sality | f4828eee64fe3ca22473db49a49e4ce69848cb07e8f439ffac2eb38290ea3754

Windows Service

T1543.003

Processes:

f763e38.exef76226f.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f763e38.exe

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

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763e38.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 12 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

f763e38.exef76226f.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76226f.exef762462.exef763e38.exe

pid process

2420 f76226f.exe
2500 f762462.exe
1640 f763e38.exe
Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

2376 rundll32.exe
2376 rundll32.exe
2376 rundll32.exe
2376 rundll32.exe
2376 rundll32.exe
2376 rundll32.exe

pid	process
2420	f76226f.exe
2500	f762462.exe
1640	f763e38.exe

pid	process
2376	rundll32.exe
2376	rundll32.exe
2376	rundll32.exe
2376	rundll32.exe
2376	rundll32.exe
2376	rundll32.exe

UPX packed file 25 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2420-16-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-18-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-20-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-23-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-22-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-21-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-19-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-17-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-15-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-14-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-12-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-63-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-64-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-65-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-66-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-67-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-69-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-70-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-85-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-88-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-90-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-108-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2420-152-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000016DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1640-167-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000001B1A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1640-205-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000001B1A000-memory.dmp	upx

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 14 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f763e38.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f76226f.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f763e38.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763e38.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 17 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	f763e38.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	f763e38.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	f76226f.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	f76226f.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\f7622dc	f76226f.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	f76226f.exe
File created	C:\Windows\f7672ef	f763e38.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

pid process

2420 f76226f.exe
2420 f76226f.exe
1640 f763e38.exe

pid	process
2420	f76226f.exe
2420	f76226f.exe
1640	f763e38.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 41 IoCs

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2420	f76226f.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1640	f763e38.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exerundll32.exef76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2376	1976	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2420	2376	rundll32.exe	f76226f.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2420	2376	rundll32.exe	f76226f.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2420	2376	rundll32.exe	f76226f.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2420	2376	rundll32.exe	f76226f.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1124	2420	f76226f.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1184	2420	f76226f.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1212	2420	f76226f.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1348	2420	f76226f.exe	DllHost.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1976	2420	f76226f.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2376	2420	f76226f.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2376	2420	f76226f.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2500	2376	rundll32.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2500	2376	rundll32.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2500	2376	rundll32.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2500	2376	rundll32.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1640	2376	rundll32.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1640	2376	rundll32.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1640	2376	rundll32.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1640	2376	rundll32.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1124	2420	f76226f.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1184	2420	f76226f.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1212	2420	f76226f.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2500	2420	f76226f.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2500	2420	f76226f.exe	f762462.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1640	2420	f76226f.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1640	2420	f76226f.exe	f763e38.exe
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1124	1640	f763e38.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1184	1640	f763e38.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 1212	1640	f763e38.exe	Explorer.EXE

System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76226f.exef763e38.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76226f.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763e38.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1124

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1184

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1212

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a7b2df41f56f1e1862a40c2f995b23b0_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a7b2df41f56f1e1862a40c2f995b23b0_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2376

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f76226f.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f76226f.exe
4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:2420

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f762462.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f762462.exe
4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2500

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763e38.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763e38.exe
4⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:1640

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:1348

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

5

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

3

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

3

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery