sakula | c6b206b72d3d925c0f3d71335f95b462cebba31993c0ab7bc04c185886ed73a4

General

Target

NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe
Size

100KB
MD5

9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380
SHA1

6ce50ea29c17a2d3f75a5e0c6f2dc8ada124b4b3
SHA256

c6b206b72d3d925c0f3d71335f95b462cebba31993c0ab7bc04c185886ed73a4
SHA512

a3fbcf68d975b162a326e275d59e69270abad7848c6f1bb4d06e850e902982723919bfb7b1a47d11ee0765206b3f0fa7fd42ebbb6ff95000011d61b40369bc21
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtrsx7:c0hpgz6xGhZamyF30Box7

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula payload 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4328-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4328-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4052-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4328-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4052 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4052	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.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.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.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.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

3976 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4328 NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe

pid	process
3976	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 4052	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 4052	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 4052	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 556	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 556	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4328 wrote to memory of 556	4328	NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe	cmd.exe
PID 556 wrote to memory of 3976	556	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 556 wrote to memory of 3976	556	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 556 wrote to memory of 3976	556	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4328

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4052

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.9b5484509eba9951ca1814ef508ff380.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:556

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3976

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\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
100KB

MD5
cc3e7b5f93d50da439a89da96d1f2b8e

SHA1
8e55afe254af47b94c63a7e501468c703d64578d

SHA256
d29b0573d3781741a11ce5617c6c726d9bed1382afc0b6cae32c86068a40bccf

SHA512
2c8b38174d6499a0adaee0e21168f20f7b6fbcc34e814c96ccc1340c5c8faddcc89408dda55b9833799f61e3d544190d172d819aaf578a934c27042673fb535d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
100KB

MD5
cc3e7b5f93d50da439a89da96d1f2b8e

SHA1
8e55afe254af47b94c63a7e501468c703d64578d

SHA256
d29b0573d3781741a11ce5617c6c726d9bed1382afc0b6cae32c86068a40bccf

SHA512
2c8b38174d6499a0adaee0e21168f20f7b6fbcc34e814c96ccc1340c5c8faddcc89408dda55b9833799f61e3d544190d172d819aaf578a934c27042673fb535d

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memory/4052-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4328-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4328-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4328-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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