sakula | 17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34

General

Target

17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

9d8c0111a81c0f9ec945597467d7167f
SHA1

aad4d5baab10ebb2ac71e7857849456d22aa452a
SHA256

17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34
SHA512

662402ff021d1d36504a3c392d9aca76f4a0fc199c8df3b6d5e7d46637689211d241b70a67ade624961a9c8067df786e206c67aa40323d501f17baf3d172f2bd

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

5052 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
5052	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:

17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.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"	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log	TiWorker.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WinSxS\pending.xml	TiWorker.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

5080 PING.EXE

pid	process
5080	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1144	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4700	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 5052	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 5052	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 5052	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 3284	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 3284	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3484 wrote to memory of 3284	3484	17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3284 wrote to memory of 5080	3284	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3284 wrote to memory of 5080	3284	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3284 wrote to memory of 5080	3284	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3484

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5052

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17dbb1b565504eaba879d10ab35b5478e35c4293158115ae0dca2339608d5a34.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3284

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:5080

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:1144

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:4700

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
00efa91973294eef9a90d6ef0b62dcdc

SHA1
5b76d7fea893c555ef0d1d23b3305bf26bb965bd

SHA256
7646514129a44277e97a3a1528d39f021360c6c202046b116e82dbfef02623d5

SHA512
cebb7e1baaeaf852da6b4bfa5f1477f3eb91fec2e3693ed4a2aec2af67d54ec34d4ea429926245dbf1b01847efe0061d3767aa359cf13ba6056ed3a5aa4c374e

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

MD5
00efa91973294eef9a90d6ef0b62dcdc

SHA1
5b76d7fea893c555ef0d1d23b3305bf26bb965bd

SHA256
7646514129a44277e97a3a1528d39f021360c6c202046b116e82dbfef02623d5

SHA512
cebb7e1baaeaf852da6b4bfa5f1477f3eb91fec2e3693ed4a2aec2af67d54ec34d4ea429926245dbf1b01847efe0061d3767aa359cf13ba6056ed3a5aa4c374e

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memory/1144-133-0x00000201BFD90000-0x00000201BFDA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1144-132-0x00000201BFD30000-0x00000201BFD40000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1144-134-0x00000201C2A80000-0x00000201C2A84000-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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