sakula | 131c45691ffed3a1896f9f412a4b50298f1778068bafae96cdd90ceb04dc22d6

General

Target

NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe
Size

190KB
MD5

86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470
SHA1

19a1ad0cf4ee5947c82bb81cf6b1bf4b1035bb15
SHA256

131c45691ffed3a1896f9f412a4b50298f1778068bafae96cdd90ceb04dc22d6
SHA512

6527729b443e693aa1168d6bc9e715e5cefad06953cbc6e599adb3aff0f66667916bfcd7b1334626553d0cef079d6d6f026f526afafb0cca0daa6a8ed2d43aa8
SSDEEP

3072:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9T7uZwOuz/xS0:929qRfVSnA30B7XjUbwBxF

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 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2964-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2964-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2964-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

2476 cmd.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2652 MediaCenter.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

pid process

2964 NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

pid	process
2476	cmd.exe

pid	process
2652	MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2964-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2964-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.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"	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.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

2220 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2964 NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

pid	process
2220	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2652	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2652	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2652	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2652	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2476	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2476	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2476	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2476	2964	NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2476 wrote to memory of 2220	2476	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2476 wrote to memory of 2220	2476	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2476 wrote to memory of 2220	2476	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2476 wrote to memory of 2220	2476	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2964

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2652

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.86f540cb1a64b17ab32196c9382f1470.exe"
2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2476

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2220

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
190KB

MD5
43760fb875801efd5c20c1a1c829f156

SHA1
fb681fb8ea001516bb690f7601518836c8fa0475

SHA256
c0d3cf2e5d8837d2178159f2f5f2f3a57d90843ee20f5bd3774b79aefed4784e

SHA512
de7415508792ea86e6e6457700b6e638b4c2b2b89e1d079e79b3878b84ee0188b696bca351ed2484f01920a662636455524031fddc54936c259467e5c2a096c1

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
190KB

MD5
43760fb875801efd5c20c1a1c829f156

SHA1
fb681fb8ea001516bb690f7601518836c8fa0475

SHA256
c0d3cf2e5d8837d2178159f2f5f2f3a57d90843ee20f5bd3774b79aefed4784e

SHA512
de7415508792ea86e6e6457700b6e638b4c2b2b89e1d079e79b3878b84ee0188b696bca351ed2484f01920a662636455524031fddc54936c259467e5c2a096c1

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memory/2652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2964-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2964-6-0x0000000001B60000-0x0000000001B85000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2964-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2964-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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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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