sality | 52b31ea74ab60aa7722acdb4380db969be2a144594a682802422c6653813e91e

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"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DoNotAllowExceptions = "0"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\DisableNotifications = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

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

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

XtremeRAT
The XtremeRAT was developed by xtremecoder and has been available since at least 2010, and written in Delphi.
persistence spyware rat xtremerat
Xtremerat family
xtremerat

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.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"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2280 set thread context of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28

UPX packed file 20 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2292-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-19-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-18-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3068-42-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-35-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3068-41-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-36-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-34-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-44-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-55-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-20-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-15-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-17-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-16-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000002D9E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2292-13-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3068-56-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010060000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.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	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2292	2280	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	28
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1120	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	19
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1180	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	20
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1212	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	21
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 1692	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	23
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3068	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	29
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3068	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	29
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3068	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	29
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3068	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	29
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 3068	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	29
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2960	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	30
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2960	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	30
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2960	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	30
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2960	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	30
PID 2292 wrote to memory of 2960	2292	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe	30

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:1120

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1180

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1212
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2280
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_01b33cd3304bbf320de06b217770cc59.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies firewall policy service
    - UAC bypass
    - Windows security bypass
    - Windows security modification
    - Checks whether UAC is enabled
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    - System policy modification
    PID:2292
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      svchost.exe
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3068
  - - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
      4⤵
      PID:2960

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:1692

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

4

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery