Malware Analysis Report

2024-12-07 22:08

Sample ID 220707-2fdnfaeffj
Target 438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553
SHA256 438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553
Tags
sakula persistence rat suricata trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

sakula persistence rat suricata trojan

Sakula

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible DEEP PANDA C2 Activity

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible Deep Panda - Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 5

suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast C2 Activity

Executes dropped EXE

Deletes itself

Loads dropped DLL

Adds Run key to start application

Modifies registry key

Runs ping.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2022-07-07 22:31

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-07-07 22:31

Reported

2022-07-07 23:30

Platform

win7-20220414-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

192s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible DEEP PANDA C2 Activity

suricata

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible Deep Panda - Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 5

suricata

suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast C2 Activity

suricata

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A

Modifies registry key

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1064 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1064 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1064 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1064 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 1208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 2040 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1380 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1380 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1380 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 1064 wrote to memory of 1380 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 932 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 932 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 932 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 932 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "MicroMedia" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

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

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

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe

reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "MicroMedia" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 vpn.premrera.com udp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp

Files

memory/1524-54-0x0000000076851000-0x0000000076853000-memory.dmp

memory/1524-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/1524-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/1524-57-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/1064-58-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1208-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/2040-60-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1992-64-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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

MD5 4fc6f86c8e5cb0c12927f68233452b83
SHA1 281a10a62213c948fa383441d56a5fdae38fadd9
SHA256 1d172d124b85716c8f3a277bd741ae92a30308b1f69eeffbfd6314efdd3aaa16
SHA512 d5da1acdbed1d6444d743cefbde9f410e133a3ba25b5001a5dce75a9e46e468f55bb3bc4cff83ee2b7f7488cf4e1e4663888be33a02ee1b2820a237f4c59b337

memory/1380-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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

MD5 4fc6f86c8e5cb0c12927f68233452b83
SHA1 281a10a62213c948fa383441d56a5fdae38fadd9
SHA256 1d172d124b85716c8f3a277bd741ae92a30308b1f69eeffbfd6314efdd3aaa16
SHA512 d5da1acdbed1d6444d743cefbde9f410e133a3ba25b5001a5dce75a9e46e468f55bb3bc4cff83ee2b7f7488cf4e1e4663888be33a02ee1b2820a237f4c59b337

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

MD5 4fc6f86c8e5cb0c12927f68233452b83
SHA1 281a10a62213c948fa383441d56a5fdae38fadd9
SHA256 1d172d124b85716c8f3a277bd741ae92a30308b1f69eeffbfd6314efdd3aaa16
SHA512 d5da1acdbed1d6444d743cefbde9f410e133a3ba25b5001a5dce75a9e46e468f55bb3bc4cff83ee2b7f7488cf4e1e4663888be33a02ee1b2820a237f4c59b337

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

MD5 4fc6f86c8e5cb0c12927f68233452b83
SHA1 281a10a62213c948fa383441d56a5fdae38fadd9
SHA256 1d172d124b85716c8f3a277bd741ae92a30308b1f69eeffbfd6314efdd3aaa16
SHA512 d5da1acdbed1d6444d743cefbde9f410e133a3ba25b5001a5dce75a9e46e468f55bb3bc4cff83ee2b7f7488cf4e1e4663888be33a02ee1b2820a237f4c59b337

memory/932-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1208-69-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DB000-memory.dmp

memory/1208-70-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DB000-memory.dmp

memory/1208-71-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DB000-memory.dmp

memory/1992-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-07-07 22:31

Reported

2022-07-07 23:30

Platform

win10v2004-20220414-en

Max time kernel

139s

Max time network

143s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible DEEP PANDA C2 Activity

suricata

suricata: ET MALWARE Possible Deep Panda - Sakula/Mivast RAT CnC Beacon 5

suricata

suricata: ET MALWARE Sakula/Mivast C2 Activity

suricata

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A

Modifies registry key

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4244 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4244 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4244 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4216 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4216 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4216 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 4208 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 5080 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 5080 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 4244 wrote to memory of 5080 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3320 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3320 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 4208 wrote to memory of 3320 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 4216 wrote to memory of 4264 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 4216 wrote to memory of 4264 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 4216 wrote to memory of 4264 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "MicroMedia" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\438f9ed2b694491948810fa0d58203501535c5648b96ae6bc2870f2c83d02553.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe

reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "MicroMedia" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe"

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

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

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
US 52.109.12.18:443 tcp
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
US 209.197.3.8:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 vpn.premrera.com udp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 20.189.173.6:443 tcp
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
NL 8.238.23.254:80 tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp
US 208.91.197.27:443 vpn.premrera.com tcp

Files

memory/4256-130-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/4244-131-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/4216-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/4208-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/4256-134-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/5080-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3320-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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

MD5 5ea51deba882201767343626743a64b3
SHA1 a860528cac8b557bc865b12123ea8990764fb134
SHA256 8cdd24bc06be10709dc04342b5746789735cc2a9d51989683446afba28d7fef1
SHA512 c45e1290594a6a7e433d93a2c5357b79f99552e2671b8d6a83e3b692b1bcea5bf5211a2b4237e6eb9cd2f50fb1c5aaccee3376684289645996f36ccce5b68a43

memory/4264-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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

MD5 5ea51deba882201767343626743a64b3
SHA1 a860528cac8b557bc865b12123ea8990764fb134
SHA256 8cdd24bc06be10709dc04342b5746789735cc2a9d51989683446afba28d7fef1
SHA512 c45e1290594a6a7e433d93a2c5357b79f99552e2671b8d6a83e3b692b1bcea5bf5211a2b4237e6eb9cd2f50fb1c5aaccee3376684289645996f36ccce5b68a43

memory/4264-140-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

memory/4264-141-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp