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Database Entry

XWorm

Vendor detections: 20

Intelligence 20 IOCs 1 YARA 20 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256
SHA3-384 hash:	0a1ada4b7270376995d52e3ad714219942bc6b14d58946b0deaefd25752c7316db47b539d9c42f33d145bfb6776a008b
SHA1 hash:	c810a3db8824a891adfede933079020bcf105df2
MD5 hash:	229eead018d5239fec9bc7dea6aea973
humanhash:	ink-aspen-bakerloo-cold
File name:	2c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b83.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	XWorm Create hunting rule
File size:	261'632 bytes
First seen:	2025-08-23 08:00:37 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'650 x AgentTesla, 19'462 x Formbook, 12'203 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep	3072:pv33nWbONUA5Cr+OCOct5IpxkFJOBXy9XgtBLVj6QIs:lWbCUA5wfp6beXy9wtBJjS
Threatray	1'430 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T112445B20B7DA8C5AE1AFBF7508906123BE37FC9264027D5B21947A8E1D7E5C39D00DA7
TrID	67.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13) 9.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4) 6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 4.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	exe xworm

abuse_ch

XWorm C2:
87.242.106.13:54193

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOC	ThreatFox Reference
87.242.106.13:54193	https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1573029/

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

2c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b83.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-08-23 08:05:44 UTC

Tags:

evasion auto-reg auto-startup xworm remote

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/2a6f5b69-d97b-4c19-a943-b192beb47a77

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

XWorm

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/23129/

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68a97548e9d9dbcfd96d330c

Tags:

asyncrat phishing autorun

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Сreating synchronization primitives

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP GET request

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a file

Launching a process

Creating a window

Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files

Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch

Creating a file in the mass storage device

Setting a global event handler for the keyboard

Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender

Enabling autorun by creating a file

Enabling threat expansion on mass storage devices

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm asyncrat base64 bladabindi cmd explorer fingerprint lolbin njrat obfuscated obfuscated reconnaissance schtasks threat unsafe vbnet xworm xworm

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68a9754f253799db621b3aae/reports/4c25f290-b45e-498f-9d8d-fa1b527f26f5/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Jalapeno.Generic

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2025-08-14T20:17:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2025-08-14T20:17:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256/results?tab=lookup

Gathering data

Result

Threat name:

XWorm

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1763508

Signature

.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)

.NET source code contains potential unpacker

Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for dropped file

Bypasses PowerShell execution policy

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility

Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)

Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)

Drops PE files to the user root directory

Found malware configuration

Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample

Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag

Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)

Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings

Sigma detected: Execution from Suspicious Folder

Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet

Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)

Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules

Yara detected XWorm

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256

Verdict:

XWorm

YARA:

16 match(es)

Tags:

.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout RAT SOS: 0.97 Win 32 Exe x86 XWorm

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

CNC: tcp.cloudpub.ru
PORT: 54193

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/229eead018d5239fec9bc7dea6aea973

Detection:

shortloader

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256/

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.Spyware.AsyncRAT

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-08-15 01:09:53 UTC

File Type:

PE (.Net Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

22 of 24 (91.67%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=yknyycetq3ewj2rpmptz46h4k6v344zlhobwnatsdccywdwxyjla._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

xworm

XWorm

85144391eb03924e102e01e229f46145cefd3048465219bead206ce71df7fbc2

XWorm

c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256

XWorm

c92c8a5adf8012a5d2b3d1a25290b45618e30275485de754c177f765e5183154

XWorm

error

XWorm

+ 1'420 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

xworm

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:xworm rat trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250823-jwhyzstms4/

Behaviour

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Looks up external IP address via web service

Detect Xworm Payload

Xworm

Xworm family

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

tcp.cloudpub.ru:54193

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

rat xworm Win.Packed.njRAT-10002074-1 External_IP_Lookup

YARA:

EXE_RAT_XWorm_April2024 MALWARE_Win_XWorm win_mal_XWorm win_xworm_bytestring

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/c78d66bb-ea6c-4d6e-9b65-0212cec1c20f

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256

MD5 hash:

229eead018d5239fec9bc7dea6aea973

SHA1 hash:

c810a3db8824a891adfede933079020bcf105df2

Detections:

win_xworm_w0

win_xworm_bytestring

win_mal_XWorm

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA

MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT

MALWARE_Win_XWorm

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/f040868f-54db-47cf-9517-5da1ce079c82/

Parent samples :

c7f4e1aba81ad7714da4487dd279cc886b50428116b614c9ebe246d937c478f0
c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256
dd71110a6b7fb79b2949280611957646f76503f1bda866b06e74b9a74e54dc89

Malware family:

XWorm

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/c29b8c089386/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256

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:	ByteCode_MSIL_Backdoor_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ReversingLabs
Description:	Yara rule that detects AsyncRAT backdoor.

Rule name:	CP_AllMal_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	Disable_Defender Create hunting rule
Author:	iam-py-test
Description:	Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen

Rule name:	dsc Create hunting rule
Author:	Aaron DeVera
Description:	Discord domains

Rule name:	EXE_RAT_XWorm_April2024 Create hunting rule
Author:	Yashraj Solanki - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Bridewell

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_AsyncRAT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects AsyncRAT

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	Multifamily_RAT_Detection Create hunting rule
Author:	Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:	Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	pe_imphash Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Skystars_Malware_Imphash Create hunting rule
Author:	Skystars LightDefender
Description:	imphash

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	win_xworm_bytestring Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:	Detects bytestring present in unobfuscated xworm

Rule name:	win_xworm_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades
Description:	Detects win.xworm.

Rule name:	xworm Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

Rule name:	XWorm Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects XWorm

Rule name:	xworm_kingrat Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades

File information

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

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/23129/

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commented on 2025-08-23 08:05:55 UTC

RAT King Parser (https://github.com/jeFF0Falltrades/rat_king_parser) Output:

{
"sha256": "c29b8c089386c964ea2f63e79e78fc57abbe732b3b8366827218858b0ed7c256",
"yara_possible_family": "xworm",
"key": "1984cde7c1d1f528488902c43603e31984cde7c1d1f528488902c43603e32400",
"salt": "None",
"config": {
"obfuscated_key_1": "tcp.cloudpub.ru",
"obfuscated_key_2": "54193",
"obfuscated_key_3": "<wallacy2k>",
"obfuscated_key_4": "<Xwormmm>",
"obfuscated_key_5": "1",
"obfuscated_key_6": "XWorm V6.0",
"obfuscated_key_7": "US2.exe",
"obfuscated_key_8": "%Public%",
"obfuscated_key_9": "Discord.exe",
"obfuscated_key_10": "Rx6I6TBczb3u2uDI",
"obfuscated_key_11": "\\Log.tmp"
}
}