sakula | 18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5

General

Target

18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

d5f847c413c5e12be6f37fabb2cd4f24
SHA1

39ac3babb1e4e7575644f4b89b2bb8f83b42995d
SHA256

18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5
SHA512

a2d8463f49bd3d94c9b9de1b6ec2f5d4a2e58f7db50c4e3051222e5b08b2786be4c8a0a8b2644bcbd5730a4d161a45cd6890b45b16ccec7e736cc1442229420e

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

1964 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1964	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:

18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.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"	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.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.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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk	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

1184 PING.EXE

pid	process
1184	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1444	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4664	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1964	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1964	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1964	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1004	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1004	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4468 wrote to memory of 1004	4468	18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1004 wrote to memory of 1184	1004	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1004 wrote to memory of 1184	1004	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1004 wrote to memory of 1184	1004	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4468

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1964

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18d740eb030528093a815277b6c306bb64aea7b14a5f950e7f1731f3ad7c46c5.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1004

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1184

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:1444

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:4664

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
61f2de9275733f068b573725f7abb545

SHA1
aa9b6959d20921399997bf2fd69e742017a2286b

SHA256
8531e8397ec8f4e107db27283d496c48d29bade8114bf23bb7c9a1ab1c22ee3f

SHA512
e4520f4c5ce27d04b604b06590ed16fea6ef7b1adb28505d0f1c1a4ba6a344b7f2163fd80bb673f1339f8a8067770127fcf6d1da27fa17224768ef84a177e533

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

MD5
61f2de9275733f068b573725f7abb545

SHA1
aa9b6959d20921399997bf2fd69e742017a2286b

SHA256
8531e8397ec8f4e107db27283d496c48d29bade8114bf23bb7c9a1ab1c22ee3f

SHA512
e4520f4c5ce27d04b604b06590ed16fea6ef7b1adb28505d0f1c1a4ba6a344b7f2163fd80bb673f1339f8a8067770127fcf6d1da27fa17224768ef84a177e533

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memory/1444-132-0x0000015ABD950000-0x0000015ABD960000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-133-0x0000015ABE020000-0x0000015ABE030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1444-134-0x0000015AC06D0000-0x0000015AC06D4000-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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