sakula | 7f971ed52d434ccec2340a459bed7a65981649f322031aabbfe14deeaddb3436

General

Target
NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe
Size 144KB
Sample231007-n8qltaeb88
SHA256 7f971ed52d434ccec2340a459bed7a65981649f322031aabbfe14deeaddb3436
MD5 ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0
SHA1 8007d6798d96fefffd66c1d3a80a6c932d6e4b8e
SHA512 5b67452743fd1300174b31005e88da3b862d9fb91d684fbdd8c6f49d92a32847e33bd209fd3621039090b09d9c889df122f134ede8c734c72e2504e1fd6090e0
SSDEEP 1536:mQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+mdz30rtr8gjXjp09y9x0:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9S
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan upx

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 7 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023246-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023246-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2844-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2788-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1141987721-3945596982-3297311814-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2844	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023246-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023246-4.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2844-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2788-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

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"	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.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

pid	Process
3008	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2844	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	85
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2844	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	85
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2844	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	85
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 4928	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	97
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 4928	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	97
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 4928	2788	NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe	97
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 3008	4928	cmd.exe	99
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 3008	4928	cmd.exe	99
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 3008	4928	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2788
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2844
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.ee2ee71c9cc7f06d1c89adf1a8dd68a0_JC.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4928
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:3008

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

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 144KB
SHA256 ecd499daada95c14cc1650193209f0c4afac9fdfe7fb824b608b3362dedcd5d9
MD5 22f090318f14dcaa294374056f99a1b0
SHA1 a5187b2843abdddde59d4ccba5e5bdfde77ee2ea
SHA512 5dcfd60e4387ed72a34306623c51da24a3904350eabc1040da4b4f5028791e8d5dd6dde8921befe8b2aa2bffe3238a109a349875a2090ffb8361224790b76888
SSDEEP 1536:mQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+mdz30rtr8gjXjp09y9x8:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9K
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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 144KB
SHA256 ecd499daada95c14cc1650193209f0c4afac9fdfe7fb824b608b3362dedcd5d9
MD5 22f090318f14dcaa294374056f99a1b0
SHA1 a5187b2843abdddde59d4ccba5e5bdfde77ee2ea
SHA512 5dcfd60e4387ed72a34306623c51da24a3904350eabc1040da4b4f5028791e8d5dd6dde8921befe8b2aa2bffe3238a109a349875a2090ffb8361224790b76888
SSDEEP 1536:mQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+mdz30rtr8gjXjp09y9x8:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9K
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memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

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memory/2788-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

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memory/2788-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

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memory/2844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

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memory/2844-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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