sakula | f41a9a675ff20d36a44807251ea9bb83d550eec1d7a3a26941b15ffdf91f2849

General

Target

NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe
Size

64KB
MD5

bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790
SHA1

b3efea09b35b20d7bc8c32ca4ad62228b3206890
SHA256

f41a9a675ff20d36a44807251ea9bb83d550eec1d7a3a26941b15ffdf91f2849
SHA512

2ad4ab7f0b466faca48af5254c5b99f06b8fe92459bb8413c41d8ec1fc1c9a3936c6f90eb18197d4f33d837ba6949134de27be0e76135af390237b1c082aa3fa
SSDEEP

768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeIy:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkruf

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 4 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3824-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3852-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3824-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3852-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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:

NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3811856890-180006922-3689258494-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3852 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3852	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.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.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.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

1204 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3824 NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe

pid	process
1204	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3852	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3852	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3852	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 1392	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 1392	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 1392	3824	NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 1204	1392	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 1204	1392	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 1204	1392	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3824

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3852

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.bc968dac388db53840b818765da36790.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1392

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1204

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\X7JAO703\dbyzrloo618129010[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
64KB

MD5
b1ff39a01a1d5be705e229da7f87943c

SHA1
749731892c46d5f02dbbc0d23b10097b9cd2668f

SHA256
fcc55ad97d77bd4eb87bd8ac80a3166fec08ea6eab5f1746df5670ecd7c39cb9

SHA512
45951d1db27a3753af6906318b42902546aacfdadc9151e519545ff67cbb07f7df9c089923c88ad25e04915b94d171becc157db5480957b1ca7134b8bc76064d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
64KB

MD5
b1ff39a01a1d5be705e229da7f87943c

SHA1
749731892c46d5f02dbbc0d23b10097b9cd2668f

SHA256
fcc55ad97d77bd4eb87bd8ac80a3166fec08ea6eab5f1746df5670ecd7c39cb9

SHA512
45951d1db27a3753af6906318b42902546aacfdadc9151e519545ff67cbb07f7df9c089923c88ad25e04915b94d171becc157db5480957b1ca7134b8bc76064d

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memory/3824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3824-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3824-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3852-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3852-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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