sakula | 0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89

General

Target

0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

008ffc0c3dc07c1e3415de7fdb6e4bd0
SHA1

c9448c669a3a8f1b2043e0454fb3fb5a90c42fc8
SHA256

0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89
SHA512

aa61d9b0d1dc1bb6466e89b325be41ad63e6776b5a8cd71ee95ce2b8830517b6723e00aa95be15187b824911f47706b9ec9f2b7c776aa379382e9f40ab10cf3e

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

1432 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1432	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:

0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.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"	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

TiWorker.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log	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

4944 PING.EXE

pid	process
4944	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3708	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1980	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1432	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1432	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1432	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1424	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1424	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 1424	5072	0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 4944	1424	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 4944	1424	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 4944	1424	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5072

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1432

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ac95f2ca3b6b103fbe51811f4be47eeda7e2306da6f37f567c23fcb93549c89.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1424

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4944

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:3708

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:1980

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
c842b0d1a5d2a9a5ff43bfb3b9a03a3d

SHA1
d89b5f8aa2d858a4d5df0c6676837fcd33d4b5d8

SHA256
b55b7336c296c475cc7e70b18a0122053805984175aed552bddfed087755a1ae

SHA512
091fd5aa5af105ed52f4bb3500331566ff693b4ff1278b923819a0ab19bbe367e2f951e0fe541f64a8511803493d13fc861d7538b2500373c400decfe0d8461b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
c842b0d1a5d2a9a5ff43bfb3b9a03a3d

SHA1
d89b5f8aa2d858a4d5df0c6676837fcd33d4b5d8

SHA256
b55b7336c296c475cc7e70b18a0122053805984175aed552bddfed087755a1ae

SHA512
091fd5aa5af105ed52f4bb3500331566ff693b4ff1278b923819a0ab19bbe367e2f951e0fe541f64a8511803493d13fc861d7538b2500373c400decfe0d8461b

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memory/3708-132-0x000001B547330000-0x000001B547340000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3708-133-0x000001B547390000-0x000001B5473A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3708-134-0x000001B54A080000-0x000001B54A084000-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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