sakula | 12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170

General

Target

12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

21d07fcf8ade7384b7c65d3f0ccd2429
SHA1

1ea87cc77ac2eb22cf380bbf088bf4ccbfe925e1
SHA256

12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170
SHA512

4ad4e014bbe519a834d71620a0404921b8453e2a8f375b61b12d79c3edc68b74e0468fa2c608311280e46de106113a57fd2d55d6966e3f5b1e08e46e5fa51177

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

1560 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1560	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:

12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.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"	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.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

2028 PING.EXE

pid	process
2028	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3700	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3792	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1560	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1560	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1560	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1936	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1936	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 1936	1928	12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 2028	1936	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 2028	1936	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 2028	1936	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1928

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1560

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12d46785116dd3466a7585bd0ca9c49b010f7d6d734dd8f241b404de26c65170.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1936

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2028

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:3700

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:3792

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
858c82cc18541c22d1e8bc1214e9a72d

SHA1
588e76cb2bb456540d6d114aa6efbe92ac2f5a20

SHA256
3040b402eb0cb1e6c21fdff91db16904a9f9e8df8af847e6e034e2cc44664bee

SHA512
29a87ce3b7294a82c24441b6372cf4c436d053dfca384b35f2f5d888092959d940af0cdce5391fe82eda0fd5f565a00f35a023783db974c0ae72979c7c6d3b60

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

MD5
858c82cc18541c22d1e8bc1214e9a72d

SHA1
588e76cb2bb456540d6d114aa6efbe92ac2f5a20

SHA256
3040b402eb0cb1e6c21fdff91db16904a9f9e8df8af847e6e034e2cc44664bee

SHA512
29a87ce3b7294a82c24441b6372cf4c436d053dfca384b35f2f5d888092959d940af0cdce5391fe82eda0fd5f565a00f35a023783db974c0ae72979c7c6d3b60

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memory/3700-132-0x0000023D93760000-0x0000023D93770000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3700-133-0x0000023D93D20000-0x0000023D93D30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3700-134-0x0000023D963D0000-0x0000023D963D4000-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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