sality | 205bc3cde95a32e67e056451023a64f65acc3cae6288c55e107766f0924b458d

Windows Service

T1543.003

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	f7613ee.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:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7615b2.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 12 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

f7615b2.exef7613ee.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exef763f22.exe

pid process

2292 f7613ee.exe
2576 f7615b2.exe
1592 f763f22.exe
Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exe

pid process

2124 rundll32.exe
2124 rundll32.exe
2124 rundll32.exe
2124 rundll32.exe
2124 rundll32.exe
2124 rundll32.exe

pid	process
2292	f7613ee.exe
2576	f7615b2.exe
1592	f763f22.exe

pid	process
2124	rundll32.exe
2124	rundll32.exe
2124	rundll32.exe
2124	rundll32.exe
2124	rundll32.exe
2124	rundll32.exe

UPX packed file 28 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2292-12-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-16-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-15-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-14-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-19-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-17-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-18-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-22-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-20-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-21-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-58-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-59-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-60-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-61-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-62-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-64-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-77-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-89-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-94-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-97-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-98-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-99-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-102-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-103-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-108-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-131-0x00000000005E0000-0x000000000169A000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2576-138-0x0000000000900000-0x00000000019BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2576-174-0x0000000000900000-0x00000000019BA000-memory.dmp	upx

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 14 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	f7615b2.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

f7615b2.exef7613ee.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7615b2.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7613ee.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 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:

f7613ee.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	f7613ee.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	f7613ee.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

f7615b2.exef7613ee.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\f766519	f7615b2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\f76146b	f7613ee.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	f7613ee.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

pid process

2292 f7613ee.exe
2292 f7613ee.exe
2576 f7615b2.exe

pid	process
2292	f7613ee.exe
2292	f7613ee.exe
2576	f7615b2.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 41 IoCs

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	f7613ee.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2576	f7615b2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 IoCs

Processes:

rundll32.exerundll32.exef7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2124	3020	rundll32.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2292	2124	rundll32.exe	f7613ee.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2292	2124	rundll32.exe	f7613ee.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2292	2124	rundll32.exe	f7613ee.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2292	2124	rundll32.exe	f7613ee.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1072	2292	f7613ee.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1080	2292	f7613ee.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1152	2292	f7613ee.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2120	2292	f7613ee.exe	DllHost.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3020	2292	f7613ee.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2124	2292	f7613ee.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2124	2292	f7613ee.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2576	2124	rundll32.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2576	2124	rundll32.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2576	2124	rundll32.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 2576	2124	rundll32.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1072	2292	f7613ee.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1080	2292	f7613ee.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1152	2292	f7613ee.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3020	2292	f7613ee.exe	rundll32.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2576	2292	f7613ee.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2576	2292	f7613ee.exe	f7615b2.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 1592	2124	rundll32.exe	f763f22.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 1592	2124	rundll32.exe	f763f22.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 1592	2124	rundll32.exe	f763f22.exe
PID 2124 wrote to memory of 1592	2124	rundll32.exe	f763f22.exe
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 1072	2576	f7615b2.exe	taskhost.exe
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 1080	2576	f7615b2.exe	Dwm.exe
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 1152	2576	f7615b2.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 1592	2576	f7615b2.exe	f763f22.exe
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 1592	2576	f7615b2.exe	f763f22.exe

System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

Processes:

f7613ee.exef7615b2.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7613ee.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	f7615b2.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1072

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1080

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1152

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b33e2a6802abca5224471ab911ba080_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3020

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b33e2a6802abca5224471ab911ba080_NeikiAnalytics.dll,#1
3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2124

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7613ee.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7613ee.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:2292

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7615b2.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7615b2.exe
4⤵
- 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:2576

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763f22.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f763f22.exe
4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1592

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:2120

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