sakula | 174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5

General

Target

174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

5843da362ddfdb66748795ee6a508539
SHA1

09a5dbbf262e10a4e6ed40828efb7a784dd77707
SHA256

174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5
SHA512

3d599f4a25748b7a32422701d7ec26d2efd47b04c8dc07285803faa301e95c5130e8b3ef339bef5841ae1b8b8c14ab8d66a34860bd012b1165eece727ba72b01

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

1436 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1436	MediaCenter.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.jfm	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log	TiWorker.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WinSxS\pending.xml	TiWorker.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log	svchost.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

1868 PING.EXE

pid	process
1868	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4364	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2520	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1436	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1436	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1436	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1080	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1080	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1580 wrote to memory of 1080	1580	174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 1868	1080	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 1868	1080	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 1868	1080	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1580

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1436

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\174fa09e233d5d8fe53fb50ace810dcdd203958eac97f5741b2194a3d91f52a5.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1080

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1868

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p -s wuauserv
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4364

C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.1220_none_7e21bc567c7ed16b\TiWorker.exe
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.1220_none_7e21bc567c7ed16b\TiWorker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2520

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5
046c6c403e5ebe00e11029aabdeeb65b

SHA1
f604fb769f41b7d0bf0d68a3d881e655c17e4e97

SHA256
e68fe0fd912e19d95a1deaca9855c2a87951fd1b2235dc1fa07c393f9d6fd9d0

SHA512
33e9fb09f1c8534d906f6fb49e5615fb2f6a1117d47a3b467d52c8b33c4294205fe551771fae473b1d140b594a845113eaccc6507950c8c6067c74119c854b09

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5
046c6c403e5ebe00e11029aabdeeb65b

SHA1
f604fb769f41b7d0bf0d68a3d881e655c17e4e97

SHA256
e68fe0fd912e19d95a1deaca9855c2a87951fd1b2235dc1fa07c393f9d6fd9d0

SHA512
33e9fb09f1c8534d906f6fb49e5615fb2f6a1117d47a3b467d52c8b33c4294205fe551771fae473b1d140b594a845113eaccc6507950c8c6067c74119c854b09

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memory/4364-132-0x000002098C360000-0x000002098C370000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4364-133-0x000002098C920000-0x000002098C930000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4364-134-0x000002098EFA0000-0x000002098EFA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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