sakula | 15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd

General

Target

15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

05025215f86a59ee225e4aead9568093
SHA1

c00ca134cc9da6bb70066da128ede0eae3da3f59
SHA256

15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd
SHA512

fd30a9cd5cca4095bfd0486a2ba63d7a7ce1674251307c048b3b73f5f00ddea29128e64a5dc3809ae93c62c6215c0f73a58a69c8cd93ba76cc811e85e6a024cf

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

3460 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3460	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:

15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.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"	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.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

2884 PING.EXE

pid	process
2884	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3736	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2836	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 3460	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 3460	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 3460	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 4116	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 4116	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 4116	4996	15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4116 wrote to memory of 2884	4116	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4116 wrote to memory of 2884	4116	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4116 wrote to memory of 2884	4116	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4996

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3460

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15501af2dfc6ac5f3f91a6816e8481c680deb10d318757489908947b5f8918dd.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4116

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2884

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:3736

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:2836

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
f6720b894e8fe95d47727fe332e0146b

SHA1
ab5a98a6877cad87dc0e7fd5a0cafd257489ff59

SHA256
1b32a9f3d27e4023324f7189c3428af5481cd0dacc95caaac908449c0e197e7a

SHA512
55a66b33554112df452d685e1a9827de135847546741307f4112e6c90cde74c2d1d6fb248a1327c296df50802bb1bf459126a6cc843576483fe52b7a0154ca5e

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

MD5
f6720b894e8fe95d47727fe332e0146b

SHA1
ab5a98a6877cad87dc0e7fd5a0cafd257489ff59

SHA256
1b32a9f3d27e4023324f7189c3428af5481cd0dacc95caaac908449c0e197e7a

SHA512
55a66b33554112df452d685e1a9827de135847546741307f4112e6c90cde74c2d1d6fb248a1327c296df50802bb1bf459126a6cc843576483fe52b7a0154ca5e

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memory/3736-132-0x000001A6CC370000-0x000001A6CC380000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3736-133-0x000001A6CCA20000-0x000001A6CCA30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3736-134-0x000001A6CF0F0000-0x000001A6CF0F4000-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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