sakula | 6be9d41efeac1beec127985643e3f6433345a7b01a0bfe4393f2a31359b6e5b9

General

Target

NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe
Size

300KB
MD5

3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0
SHA1

582c3bf2b95795ab9d7f9895b99391a965798382
SHA256

6be9d41efeac1beec127985643e3f6433345a7b01a0bfe4393f2a31359b6e5b9
SHA512

72efd6e8c25e8f5b138364874de31e7029e293d44025535dfefe681f691c3b56608ad383e4fb0b8c85f1cc63072095ce05b8c0886e5e4ddcfef1fb7f9bb4e4a7
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/h:0RfQn+w8EYiBld

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 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4936-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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/4936-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1776-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3125601242-331447593-1512828465-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

1776 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1776	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.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.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.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.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

1740 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe

pid	process
1740	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 1776	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 1776	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 1776	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 4408	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 4408	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4936 wrote to memory of 4408	4936	NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1740	4408	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1740	4408	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1740	4408	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4936

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1776

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.3b1540ceaaa6d031ddec8b4137f2caf0.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4408

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1740

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
300KB

MD5
430153547698f2f4e014fafe491c0587

SHA1
2dec5256eecce4483587792edf7f992b00bfa540

SHA256
b056c3510bb2730cfae79e23c9bf5296452a6164c003a8973e374e88ec0eea12

SHA512
255e6e8334b86218514f9238953d09fc881f3e672d505308050d9502b5b4fab1a4a012c563c9a2aa506dbe74d28fa037bc8bfca99fa949cb61b9999e35626bcf

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
300KB

MD5
430153547698f2f4e014fafe491c0587

SHA1
2dec5256eecce4483587792edf7f992b00bfa540

SHA256
b056c3510bb2730cfae79e23c9bf5296452a6164c003a8973e374e88ec0eea12

SHA512
255e6e8334b86218514f9238953d09fc881f3e672d505308050d9502b5b4fab1a4a012c563c9a2aa506dbe74d28fa037bc8bfca99fa949cb61b9999e35626bcf

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memory/1776-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4936-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4936-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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