sakula | 12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505

General

Target

12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe
Size

216KB
MD5

224c327f4730c4ba85ce9712cf1dbb75
SHA1

dfe5b0969e1fe08353fcbc3f0bbcdc9dbf2e56ab
SHA256

12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505
SHA512

c8bf76e6ee970f4af4070f98fde9acfbee723e3b222a233ef0c48e76420f130a663d0db274c1d859919a66f4095777b6d8393655d3671309c2a92202c77adb81

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 4 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
behavioral2/memory/1936-135-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3540-136-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	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

3540 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3540	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:

12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.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"	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.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

3364 PING.EXE

pid	process
3364	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3680	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	704	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 3540	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 3540	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 3540	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 1356	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 1356	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1936 wrote to memory of 1356	1936	12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3364	1356	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3364	1356	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3364	1356	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1936

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3540

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12c4160ae073de5ce11ac2adf9a6c01296f201df9fc3692332165c54b5a7b505.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1356

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3364

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:3680

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:704

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
d57f6425373738cdb59ccb11b75d8e4c

SHA1
b6a1f6b988fb76a3dc8a4164987713786a299af7

SHA256
47a5a5128a21b90c6a13a11c8672df557892c7ded9063e31998d94c464fc4f98

SHA512
468d6f5081b7ed5366b94020f4250ac39665a7fce1d731b66d2e0c9b9fd26b5614d4a317a5ae1aa4d68cde4bd91f72b866e0db7295b32a5d77df758036567dbd

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

MD5
d57f6425373738cdb59ccb11b75d8e4c

SHA1
b6a1f6b988fb76a3dc8a4164987713786a299af7

SHA256
47a5a5128a21b90c6a13a11c8672df557892c7ded9063e31998d94c464fc4f98

SHA512
468d6f5081b7ed5366b94020f4250ac39665a7fce1d731b66d2e0c9b9fd26b5614d4a317a5ae1aa4d68cde4bd91f72b866e0db7295b32a5d77df758036567dbd

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memory/1936-135-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3540-136-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3680-132-0x0000022EA8E20000-0x0000022EA8E30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3680-133-0x0000022EA8E80000-0x0000022EA8E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3680-134-0x0000022EAB540000-0x0000022EAB544000-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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