sakula | 09f8bdd7041169a225593f93692e5f6a5610de3339396cd1212349978a05001d

General

Target

NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe
Size

96KB
MD5

0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10
SHA1

0539adc8646842fccb198750f78c201ef0f1bedd
SHA256

09f8bdd7041169a225593f93692e5f6a5610de3339396cd1212349978a05001d
SHA512

acad97f791b7682d39d329eb7fc4efc94e764ed41b74f06a0c3b9eb3c56b950bf49ff2a9a1812f7c707122c1c3520debfd31eabf8e674fb151621cb1540d5971
SSDEEP

1536:rODhc+yBJW0WTU5XM1nJqjp0DNDCkruZqcuOuz/xSL:ku+kJHB8FJqjpq7uZwOuz/xSL

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 4 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1608-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4208-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1608-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4208-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3811856890-180006922-3689258494-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4208 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4208	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1608-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/1608-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4208-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1608-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4208-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.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.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.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

4284 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1608 NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe

pid	process
4284	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4208	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4208	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4208	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4452	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4452	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1608 wrote to memory of 4452	1608	NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4284	4452	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4284	4452	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4452 wrote to memory of 4284	4452	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1608

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4208

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.0364d40f6d2b412a5abd49f3ecde9e10_JC.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4452

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4284

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\X7JAO703\dbyzrloo1116326060[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
96KB

MD5
8400f626ee4b5f4d92fb423bebbae570

SHA1
c9d69d35f83f5578147b038a3e4e685d71d2e061

SHA256
b54a0a026de457d16775bb19a41534b0551be3c55af766556598760d8262396c

SHA512
2cf0099c240062cb00dc28035f91ad6f527a38c0d34be78bc2dbee5af773e326488d86226ce8ee96de674d969bd2886a2c5650ccf99de771ade7cee0597ef622

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
96KB

MD5
8400f626ee4b5f4d92fb423bebbae570

SHA1
c9d69d35f83f5578147b038a3e4e685d71d2e061

SHA256
b54a0a026de457d16775bb19a41534b0551be3c55af766556598760d8262396c

SHA512
2cf0099c240062cb00dc28035f91ad6f527a38c0d34be78bc2dbee5af773e326488d86226ce8ee96de674d969bd2886a2c5650ccf99de771ade7cee0597ef622

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memory/1608-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1608-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1608-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4208-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4208-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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