sakula | 0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9

General

Target

0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

9467046adaed2ed2cc31d87bfe0cd058
SHA1

27ca3822779e3453936cf598c6812854862feaf7
SHA256

0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9
SHA512

11069fbd79b55a2d69576e4235edd77c27b4c9cfa8abbe36a9aa118948160232954ec2b633b157837580761dd1177185b0aa30c5134236cb701feee68cced79b

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

5072 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
5072	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:

0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.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"	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.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

3800 PING.EXE

pid	process
3800	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTiWorker.exe0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2852	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4948	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 5072	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 5072	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 5072	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 2364	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 2364	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3600 wrote to memory of 2364	3600	0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 3800	2364	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 3800	2364	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 3800	2364	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3600

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5072

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a40c36e88140bad3bad5c3cbb26cc0d1534cbcdf50f0f3b66c20f3c024d63e9.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2364

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3800

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:2852

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:4948

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
6cc7dbc602090fc89f5fa51e1033c337

SHA1
2ffef899697653027e3347b491d1ffed1e74bed5

SHA256
0930d165d7071979bb889adfb7c991bb41503b0566383a3b4d49f6e9e9d66153

SHA512
8eab98003d6f5a95bfbcdbc780d62196b237520857aa97275a42d7e31633f72c6efe5ee4566614c5e1e045b63fb7ce530dc1c87491acaabf5b082fca40be75c5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
6cc7dbc602090fc89f5fa51e1033c337

SHA1
2ffef899697653027e3347b491d1ffed1e74bed5

SHA256
0930d165d7071979bb889adfb7c991bb41503b0566383a3b4d49f6e9e9d66153

SHA512
8eab98003d6f5a95bfbcdbc780d62196b237520857aa97275a42d7e31633f72c6efe5ee4566614c5e1e045b63fb7ce530dc1c87491acaabf5b082fca40be75c5

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memory/2852-132-0x0000018424380000-0x0000018424390000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2852-133-0x0000018424A20000-0x0000018424A30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2852-134-0x0000018427100000-0x0000018427104000-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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