sakula | 0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca

General

Target

0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

682d20ac94a79295588adf105a53afd8
SHA1

66a30507fa25d4df3341bae47e01123492afab62
SHA256

0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca
SHA512

547dbae5e9b7e20e062f23ce689a48569b992fb469efa4f44c5d2871349d351a1e6a338f4cb769adf4d122bcf4e456bd42216035241893ceb18739e9f10af79d

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

4340 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4340	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:

0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.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"	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.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

1916 PING.EXE

pid	process
1916	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3012	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4248	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4340	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4340	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4340	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 3972	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 3972	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 3972	4452	0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 1916	3972	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 1916	3972	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3972 wrote to memory of 1916	3972	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4452

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4340

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0528cf731605934b62c8de37f9240c25473b5342cf78ae30548e510917b77dca.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3972

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1916

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:3012

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:4248

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
33700be78e61a346b32d77402e4e976f

SHA1
a9ebd4713c8b3cca26d8cf0ccd421b6bee9dd668

SHA256
4b347c632a30a54098a3ab34bc98404fc241fc76dad86a1b445f5e0ed6989756

SHA512
6b1c981a3a41b5f501e1974009416af5ca31accf31a7f10c82cc06d8cee9285a32d64495c35ec55cbc8f567c28d45a16a11458c9717ef3d54bf8351c3e95dfa5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
33700be78e61a346b32d77402e4e976f

SHA1
a9ebd4713c8b3cca26d8cf0ccd421b6bee9dd668

SHA256
4b347c632a30a54098a3ab34bc98404fc241fc76dad86a1b445f5e0ed6989756

SHA512
6b1c981a3a41b5f501e1974009416af5ca31accf31a7f10c82cc06d8cee9285a32d64495c35ec55cbc8f567c28d45a16a11458c9717ef3d54bf8351c3e95dfa5

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memory/3012-132-0x00000166AB3A0000-0x00000166AB3B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3012-133-0x00000166ABA20000-0x00000166ABA30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3012-134-0x00000166AE120000-0x00000166AE124000-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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