sality | 9a59cf3b46cbf1e3bf2af9551b25c562bd7a548caff82424d3c86193e7ba483c

Analysis

max time kernel
95s
max time network
132s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03-02-2025 20:19

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General

Target

HACKMS~1.exe
Size

712KB
MD5

b0dd4bc52eb381a7990558aac569b64f
SHA1

e8b81828b34d56de409d6cd3433baa7f38b5be78
SHA256

6194da0d241a12d32e7334d0aa8a2b253a6e80e882d67842279b7a4160faa59a
SHA512

f97c962965c2dfab030703a38c130438ec600011fb7ecf91732806a99f8e9d44e1e023bbd372aa0829a2a03b7efb20ccd788fbbeaddda27c995c48e0e9566a90
SSDEEP

12288:4H2jynD0FV3hOrW2jynD0FV3XpDXeGxEiPvc5FJneuDlhza0FOjynk36ni:4H2ODPW2ODypDXeGxEiPvc54rOk3

Score

10^/10

sality backdoor defense_evasion discovery trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sality

http://89.119.67.154/testo5/

http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif

Signatures

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

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	HACKMS~1.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	HACKMS~1.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4860-5-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4860-3-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4860-14-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4860-20-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4860-19-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	HACKMS~1.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	HACKMS~1.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4860	HACKMS~1.exe
4860	HACKMS~1.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4860	HACKMS~1.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4860	HACKMS~1.exe
4860	HACKMS~1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 800	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	9
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 808	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	10
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 376	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	13
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2528	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	42
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2536	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	43
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2592	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	44
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3356	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	56
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3648	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	57
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3884	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	58
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3976	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	59
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4040	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	60
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 1040	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	61
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3380	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	62
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4328	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	64
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4956	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	76
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3916	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	80
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 1860	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	81
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 3604	4860	HACKMS~1.exe	83

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	HACKMS~1.exe

C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
"fontdrvhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:800

C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
"fontdrvhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:808

C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
"dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:376

C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
sihost.exe
1⤵
PID:2528

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup -s CDPUserSvc
1⤵
PID:2536

C:\Windows\system32\taskhostw.exe
taskhostw.exe {222A245B-E637-4AE9-A93F-A59CA119A75E}
1⤵
PID:2592

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:3356
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HACKMS~1.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HACKMS~1.exe"
  2⤵
  - UAC bypass
  - 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 SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  - System policy modification
  PID:4860

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k ClipboardSvcGroup -p -s cbdhsvc
1⤵
PID:3648

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:3884

C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
1⤵
PID:3976

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4040

C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mca
1⤵
PID:1040

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3380

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4328

C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe" -ServerName:InputApp.AppX9jnwykgrccxc8by3hsrsh07r423xzvav.mca
1⤵
PID:4956

C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX3bn25b6f886wmg6twh46972vprk9tnbf.mca
1⤵
PID:3916

C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXmtcan0h2tfbfy7k9kn8hbxb6dmzz1zh0.mca
1⤵
PID:1860

C:\Windows\system32\BackgroundTaskHost.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\BackgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTaskHost.WebAccountProvider
1⤵
PID:3604

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/4860-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
720KB

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memory/4860-7-0x00000000022F0000-0x00000000022F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4860-5-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/4860-3-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/4860-6-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000542000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4860-9-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000542000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4860-15-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000542000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4860-14-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/4860-20-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/4860-19-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000003C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/4860-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
720KB

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