sakula | 178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24

General

Target

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe
Size

220KB
MD5

178b27cac9d694f20b86e983810594bf
SHA1

a53e099c91fefc27f38ae3494eb328b6ad328143
SHA256

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24
SHA512

3b717585b2461c272b4332b2e2aa0a34c566b1828c2aea3d17f5bc32ac56b67e0f4722d82cbba2538eb2ff23f57c274bedbb6820966040526f409814a97bf987

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat suricata trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula Payload 3 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3320-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

suricata: ET MALWARE SUSPICIOUS UA (iexplore)
suricata: ET MALWARE SUSPICIOUS UA (iexplore)
suricata
suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 1
suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 1
suricata
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2500 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2500	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:

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790714498-1549421491-1643397139-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.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"	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

MusNotifyIcon.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\Registry\Machine\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	MusNotifyIcon.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	MusNotifyIcon.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

3480 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3320 178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

pid	process
3480	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 2500	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 2500	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 2500	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 3716	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 3716	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3320 wrote to memory of 3716	3320	178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3480	3716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3480	3716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3480	3716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3320

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2500

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\178755fc0ad798ec89b0f6eb716aab560eb2dc4679e49aacc613769a57efdc24.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3716

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3480

C:\Windows\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe
%systemroot%\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe NotifyTrayIcon 13
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
PID:4068

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k wusvcs -p
1⤵
PID:1948

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

2

T1012

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

MD5
6f4ec23e15ef2426972a1d80242fe2dd

SHA1
26e79911dfc9a138d89e180701b39fdb7dd704ba

SHA256
85898032273f1065da34f13da5cf58cd8b5f513018d781b68bc47b00a616b7d4

SHA512
adcc1d6bab7761ed5b2aeb6562f33496fcee9d1393031a9bd3ab0e4d39962fae5633117018a8950d9edc7b881563a71ec2ceaccd0cfc88004f935190ff30e0e2

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

MD5
6f4ec23e15ef2426972a1d80242fe2dd

SHA1
26e79911dfc9a138d89e180701b39fdb7dd704ba

SHA256
85898032273f1065da34f13da5cf58cd8b5f513018d781b68bc47b00a616b7d4

SHA512
adcc1d6bab7761ed5b2aeb6562f33496fcee9d1393031a9bd3ab0e4d39962fae5633117018a8950d9edc7b881563a71ec2ceaccd0cfc88004f935190ff30e0e2

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memory/3320-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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