sakula | 0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415

General

Target

0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

d2fde83fbe3ac5c848ccd16046492b0a
SHA1

5f8f9d67530d54cb6471f2815b54b9c5eb56394c
SHA256

0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415
SHA512

6c1b016819636c4ef3cd0df0319675f04e633097881cb44f3e87610d9f1051e5cce5e3517c6fafca2cd7c9aa12d6bbf0fdf07dd6e5ad316c96e004ca4bb06cbc

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

1844 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1844	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:

0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.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"	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WinSxS\pending.xml	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

4172 PING.EXE

pid	process
4172	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3156	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4112	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 1844	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 1844	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 1844	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 816	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 816	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 816	1940	0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe	cmd.exe
PID 816 wrote to memory of 4172	816	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 816 wrote to memory of 4172	816	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 816 wrote to memory of 4172	816	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1940

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1844

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ba030eb38f1b4dafb7ed3b35501c76d8d29688ce72451b46460b0d831ea5415.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:816

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4172

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:3156

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:4112

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
4a7c5d8f54e7fcec16cc56a9059bf2b4

SHA1
feebf5f63baf7752cadd43232cd7e92d7a0ec310

SHA256
8c0407c32a2005dafcb2f4eabd061e0e99410dc54ebde4cae17f4a1d1d013e41

SHA512
96d03127521886d289c9e4dbae9055209e371f9f2a9da5a3f9b3fa7413d10b728d06b227b03b1026cfff6deb150a73f8b00c87ab9def4fa4704a46656e31e51e

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

MD5
4a7c5d8f54e7fcec16cc56a9059bf2b4

SHA1
feebf5f63baf7752cadd43232cd7e92d7a0ec310

SHA256
8c0407c32a2005dafcb2f4eabd061e0e99410dc54ebde4cae17f4a1d1d013e41

SHA512
96d03127521886d289c9e4dbae9055209e371f9f2a9da5a3f9b3fa7413d10b728d06b227b03b1026cfff6deb150a73f8b00c87ab9def4fa4704a46656e31e51e

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memory/3156-132-0x00000193C9360000-0x00000193C9370000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3156-133-0x00000193C9AE0000-0x00000193C9AF0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3156-134-0x00000193CBF90000-0x00000193CBF94000-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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