sakula | 0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28

General

Target

0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

ef571c00ef21d5357d1c47cba3149835
SHA1

c53b7f0afcec3fefa7dff1296c685eae77032ac0
SHA256

0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28
SHA512

a03ed80b229232a538206baa9fdbb1681fed0e1bc944412219520119dd3aac4e4afaa626d21e3068680f79803c44ad919370d66a2a6dbfa51f874a6c547ee5c5

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

1804 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1804	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:

0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.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"	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	ioc	process
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
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk	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

2760 PING.EXE

pid	process
2760	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2720	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4712	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 1804	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 1804	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 1804	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2016	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2016	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2016	4316	0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2760	2016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2760	2016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2760	2016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4316

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1804

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0aeb9f9dc2406cfc6ad48ef574344339acadc9d57920a6c85459fe90307a0c28.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2016

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2760

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:2720

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:4712

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
b55e2caf5e25b23c60248d4faf414356

SHA1
61e4d0130935aac61b76d4cdb7761b07573b80b3

SHA256
3b06d353699a597909f6839090644dd52b6d4c304ca2e1744c8a999a80fe67db

SHA512
eacfa46b7f5ef9fb72efe3fb5e04714986b8be771fa2c7ebfdddcd42675c1be446b838897aba2ba2c84c704df72bcffa29d7351ee2836ecdde765b833aceea33

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
b55e2caf5e25b23c60248d4faf414356

SHA1
61e4d0130935aac61b76d4cdb7761b07573b80b3

SHA256
3b06d353699a597909f6839090644dd52b6d4c304ca2e1744c8a999a80fe67db

SHA512
eacfa46b7f5ef9fb72efe3fb5e04714986b8be771fa2c7ebfdddcd42675c1be446b838897aba2ba2c84c704df72bcffa29d7351ee2836ecdde765b833aceea33

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memory/2720-132-0x00000224D9590000-0x00000224D95A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2720-133-0x00000224D9D60000-0x00000224D9D70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2720-134-0x00000224DC970000-0x00000224DC974000-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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