sakula | 172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108

General

Target

172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

7922880ec1fe3b1ece17fc3871a6985a
SHA1

c37c62c07362be538a71c621b054018ebe6a86ca
SHA256

172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108
SHA512

103e6cfbd6f5f59a211b720c5bef7d54277ea33534aae17a89e80b9bf0ceb318e8745507693ff97b4ed93a752e3c53d827a9c0819f87931f5dd1f07ae08e4cdb

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

4652 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4652	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:

172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.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"	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.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

796 PING.EXE

pid	process
796	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2080	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1708	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4652	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4652	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 4652	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 1784	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 1784	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 1784	4860	172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 796	1784	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 796	1784	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 796	1784	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4860

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4652

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\172e2f8d904cc75d5509ba8552622b198a8724c0ae6581522defcf50eb9d9108.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1784

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:796

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:2080

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:1708

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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Downloads

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

MD5
e0f3a36280ac9a5d9ec837ec7b39459a

SHA1
7c45ddf89d0e22573ee9665611aae8819899392c

SHA256
4202c37df2dfc4b2de85c02f9410468ff851c2efab851178d16296f7512969e6

SHA512
28c918550244e020e3c0756f35145ec6f7459da1051590e6ada3cf4eefe4e62ee16d27e00831a59083fb754eb7534adc18b813d6450074b169c7c7e091f27838

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

MD5
e0f3a36280ac9a5d9ec837ec7b39459a

SHA1
7c45ddf89d0e22573ee9665611aae8819899392c

SHA256
4202c37df2dfc4b2de85c02f9410468ff851c2efab851178d16296f7512969e6

SHA512
28c918550244e020e3c0756f35145ec6f7459da1051590e6ada3cf4eefe4e62ee16d27e00831a59083fb754eb7534adc18b813d6450074b169c7c7e091f27838

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memory/2080-132-0x0000021F08760000-0x0000021F08770000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2080-133-0x0000021F08D20000-0x0000021F08D30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2080-134-0x0000021F0B3D0000-0x0000021F0B3D4000-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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