sakula | e0ddf1c40d03499d27db1420b83de2da1fdd609c8463faee3b7bfd6e62c42f0e

General

Target
NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe
Size 212KB
Sample231014-whfb6aae5v
SHA256 e0ddf1c40d03499d27db1420b83de2da1fdd609c8463faee3b7bfd6e62c42f0e
MD5 53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0
SHA1 408185b166aee1c29eb805df03711789b42a2936
SHA512 d8969498e845bd841739f3db4631ed088907512dce20181d7985324b10707252a35534d46f59c251deb7b88563bb6aa8af15c9903ac7d17c679f951145208358
SSDEEP 1536:NtQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX++pdz30rtr8gjXjp0GanBH:A29DkEGRQixVSjLc130BYgjXjpUnBH
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/3604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000231f4-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000231f4-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1172-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1172-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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-1-5-21-3027552071-446050021-1254071215-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1172	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000231f4-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/files/0x00070000000231f4-4.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1172-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1172-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.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
500	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1172	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	84
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1172	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	84
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1172	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	84
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1168	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	97
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1168	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	97
PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1168	3604	NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe	97
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 500	1168	cmd.exe	99
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 500	1168	cmd.exe	99
PID 1168 wrote to memory of 500	1168	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3604
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:1172
- 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.53f3cbe3b6506b5c5eb1fc23e421b6e0.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1168
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:500

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 212KB
SHA256 493bde58b29403ef82046622881510eb264c90de2fe4e46559757eb301abab6f
MD5 e82f2f1b75123e35eb5980ba73ef992c
SHA1 d93e4a1e68243f8c5c6b3e719b52a40017c8056d
SHA512 13f0d6c7a50780dfd1c6f23a9aee06e0d849170d3a3da31628e6cfcab4c7a9de6eb5e86c0d597fb9deee5643aa36b3694a1fc46c08e221a17938f973e687fa77
SSDEEP 1536:NtQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX++pdz30rtr8gjXjp0GanBc:A29DkEGRQixVSjLc130BYgjXjpUnBc
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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 212KB
SHA256 493bde58b29403ef82046622881510eb264c90de2fe4e46559757eb301abab6f
MD5 e82f2f1b75123e35eb5980ba73ef992c
SHA1 d93e4a1e68243f8c5c6b3e719b52a40017c8056d
SHA512 13f0d6c7a50780dfd1c6f23a9aee06e0d849170d3a3da31628e6cfcab4c7a9de6eb5e86c0d597fb9deee5643aa36b3694a1fc46c08e221a17938f973e687fa77
SSDEEP 1536:NtQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX++pdz30rtr8gjXjp0GanBc:A29DkEGRQixVSjLc130BYgjXjpUnBc
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memory/1172-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

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memory/1172-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

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memory/3604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

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memory/3604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

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memory/3604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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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