sakula | ad73530fe5b6e5da26767221bf65acb87fc4a76fcb95286f746d091975d1f15c

General

Target

NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe
Size

256KB
MD5

89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0
SHA1

c9f0647b7c062183e617b552c69b34d76c40013f
SHA256

ad73530fe5b6e5da26767221bf65acb87fc4a76fcb95286f746d091975d1f15c
SHA512

3ce54ca0e3f293f2264731bdbbaf67832ab1670cb2a5f075bfbd05c7f3f1ec484fe91241a8dff5af9abb771d20ea737c1ebc02b7e831778685727da301693fcd
SSDEEP

6144:rHkZeUwBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/k:TkZbw8EYiBlg

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/4844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4708-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4844-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4708-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-356073083-3299209671-3108880702-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4708 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4708	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.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.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.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.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

3904 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4844 NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe

pid	process
3904	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 4708	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 4708	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 4708	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 1640	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 1640	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 1640	4844	NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 3904	1640	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 3904	1640	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1640 wrote to memory of 3904	1640	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4844

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4708

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.89832a7f0f4798e0b28bb43e54a70aa0.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1640

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3904

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\MF00E5G4\gcgywcak-2001806803[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
256KB

MD5
c09725571c9333dc9eba586e7c8a016d

SHA1
09bf4cdb18221076695d9dbe65b13cfc1444ecad

SHA256
d384b0de6e366a3c0afeb70bf6b78316c3ec963ed229dc1571a25b3286236d34

SHA512
2924b7f30a2dbc19c8790df3a49c7ce9e6387df25116876aae2eb5502cb92d0fc4918c70fe2b85e331c7a96387142776049e3df65c9f18f43d8a896396ae1bfc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
256KB

MD5
c09725571c9333dc9eba586e7c8a016d

SHA1
09bf4cdb18221076695d9dbe65b13cfc1444ecad

SHA256
d384b0de6e366a3c0afeb70bf6b78316c3ec963ed229dc1571a25b3286236d34

SHA512
2924b7f30a2dbc19c8790df3a49c7ce9e6387df25116876aae2eb5502cb92d0fc4918c70fe2b85e331c7a96387142776049e3df65c9f18f43d8a896396ae1bfc

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memory/4708-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4708-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4844-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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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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