sakula | 12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1

General

Target

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe
Size

150KB
MD5

99aced64a2b692ee854b5e015f177fcd
SHA1

c32b6efcc09450bdb781082714a58f2d3deca78c
SHA256

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1
SHA512

6ab54709c3e0e7a9ed23f0f3491ebab8e52650ac650097fd7323570eb69ee40de88cab521a3fb7cd32a63eeec94e401e0197657c63716c71abf12fb9bde8042f

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat suricata trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula Payload 2 IoCs

Processes:

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

suricata: ET MALWARE SUSPICIOUS UA (iexplore)
suricata: ET MALWARE SUSPICIOUS UA (iexplore)
suricata
suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 1
suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 1
suricata
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4508 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4508	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:

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.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"	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.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

2324 PING.EXE

pid	process
2324	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exesvchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3564	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2372	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 4508	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 4508	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 4508	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 812	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 812	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 812	4504	12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 812 wrote to memory of 2324	812	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 812 wrote to memory of 2324	812	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 812 wrote to memory of 2324	812	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4504

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4508

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12fb0a64c8841c5f642dc2a8170de9b681c3a62d2a82f47f6e2f49815809b0c1.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:812

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2324

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:3564

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:2372

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
fa894339c2bdc422d3bfe488a70cf1bb

SHA1
0128b2e86dd99fdb9165183826ce1aa7be99ae0e

SHA256
cc13b6957bdd6ac9ae65f037f2e2604e2bcad8f2ed4b52772323aff6193a587f

SHA512
7e3b54d24b0e83061037be29f272545de7e73cc01c5a4af5c1e39cc494b22c199c19b65d99f0d0e8c1e06bafe287c70a2bdd4c2d07dbe07d9666072928c8f63b

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

MD5
fa894339c2bdc422d3bfe488a70cf1bb

SHA1
0128b2e86dd99fdb9165183826ce1aa7be99ae0e

SHA256
cc13b6957bdd6ac9ae65f037f2e2604e2bcad8f2ed4b52772323aff6193a587f

SHA512
7e3b54d24b0e83061037be29f272545de7e73cc01c5a4af5c1e39cc494b22c199c19b65d99f0d0e8c1e06bafe287c70a2bdd4c2d07dbe07d9666072928c8f63b

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memory/3564-132-0x00000240F1B90000-0x00000240F1BA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3564-133-0x00000240F2220000-0x00000240F2230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3564-134-0x00000240F4910000-0x00000240F4914000-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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