sakula | 15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca

General

Target

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

3cfea5ea315c64c940148d79831524e0
SHA1

2d30609f8429ff98151a5dcf8ff2140854a820c7
SHA256

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca
SHA512

dd77f37b3365a22729b8287d46bf858a38138785af7dc523c4e823f5131e7ba096210feb3b733d924ef57b48f4f0f87033d928c6ee26cfca4a1d71c810667918

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

1292 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1292	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:

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.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"	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

TiWorker.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log	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

3216 PING.EXE

pid	process
3216	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exesvchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	544	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2648	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 1292	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 1292	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 1292	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 4696	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 4696	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 4696	2316	15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 3216	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 3216	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 3216	4696	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2316

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1292

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15ad57ed054f3fab15cc5a39c747ced65e9d415d56fa06e227f56a534b0afdca.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4696

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3216

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:544

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:2648

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
abd0e6e483dcfc2a396c5badcde509df

SHA1
b7b3f6b2f891b24a936b9cb75094d1a92d717e5b

SHA256
9c60743efbad157ee8267291ee5478eb64dedaeaea3eea67ce1a50483ae99a00

SHA512
0332c18e2abe698e9af306df2d840028cffd13578ed9e160f27b4b5b546e69b9e287153e45711b467e729b3a21d5dd5b85f19fb0e76fe6f50faf5994e126a9ad

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

MD5
abd0e6e483dcfc2a396c5badcde509df

SHA1
b7b3f6b2f891b24a936b9cb75094d1a92d717e5b

SHA256
9c60743efbad157ee8267291ee5478eb64dedaeaea3eea67ce1a50483ae99a00

SHA512
0332c18e2abe698e9af306df2d840028cffd13578ed9e160f27b4b5b546e69b9e287153e45711b467e729b3a21d5dd5b85f19fb0e76fe6f50faf5994e126a9ad

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memory/544-132-0x00000145665A0000-0x00000145665B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/544-133-0x0000014566D60000-0x0000014566D70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/544-134-0x0000014569980000-0x0000014569984000-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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