sality | 005723b349a3f97cded2935a289fff7f58e6d417ecc9772f865a89939a79d45f

Modify Existing Service

T1031

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Sality
Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.
backdoor sality

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

Bypass User Account Control

T1088

Disabling Security Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Disabling Security Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exesvchost.exe

pid process

1980 svchost.exe
916 1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
1380 svchost.exe

pid	process
1980	svchost.exe
916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
1380	svchost.exe

UPX packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/916-61-0x0000000001DB0000-0x0000000002E6A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/916-65-0x0000000001DB0000-0x0000000002E6A000-memory.dmp	upx

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

1980 svchost.exe

pid	process
1980	svchost.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

Disabling Security Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\svchost.exe	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
File created	C:\Windows\6bfdd0	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

pid process

916 1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

pid	process
916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 21 IoCs

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exesvchost.exe1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1980	2004	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1980	2004	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1980	2004	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1980	2004	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 916	1980	svchost.exe	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 916	1980	svchost.exe	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 916	1980	svchost.exe	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 916	1980	svchost.exe	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
PID 916 wrote to memory of 1192	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 916 wrote to memory of 1220	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 916 wrote to memory of 1284	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 916 wrote to memory of 1980	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe
PID 916 wrote to memory of 1980	916	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe	svchost.exe

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

Processes:

1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2004

C:\Windows\svchost.exe
"C:\Windows\svchost.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1980

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d8c70fa002a4e437ec4f8150d466e9c.exe"
3⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:916

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1284

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1220

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1192

C:\Windows\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\svchost.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1380

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

T1031

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

T1088

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

5

Bypass User Account Control

T1088

Disabling Security Tools

3

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery