sakula | 048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5

General

Target

048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

40b8b6d71e5ea12dff80de1e2a841932
SHA1

f712729e876981e8befffc4d397339380959503d
SHA256

048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5
SHA512

d9adbb3fe6d8aa46d577c556bee60fa6f6041ba528e433ae43feb71ac6c028ffe8326cc1e94b2cd1888747d7326d88d605ca41dfdb21df676786db9071b74197

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

2372 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2372	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:

048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.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"	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs

Processes:

TiWorker.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
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
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

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

4672 PING.EXE

pid	process
4672	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exeTiWorker.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	632	svchost.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2196	TiWorker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2372	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2372	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2372	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 684	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 684	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 684	2116	048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe	cmd.exe
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4672	684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4672	684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 684 wrote to memory of 4672	684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2116

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2372

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\048800cce1832352ebcb549ebd6f976f4f9fb28b6d4b0a6ba4e04793bff20ba5.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:684

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4672

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:632

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:2196

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
093416e567eeddc674a76f2fcd472100

SHA1
0b774541cb7ba97c28b9455395fa7d9e355a8153

SHA256
3b0dffa659881f1460052a1e7f6d62c3d2a5a2fcfdf86cf63f6132f6a24a95f6

SHA512
0a57feb5bf4865168fa019510d9fec069604b2edb6c9c2951b72f90d46259b7002306d265d08be64f5a871223a50d97fe790ff6ec54dc6fb88409de9827a77a2

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
MD5
093416e567eeddc674a76f2fcd472100

SHA1
0b774541cb7ba97c28b9455395fa7d9e355a8153

SHA256
3b0dffa659881f1460052a1e7f6d62c3d2a5a2fcfdf86cf63f6132f6a24a95f6

SHA512
0a57feb5bf4865168fa019510d9fec069604b2edb6c9c2951b72f90d46259b7002306d265d08be64f5a871223a50d97fe790ff6ec54dc6fb88409de9827a77a2

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memory/632-132-0x00000201E2120000-0x00000201E2130000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/632-133-0x00000201E2180000-0x00000201E2190000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/632-134-0x00000201E4830000-0x00000201E4834000-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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