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Database Entry



XRed


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ce2d316eb56e9ba86761ff9a52ae454eacf62af3d12dbe3cde9a251181480f8b
SHA3-384 hash: 171f93fe529c0a478f211f1126e0aa3507ca588a7a7055366b02a0076a0b45c82e9f1b1564978b5f4cfd3d70734269a3
SHA1 hash: 61b00e55b05096b1358b046b8f4c8c4d40094d94
MD5 hash: 899931bae53a4e675909ca04bebd54e3
humanhash: glucose-mountain-yellow-eleven
File name:ce2d316eb56e9ba86761ff9a52ae454eacf62af3d12dbe3cde9a251181480f8b
Download: download sample
Signature XRed
File size:1'180'160 bytes
First seen:2025-08-13 21:43:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 332f7ce65ead0adfb3d35147033aabe9 (82 x XRed, 18 x SnakeKeylogger, 7 x DarkComet)
ssdeep 24576:9nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9rPAlJx8Eporf:9nsHyjtk2MYC5GD9MCEOrf
Threatray 420 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T12D459E22B6D18033D1732A388D7BE3A5483EBE512D34A94F37E81E5C5F3968179253A7
TrID 93.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
1.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
1.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
1.4% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
0.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 2de9f0e8e8e06808 (1 x XRed)
Reporter Neiki
Tags:exe xred

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
50
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ce2d316eb56e9ba86761ff9a52ae454eacf62af3d12dbe3cde9a251181480f8b.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-13 21:38:03 UTC
Tags:
xred backdoor auto-reg delphi dyndns snake keylogger

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
dropper delphi virus smtp
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a recently created file
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Moving a file to the %temp% directory
Modifying an executable file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Query of malicious DNS domain
Infecting executable files
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
ADODB.Stream Blacklist VBA Corrupted Executable Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) scripting.filesystemobject Win 32 Exe WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5 WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1 WScript.Shell x86
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Zorex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-13 12:14:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
66
AV detection:
35 of 38 (92.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xred backdoor discovery persistence
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in System32 directory
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Xred family
Xred
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
xred.mooo.com
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
backdoor xred_backdoor Win.Trojan.Emotet-9850453-0
YARA:
mal_xred_backdoor
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ce2d316eb56e9ba86761ff9a52ae454eacf62af3d12dbe3cde9a251181480f8b
MD5 hash:
899931bae53a4e675909ca04bebd54e3
SHA1 hash:
61b00e55b05096b1358b046b8f4c8c4d40094d94
SH256 hash:
2f4c10ffd5b1ed2f75b6d8ca2fffcafbf54098e2a3e6cba1b230eba562810905
MD5 hash:
8bed434e540f20c49a7abf80024c357f
SHA1 hash:
fa3ea0394f96384f48a397eaba5607f57b018f9f
SH256 hash:
b9eae90f8e942cc4586d31dc484f29079651ad64c49f90d99f86932630c66af2
MD5 hash:
c0ef4d6237d106bf51c8884d57953f92
SHA1 hash:
f1da7ecbbee32878c19e53c7528c8a7a775418eb
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:BobSoftMiniDelphiBoBBobSoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:D1S1Gv11betaD1N
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:vbaproject_bin
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:{76 62 61 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 2e 62 69 6e} is hex for vbaproject.bin. Macros are often used by threat actors. Work in progress - Ran out of time

File information


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

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CLSIDFromProgID
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIadvapi32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
SHELL_APIManipulates System Shellshell32.dll::ShellExecuteExA
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CreateProcessA
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
kernel32.dll::OpenProcess
kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
wininet.dll::InternetCloseHandle
kernel32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::TerminateProcess
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryExA
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeA
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
kernel32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CopyFileA
kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileMappingA
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA
kernel32.dll::MoveFileA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationkernel32.dll::GetComputerNameA
advapi32.dll::GetUserNameA
advapi32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegCreateKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegNotifyChangeKeyValue
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA
WIN_SVC_APICan Manipulate Windows Servicesadvapi32.dll::OpenSCManagerA
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI Actionsuser32.dll::ActivateKeyboardLayout
user32.dll::CreateMenu
user32.dll::FindWindowA
user32.dll::PeekMessageA
user32.dll::CreateWindowExA

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