sakula | 0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e

General

Target

0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

c4834e159559bfe885fc31c4b96d5d8d
SHA1

e1f5b2eaa01c8540055bd2d74b797fe879e879d4
SHA256

0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e
SHA512

96c2916e8719575fa61441de5f28c02464d2b79ba27e25cd64375053aa3cb9b5df602e01470a9ec06e21acc47fc27353fac1c3cdc9be50649b7dc27cb7b517c5

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

1448 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1448	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:

0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.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"	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.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

2416 PING.EXE

pid	process
2416	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1140	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4552	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 1448	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 1448	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 1448	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 752	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 752	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 752	4816	0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 752 wrote to memory of 2416	752	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 752 wrote to memory of 2416	752	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 752 wrote to memory of 2416	752	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4816

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1448

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ae97d1220e719edaca47b59dc5552a0947857180ebe75468440178cddccdb3e.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:752

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2416

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:1140

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:4552

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
7346cfa498483982f847bc6659eb2ae3

SHA1
61a2035c28cab4beb1cbe9fb1a2ff823fd49e1ec

SHA256
bf583af69c9cb711fce574af47022632662b11481ef1093c3c15181a4711ab6b

SHA512
def62d955b93f3c9c2bfc34a8eaa61d718aad57eff8d47984f8b652895e17c2272b31f6b9df4ab578513f45971c8711b1866799249d3b29ecdc61cc7a721adc9

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
7346cfa498483982f847bc6659eb2ae3

SHA1
61a2035c28cab4beb1cbe9fb1a2ff823fd49e1ec

SHA256
bf583af69c9cb711fce574af47022632662b11481ef1093c3c15181a4711ab6b

SHA512
def62d955b93f3c9c2bfc34a8eaa61d718aad57eff8d47984f8b652895e17c2272b31f6b9df4ab578513f45971c8711b1866799249d3b29ecdc61cc7a721adc9

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memory/1140-132-0x0000026322D20000-0x0000026322D30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1140-133-0x0000026322D80000-0x0000026322D90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1140-134-0x0000026325460000-0x0000026325464000-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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