sakula | 18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110

General

Target

18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

65561ffd1f189858693a92502e5e8c29
SHA1

727fb5ea996aa46a5c1923dc254c4540d6b3d008
SHA256

18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110
SHA512

3ac8602fa87ad2ae01c91a3d2f4f153df7c33051a469f8690465885cf545c463535a9dd1e53741c844373981504571514c4b4087916ce1ee56d7e44c4385d392

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

3480 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3480	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:

18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.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"	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
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
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

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

4256 PING.EXE

pid	process
4256	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4272	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4228	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 3480	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 3480	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 3480	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 4696	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 4696	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2712 wrote to memory of 4696	2712	18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4256	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4256	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4256	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2712

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3480

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18e1d90ca12f205dd4c4ec264ce3aa4e2f347573787181497995933c90c91110.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4696

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4256

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:4272

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:4228

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
0378533126195654750289a59a9301e5

SHA1
3073a9f20d0dc328d82fcb8fc5a16b48d19a1e2b

SHA256
b25f497ae8cf871977ebb5b7ffe64d031feef6ada7d16f7e936e7319de41af96

SHA512
fe20168723cb7a6ad634fb0f0da0002343830d5563865947b22a096888cc59d1a5f6188fc115588811502c678ae484df73590c8efefc839bb6f283ce90a2841f

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

MD5
0378533126195654750289a59a9301e5

SHA1
3073a9f20d0dc328d82fcb8fc5a16b48d19a1e2b

SHA256
b25f497ae8cf871977ebb5b7ffe64d031feef6ada7d16f7e936e7319de41af96

SHA512
fe20168723cb7a6ad634fb0f0da0002343830d5563865947b22a096888cc59d1a5f6188fc115588811502c678ae484df73590c8efefc839bb6f283ce90a2841f

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memory/4272-132-0x000001FD43DA0000-0x000001FD43DB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4272-133-0x000001FD444F0000-0x000001FD44500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4272-134-0x000001FD46A20000-0x000001FD46A24000-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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