        12 svchost.exe 1 1 2->12         started        process3 dnsIp4 52 JScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions 9->52 54 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->54 56 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 9->56 58 3 other signatures 9->58 15 cmd.exe 1 9->15         started        40 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 12->40 signatures5 process6 signatures7 60 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 15->60 18 powershell.exe 14 22 15->18         started        23 conhost.exe 15->23         started        process8 dnsIp9 34 64.224.17.115, 49712, 80 VIRTUO-12651980CANADAINCCA United States 18->34 36 129.121.148.240, 49714, 80 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1-UnifiedLayerUS Germany 18->36 38 96.44.167.197, 80 AS-COLOCROSSING-HostPapaUS United States 18->38 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\ym4a4ua5.cmdline, Unicode 18->30 dropped 50 Powershell connects to network 18->50 25 csc.exe 3 18->25         started        file10 signatures11 process12 file13 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\ym4a4ua5.dll, PE32 25->32 dropped 28 cvtres.exe 1 25->28         started        process14
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
Javascript JS Emulation Trace T1059.007 WScript.Shell
Threat name:
Script-JS.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-02 12:14:02 UTC
File Type:
Text (JavaScript)
AV detection:
6 of 36 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xworm defense_evasion discovery execution rat trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Executes a command shell one-liner
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates video capture drivers
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Badlisted process makes network request
Detect Xworm Payload
Family: Xworm
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.136.5.187:5151
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:OBFUS_PowerShell_Common_Replace
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:Detects the common usage of replace for obfuscation
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

File information


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