sakula | f3f4e690f55d8246bbb2c456dba2b551fa77ecedf273b83480f2e0f37f1219c0

General

Target

easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe
Size

418KB
MD5

1ab5eb4a17127c6b5e4ae15a8757737c
SHA1

e3a9ef10f4badc0904f8be060945c5fab383ac49
SHA256

f3f4e690f55d8246bbb2c456dba2b551fa77ecedf273b83480f2e0f37f1219c0
SHA512

ebe284500429696a15351ee24be0683a1a0380d0cd9298504f2ef363cc94d31bbbe65721d47b04801a1319d4114497240acd7747415e41d1cc4c42669ccb0f2a
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/TU7kn5f:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105i

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 6 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/4556-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4920-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4556-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4920-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

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:

easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3195054982-4292022746-1467505928-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4920 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4920	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.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"	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

4224 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4556 easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

pid	process
4224	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4920	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4920	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4920	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2320	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2320	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2320	4556	easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4224	2320	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4224	2320	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4224	2320	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4556
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4920
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\easyMalicious04f2c26a27bc.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2320
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:4224

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\5XLATO3O\tofqfhpu1485571864[1].htm

Filesize
2KB

MD5
3ac1fc7278c765add6f2269379304bfb

SHA1
c3236a35a4dc17b01e1149509366ad4130a52c99

SHA256
af9c53bac5e14a69633b395f7477afda25406901cf2c14d9e3aea0aa41060515

SHA512
33481a9019f54481e81d802694dda986632e11f55784c657b0440ade5e95e7c61fa338731337aaa4e088fd101ddacbb182e9b1b97d7eca1e0fde2331094d9ed9

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

Filesize
418KB

MD5
3f132e43ac6243b08e43872a33ab42ce

SHA1
7b96e172caf5447bcde6394d3a18f8c0c0d24124

SHA256
9906218eed7036fd4ef53456be165e24b6839b48fb81e4b5dfbe6d67ad0c9cd4

SHA512
9d2549dd3e7becb8c8b4ac2561d70709ec7d60db1ddabdfc1fd8dab560d0dd6db416d54401f4e37da36178828d664f17c9d732322b9d7112f389033472a10204

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

Filesize
418KB

MD5
3f132e43ac6243b08e43872a33ab42ce

SHA1
7b96e172caf5447bcde6394d3a18f8c0c0d24124

SHA256
9906218eed7036fd4ef53456be165e24b6839b48fb81e4b5dfbe6d67ad0c9cd4

SHA512
9d2549dd3e7becb8c8b4ac2561d70709ec7d60db1ddabdfc1fd8dab560d0dd6db416d54401f4e37da36178828d664f17c9d732322b9d7112f389033472a10204

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memory/4556-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4556-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4920-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4920-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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