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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 979a5d796f442e7ff57c327967a850e9ecd4983fdaefe39760a274add684c6c2. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



XWorm


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 979a5d796f442e7ff57c327967a850e9ecd4983fdaefe39760a274add684c6c2
SHA3-384 hash: e9a0d58c0f0f38483864caab2cd0be0482448e882f9bfc6ddb4e7265d5a6692f5be8c2bce68e017203f120af556fd34a
SHA1 hash: 7442efdb239a7ffea0e8d3cb836cd1913e5987d8
MD5 hash: b3f369d20f5feb32c972ab432eb2b835
humanhash: georgia-purple-thirteen-fourteen
File name:QUOTATION_PEVASA_2691-(ASN00758294588).pdf_(815KB).txz.rar
Download: download sample
Signature XWorm
File size:883'944 bytes
First seen:2026-10-14 15:11:56 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-14 15:12:56 UTC
File type: rar
MIME type:application/vnd.rar
ssdeep 24576:EY/ymMvEnoXt12J9RRne4QJe+wA/N35wJmEpux:EY/yJvOJHie5+5wsaux
TLSH T1461533341CD65967AC74875FCC81EEB5CED9C7A867EC42624E8439AA02EA0FF0366560
TrID 61.5% (.RAR) RAR compressed archive (v5.0) (8000/1)
38.4% (.RAR) RAR compressed archive (gen) (5000/1)
Magika rar
Reporter TomU
Tags:rar xworm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
CH CH
File Archive Information

This file archive contains 1 file(s), sorted by their relevance:

File name:QUOTATION_PEVASA_2691-[ASN00758294588].pdf (815KB).com
File size:996'352 bytes
SHA256 hash: 5893615f14546d40699d75c7e0691db668da21b4039ea1935376eec550faf9d2
MD5 hash: 0542beed2173668b86b7a69603d99701
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
Signature XWorm
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
virus micro cupi
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
formbook packed stealer vbnet
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
rar
First seen:
2026-09-01T09:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-08T03:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Rar Archive SOS: 0.31
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-03 17:17:18 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
10
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Derialock_ForgeAuto_3127f957_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Derialock (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Sample_Unique_69354b41
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Specimen unique (soumission Bazaar) - strings distinctifs propres au sample
Reference:69354b41e10daf03d3f3af881b32d5c0fec56b1cfe96629fd4c5263413a42854.exe

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

XWorm

rar 979a5d796f442e7ff57c327967a850e9ecd4983fdaefe39760a274add684c6c2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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