sality | c3c84dc7510e94d521172e816a1f16990be0418488017a1204f78d598e47c98b

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall = "0"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs

evasion

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3533259084-2542256011-65585152-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\DisableRegistryTools = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Disables Task Manager via registry modification
evasion

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.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"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1636 set thread context of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 set thread context of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2848 set thread context of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

UPX packed file 17 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2848-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-12-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-15-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-8-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-42-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-16-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-41-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-14-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-13-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-45-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-48-0x00000000025F0000-0x000000000367E000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 2848	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1636 wrote to memory of 0	1636	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1052	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	17
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1088	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	19
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1116	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	20
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1708	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	23
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1916	2848	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

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"	fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1052

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1088

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1116
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1636
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies firewall policy service
    - UAC bypass
    - Windows security bypass
    - Disables RegEdit via registry modification
    - Windows security modification
    - Checks whether UAC is enabled
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    - System policy modification
    PID:2848
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fff308785e48956458394c506c6d9b6c_JaffaCakes118.exe
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1916

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:1708

Network

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

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry