sakula | a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce

General

Target
a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe
Size 864KB
Sample220705-dz9cfsfeb8
SHA256 a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce
MD5 3c293fe94c4505814899cbd66384c324
SHA1 381d26446fc1eda1244b996b8afa569d77dce1a8
SHA512 4d08d62021bb40a27f66e2bf19a3735cfea4b68258f884751075c73d00721c2cdf6ee0b94d4972c57863922bac93e18dac25dfd7e4ae9506aef2ff30a02981be
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

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 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1488-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000022e1d-132.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000022e1d-133.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3016-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1488-136-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3016-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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

pid	Process
3016	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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1081944012-3634099177-1681222835-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.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

pid	Process
3556	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3016	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	79
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3016	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	79
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3016	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	79
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3092	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	87
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3092	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	87
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3092	1488	a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe	87
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3556	3092	cmd.exe	89
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3556	3092	cmd.exe	89
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3556	3092	cmd.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1488
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:3016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a0320a4d93cc8b080f0172e53e112d314c644e52843fef9cf9607b3c8097d4ce.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3092
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:3556

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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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 864KB
SHA256 03057fb6bc1f8f1b41fe88c1baa0e92b7262bddd169bd5d04f6876d6ae1acbfc
MD5 3de57a5cf432f3df122b061f9cefa478
SHA1 03d09cfac0cb2cc21bf37647ce04ac11188d829b
SHA512 a573ce00f9e047490fff1d881cafc150b74247a88f47c6302924c458780cb8fad563df95a177c562dceee7c87bc5ee97566a0e5e7f841f6f1d4eecf210fb33f3
SSDEEP 12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csV5f1bYQog9hVnl:g4+wlYBsb3zNs5f1bYInVnl
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 864KB
SHA256 03057fb6bc1f8f1b41fe88c1baa0e92b7262bddd169bd5d04f6876d6ae1acbfc
MD5 3de57a5cf432f3df122b061f9cefa478
SHA1 03d09cfac0cb2cc21bf37647ce04ac11188d829b
SHA512 a573ce00f9e047490fff1d881cafc150b74247a88f47c6302924c458780cb8fad563df95a177c562dceee7c87bc5ee97566a0e5e7f841f6f1d4eecf210fb33f3
SSDEEP 12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csV5f1bYQog9hVnl:g4+wlYBsb3zNs5f1bYInVnl
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/1488-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/1488-136-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/3016-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/3016-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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