sakula | 0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb

General

Target

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe
Size

200KB
MD5

a631f4bfb8234a0f5cd5abad15da12d7
SHA1

13e39e483ea0bf12bfc7e0dcf43b187b8b920b13
SHA256

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb
SHA512

60443e260c9448def5ef011e7c13d77c0c160e899cdde241b973fef8960f547c3eac642ad78ea3da2e7a62caac7606f2abd5c60c326cef8248ed11bcd836133f

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 3 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/1812-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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

1392 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1392	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:

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790714498-1549421491-1643397139-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.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"	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 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\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DeliveryOptimization\State\keyValueLKG.dat	svchost.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 50 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyInternetBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyCdnBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyGroupBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\SwarmCount = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\PeerInfoCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UplinkBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config\DownloadMode_BackCompat = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\PriorityDownloadPendingCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\NormalDownloadCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\MemoryUsageKB = "4304"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UplinkUsageBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UploadRatePct = "100"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\CacheSizeBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\LinkLocalConnectionCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\PriorityDownloadCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\NormalDownloadPendingCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyRateBkCnt = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config\KVFileExpirationTime = "132893015825314268"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\MonthlyUploadRestriction = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UploadMonthlyInternetBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UploadMonthlyLanBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyLinkLocalBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyRateBkBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\InternetConnectionCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\UploadCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\CPUpct = "0.315209"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\MemoryUsageKB = "4152"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Settings	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\CPUpct = "8.333342"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\MemoryUsageKB = "4312"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\CPUpct = "0.074019"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyRateFrCnt = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config\GeoVersion_EndpointFullUri = "https://geover.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com/geoversion"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\MonthID = "2"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\LANConnectionCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownlinkUsageBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\BkDownloadRatePct = "45"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\SwarmCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyLanBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyRateFrBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config\Geo_EndpointFullUri = "https://geo.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com/geo"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\CDNConnectionCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownlinkBps = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config\DODownloadMode = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\DownloadMonthlyCacheHostBytes = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\GroupConnectionCount = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-20\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Usage\FrDownloadRatePct = "90"	svchost.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

3940 PING.EXE

pid	process
3940	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3348	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1392	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1392	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1392	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 2152	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 2152	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 2152	1812	0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2152 wrote to memory of 3940	2152	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2152 wrote to memory of 3940	2152	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2152 wrote to memory of 3940	2152	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1812

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1392

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0d312c876e0e292ee273c53ff8c74d83d5f40379975e33639208b4e46b4b81bb.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2152

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3940

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:764

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:3348

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
b94a8518908a5ae53bdf2554be5790d3

SHA1
aa0efc4705b348d191b9496c89c81c56b2e4966e

SHA256
ca294cc908f41692555d2220bc0980e0013b126b61098d946a6c242110b7f79c

SHA512
0b769b4606c393de56b4c81e9bcc1a9c690e7d9b41691fed4bb7b874c2a823e663303322e490b1911ceca6a22b37f1adf7ef438386b546735ba71eeda19f3b09

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

MD5
b94a8518908a5ae53bdf2554be5790d3

SHA1
aa0efc4705b348d191b9496c89c81c56b2e4966e

SHA256
ca294cc908f41692555d2220bc0980e0013b126b61098d946a6c242110b7f79c

SHA512
0b769b4606c393de56b4c81e9bcc1a9c690e7d9b41691fed4bb7b874c2a823e663303322e490b1911ceca6a22b37f1adf7ef438386b546735ba71eeda19f3b09

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memory/1812-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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