sakula | 91b8f3cb9a30b6bd4a2e0a4a5ffecb9fe4afb95042ebbc90e8fa860e318e7423

General

Target

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe
Size

212KB
MD5

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960
SHA1

f753297a77a41ff97cf3010cf0fb916170687647
SHA256

91b8f3cb9a30b6bd4a2e0a4a5ffecb9fe4afb95042ebbc90e8fa860e318e7423
SHA512

45143aacebc9dda69e7f81fddbc683b722b0f386d25a81c4721842d5321ca7fe8f6e88c2694346c2d0d7eed5a88b4993c733e51ce82287b13be5352ad9223c61
SSDEEP

1536:NtQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX++pdz30rtr8gjXjp0GanB2:A29DkEGRQixVSjLc130BYgjXjpUnB2

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2020-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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

Processes:

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3027552071-446050021-1254071215-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2020 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2020	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/2020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/4604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2020-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.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"	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.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

4324 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4604 d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe

pid	process
4324	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2020	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2020	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2020	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 4248	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 4248	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 4248	4604	d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 4324	4248	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 4324	4248	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 4324	4248	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4604

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2020

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d047b52ee754cea21227319b12a5b960_exe32.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4248

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4324

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\QHTO49S3\zqhgcpjn-1519258334[1].htm
Filesize
1KB

MD5
b8e5031ea545c52885f5e92f753dfa29

SHA1
caa26c58c4c50e0d1227a7d06b44171e4727c49f

SHA256
a2feeca638d07f490ab9a6808d334259ac823b8dc7d1d6a0408ce977c790bef2

SHA512
0d2e1e0b87a73f95f40d66a83200ea82b2d34f28d3b27aac3bb89a1edf323cfe6b681ce7f21b440880e07706d76fe90f6c8c3bda14b0c82837dee384a89713c5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
212KB

MD5
edd75801230841cfd02e2fad20a927da

SHA1
e3b18fabc7540c2b0eb0e83f5c5e2f50f95687ab

SHA256
9154328ecb110995e64b16397ab95fad517b2139be94bc9928d7b38b012953ef

SHA512
bee80e193f30dcc4f40598f02f084850e81981408c547d5b3399e29216a38c4ff236b9c13a77314b3509f0143a6819c35f09dde0de341f91733521ace6f1cf0d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
212KB

MD5
edd75801230841cfd02e2fad20a927da

SHA1
e3b18fabc7540c2b0eb0e83f5c5e2f50f95687ab

SHA256
9154328ecb110995e64b16397ab95fad517b2139be94bc9928d7b38b012953ef

SHA512
bee80e193f30dcc4f40598f02f084850e81981408c547d5b3399e29216a38c4ff236b9c13a77314b3509f0143a6819c35f09dde0de341f91733521ace6f1cf0d

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memory/2020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/2020-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4604-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4604-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4604-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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