sakula | 17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601

General

Target

17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe
Size

152KB
MD5

d27d21b9c8c236be792c63a0e61998a7
SHA1

38f8df18d1e17677d33f61e0cde07500b81ece80
SHA256

17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601
SHA512

5bf62760a816e2af58b8e69a33f47471d6e7afc39744942cc50da35ad60401245d3441c84220595560e4a52d767704ba7093d735d40392630dec57a1a834cd83

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula Payload 2 IoCs

Processes:

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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3720 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3720	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:

17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.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"	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

TiWorker.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
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
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

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

2132 PING.EXE

pid	process
2132	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4348	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 3720	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 3720	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 3720	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 224	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 224	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 224	4172	17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe	cmd.exe
PID 224 wrote to memory of 2132	224	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 224 wrote to memory of 2132	224	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 224 wrote to memory of 2132	224	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4172

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3720

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17147866e2eb992dfb419c23ed65dc8bf6f2f0743575ca3f4bfdb157d990a601.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:224

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2132

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:4348

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:4948

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
08fd9fc9df6fef6de680cedf6cbca8e4

SHA1
0f22493fe808da55436437ddc918b5cec9985539

SHA256
a8986fc6eed62c467dd9ce2ea098a2e128beb1487a9c30a197f18de6876ba23a

SHA512
35ae13dd97ad06604904564bb8ef214284d0889fbe8a8bd12ebce019a347bde6ef590be1bc6f69fba15a2a9a432276208b57319503aa9535e54bd866cb0aedf3

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

MD5
08fd9fc9df6fef6de680cedf6cbca8e4

SHA1
0f22493fe808da55436437ddc918b5cec9985539

SHA256
a8986fc6eed62c467dd9ce2ea098a2e128beb1487a9c30a197f18de6876ba23a

SHA512
35ae13dd97ad06604904564bb8ef214284d0889fbe8a8bd12ebce019a347bde6ef590be1bc6f69fba15a2a9a432276208b57319503aa9535e54bd866cb0aedf3

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memory/4348-132-0x0000016209560000-0x0000016209570000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4348-133-0x0000016209C20000-0x0000016209C30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4348-134-0x000001620C2E0000-0x000001620C2E4000-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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