sakula | a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e

General

Target

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe
Size

150KB
MD5

0ba9883b897c6f4508594c9908c6810a
SHA1

91fd59bbcff52bcf72034b11d9d982ccd2fc1bac
SHA256

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e
SHA512

bfc4a41e1675dd6602db39fbadfe1d4db79e10ae0396e8caa034e596cdb422247254a5333fbef52a0611668e9dee2664f918a687910c54baf44cf8b737b8b1dd

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 2 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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

1824 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1824	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:

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1082102374-1487407228-1886994731-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.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"	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.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

4872 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3812 a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe

pid	process
4872	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1824	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1824	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 1824	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3884	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3884	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3812 wrote to memory of 3884	3812	a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 4872	3884	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 4872	3884	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 4872	3884	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3812

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1824

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1fee89b08c2efed52dc1869e371d19c10813b9d64b9d48d53ab46475f08aa6e.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3884

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4872

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK 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

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
150KB

MD5
559d54cbde2f953ad5bdaf36a3b02660

SHA1
28f359c2b6c97b8a978990fc1f11ebc2c1e8388a

SHA256
3be5c83e65c254da3d2eee1e02b4f9d075970f0ebe2457aed5c3586c55924786

SHA512
b8890880dc50e8127b9366034c05f525b199b130918e10a09326f0e3b1ed73bfbbd76c92721cc60b21e182919c72eb5a46f1b539c3988acdc728cc294a5f2812

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
150KB

MD5
559d54cbde2f953ad5bdaf36a3b02660

SHA1
28f359c2b6c97b8a978990fc1f11ebc2c1e8388a

SHA256
3be5c83e65c254da3d2eee1e02b4f9d075970f0ebe2457aed5c3586c55924786

SHA512
b8890880dc50e8127b9366034c05f525b199b130918e10a09326f0e3b1ed73bfbbd76c92721cc60b21e182919c72eb5a46f1b539c3988acdc728cc294a5f2812

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memory/1824-124-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/3884-127-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/4872-128-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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