sakula | 160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4

General

Target

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe
Size

176KB
MD5

10ac434ecaa19f61405a806a25da4ed3
SHA1

982bae4979aadd5e9a4db20fefdc7dd3309a6e0e
SHA256

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4
SHA512

1a476dc460c2dd28ee9fe4a8b3358963dacc056a549787b27f54cef08242a105d75c7d0f13c0c87e6bf4abce26e501f61b1bb804a6330d230e8b579c46c8fc88

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat 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/2320-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2420 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2420	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:

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790714498-1549421491-1643397139-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.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"	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.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

1464 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2320 160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe

pid	process
1464	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2420	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2420	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2420	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4060	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4060	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4060	2320	160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 1464	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 1464	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 1464	4060	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2320

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2420

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b413f5dd9ef20daead1e7d421c97949435c19b89cb96072ef7e9ffe27e0f4.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4060

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1464

C:\Windows\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe
%systemroot%\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe NotifyTrayIcon 13
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
PID:392

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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Downloads

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

MD5
aef71795402904401d557b601843ef40

SHA1
0cbeb3c521749dd6a2e6f013cafa2ead8aa3fe2e

SHA256
82613e7af32cf7945ebc42a5ff75590e845acc188af2c7e90388146dab09d49a

SHA512
430912f64e789ae0505dd75923d00aeb18addedb0ae5e5ee868c3cd57e3d4f88959d7cd5f311f62dbee3a6ccd993ac3b8c13b624255afc9a55b02d01cb55ddd6

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

MD5
aef71795402904401d557b601843ef40

SHA1
0cbeb3c521749dd6a2e6f013cafa2ead8aa3fe2e

SHA256
82613e7af32cf7945ebc42a5ff75590e845acc188af2c7e90388146dab09d49a

SHA512
430912f64e789ae0505dd75923d00aeb18addedb0ae5e5ee868c3cd57e3d4f88959d7cd5f311f62dbee3a6ccd993ac3b8c13b624255afc9a55b02d01cb55ddd6

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memory/2320-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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