sakula | 05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086

General

Target

05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

eab2d06993de9af1da45021d93e32a5f
SHA1

06facbb454c0ee95fc4f29db9a89e149b0e65c80
SHA256

05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086
SHA512

c710240d9459ea2d621bc2702528c836438f59f515366f4cf31075e477d5a7395a67628f55a936b48a8e16ba699baec3e0b30ef61b542f67a6859890d43a2180

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

2032 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2032	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:

05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.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"	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.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

228 PING.EXE

pid	process
228	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	952	svchost.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3908	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 684 wrote to memory of 2032	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 2032	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 2032	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4060	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	cmd.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4060	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	cmd.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4060	684	05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 228	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 228	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 228	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:684

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2032

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05568843ece34f8e13a8692254f58638e147619b46bf3aab648a3edaee1ba086.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4060

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:228

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:952

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:3908

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
1f94a64226cf278de8691a4564b4a22d

SHA1
360cf401274cb5fc2ca0703d83f337539abc7c32

SHA256
0863079ae44ad018f3d835b33517f729d770d2fcd54261f19f9189467e43a0b2

SHA512
e4be3ad20744e4c0c6da742670838ac013f4a22873d476d31052c366b8cc816a9d86b9c9f1ddd21550db93a5be4c29b53c1ab2cb2159dab4ced5ee8df3bf6978

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
1f94a64226cf278de8691a4564b4a22d

SHA1
360cf401274cb5fc2ca0703d83f337539abc7c32

SHA256
0863079ae44ad018f3d835b33517f729d770d2fcd54261f19f9189467e43a0b2

SHA512
e4be3ad20744e4c0c6da742670838ac013f4a22873d476d31052c366b8cc816a9d86b9c9f1ddd21550db93a5be4c29b53c1ab2cb2159dab4ced5ee8df3bf6978

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memory/952-132-0x000002503F390000-0x000002503F3A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/952-133-0x000002503FA20000-0x000002503FA30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/952-134-0x0000025042110000-0x0000025042114000-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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