PHP Malware Analysis

Filename: xxe.xml

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Deobfuscated code

static void ProcessItemWithID(String pathToXmlFile)
{
  XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings()
  {
    XmlResolver = new XmlUrlResolver(),
    DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse
  };

  using (var fileReader = File.OpenRead(pathToXmlFile))
  {
    using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(fileReader, settings))
    {
      while (reader.Read())
      {
        if (reader.Name == "itemID")
        {
          var itemIDStr = reader.ReadElementContentAsString();
          if (long.TryParse(itemIDStr, out var itemIDValue))
          {
            // Process item with the 'itemIDValue' value
            Console.WriteLine(
              $"An item with the '{itemIDValue}' ID was processed.");
          }
          else
          {
            Console.WriteLine($"{itemIDStr} is not valid 'itemID' value.");
          }
        }
      }
     }
  }
}

Original code

static void ProcessItemWithID(String pathToXmlFile)
{
  XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings()
  {
    XmlResolver = new XmlUrlResolver(),
    DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse
  };

  using (var fileReader = File.OpenRead(pathToXmlFile))
  {
    using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(fileReader, settings))
    {
      while (reader.Read())
      {
        if (reader.Name == "itemID")
        {
          var itemIDStr = reader.ReadElementContentAsString();
          if (long.TryParse(itemIDStr, out var itemIDValue))
          {
            // Process item with the 'itemIDValue' value
            Console.WriteLine(
              $"An item with the '{itemIDValue}' ID was processed.");
          }
          else
          {
            Console.WriteLine($"{itemIDStr} is not valid 'itemID' value.");
          }
        }
      }
     }
  }
}