sality | 994f8cb8f98143788b089eacc953b61337c01bea06571a6250b238236a8a0248

Windows Service

T1543.003

Processes:

f763bc8.exef76200e.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f763bc8.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

T1562.001

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763bc8.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 12 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

Processes:

f763bc8.exef76200e.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76200e.exef762240.exef763bc8.exe

pid process

2888 f76200e.exe
2372 f762240.exe
1580 f763bc8.exe
Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

2892 rundll32.exe
2892 rundll32.exe
2892 rundll32.exe
2892 rundll32.exe
2892 rundll32.exe
2892 rundll32.exe

pid	process
2888	f76200e.exe
2372	f762240.exe
1580	f763bc8.exe

pid	process
2892	rundll32.exe
2892	rundll32.exe
2892	rundll32.exe
2892	rundll32.exe
2892	rundll32.exe
2892	rundll32.exe

UPX packed file 27 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2888-14-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-16-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-19-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-21-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-23-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-17-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-22-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-15-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-18-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-20-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-60-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-61-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-62-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-64-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-63-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-66-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-67-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-82-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-84-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-86-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-85-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-107-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-124-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-153-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000017AA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2372-157-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000001A4A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1580-173-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000019DA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1580-208-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000019DA000-memory.dmp	upx

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 14 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f763bc8.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f763bc8.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763bc8.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:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	f763bc8.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	f76200e.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	f763bc8.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\f76205c	f76200e.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	f76200e.exe
File created	C:\Windows\f767197	f763bc8.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

pid process

2888 f76200e.exe
2888 f76200e.exe
1580 f763bc8.exe

pid	process
2888	f76200e.exe
2888	f76200e.exe
1580	f763bc8.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 41 IoCs

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	f76200e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1580	f763bc8.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exerundll32.exef76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3040 wrote to memory of 2892	3040	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2888	2892	rundll32.exe	f76200e.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2888	2892	rundll32.exe	f76200e.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2888	2892	rundll32.exe	f76200e.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2888	2892	rundll32.exe	f76200e.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1068	2888	f76200e.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1168	2888	f76200e.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1192	2888	f76200e.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1596	2888	f76200e.exe	DllHost.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 3040	2888	f76200e.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2892	2888	f76200e.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2892	2888	f76200e.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2372	2892	rundll32.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2372	2892	rundll32.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2372	2892	rundll32.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2372	2892	rundll32.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 1580	2892	rundll32.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 1580	2892	rundll32.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 1580	2892	rundll32.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 1580	2892	rundll32.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1068	2888	f76200e.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1168	2888	f76200e.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1192	2888	f76200e.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2372	2888	f76200e.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2372	2888	f76200e.exe	f762240.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1580	2888	f76200e.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 1580	2888	f76200e.exe	f763bc8.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1068	1580	f763bc8.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1168	1580	f763bc8.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1192	1580	f763bc8.exe	Explorer.EXE

System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

Processes:

f76200e.exef763bc8.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f76200e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f763bc8.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1068

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1168

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1192

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cd906030d501ed3283a4547f2f988bc0_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3040

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cd906030d501ed3283a4547f2f988bc0_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2892

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f76200e.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f76200e.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:2888

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f762240.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f762240.exe
4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2372

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763bc8.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763bc8.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:1580

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:1596

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control