sality | a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c

Modify Existing Service

T1031

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.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

T1089

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

UPX packed file 2 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2020-55-0x0000000001D30000-0x0000000002DBE000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2020-57-0x0000000001D30000-0x0000000002DBE000-memory.dmp	upx

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 1272	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe	18
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 1364	2020	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe	12

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1364

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1272

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9b064b022999d5fa92bc66ba902ce68a5d4146b020ae1efeecbca4ec330294c.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- 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:2020

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

T1031

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

T1088

Defense Evasion

Bypass User Account Control

T1088

Disabling Security Tools

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery