sakula | a66d0fb7716e4c346c9f9692edc86b47ceb2ebd1f38e49ba75f7c2dfe2545631

General

Target

NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe
Size

212KB
MD5

6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0
SHA1

3b4c7f4a44ac6768cdb91956caeffcd090be90a7
SHA256

a66d0fb7716e4c346c9f9692edc86b47ceb2ebd1f38e49ba75f7c2dfe2545631
SHA512

235ea34cca9d85403605b39bd148666efc5d868972082a095c5124311fb69c0e52f59a57093c6f64cf28ca34dcc2850b089746af2bc7aa9f4740199cd663fe2b
SSDEEP

1536:4tQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX++pdz30rtr8gjXjp0danB3:r29DkEGRQixVSjLc130BYgjXjp3nB3

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 7 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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/1900-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1900-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4456-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3125601242-331447593-1512828465-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

1900 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
1900	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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/1900-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1900-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4456-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-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.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.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.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.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

2440 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4456 NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe

pid	process
2440	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1900	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1900	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1900	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1864	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1864	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 1864	4456	NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 2440	1864	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 2440	1864	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 2440	1864	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4456

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1900

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.6aa3dde4b1e581297a432fa5ff138bc0.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1864

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2440

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
212KB

MD5
6a12620f0c9c822d68a56dba7258081e

SHA1
9f20dd764b41ce6df35b40cf154eecc70cd2bf41

SHA256
5f9c418516bde9e6e617b9d15ef2217f76cfbb448b54286f1adf73a819141aa1

SHA512
f2edb3c8c97e1d45ae75331e31e7d9973208bd7d49f1384740b6788a446798c7e376fa5312caadc13589d9d0ae4af542e8750e3cf3dbbf341adae46a23e648de

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
212KB

MD5
6a12620f0c9c822d68a56dba7258081e

SHA1
9f20dd764b41ce6df35b40cf154eecc70cd2bf41

SHA256
5f9c418516bde9e6e617b9d15ef2217f76cfbb448b54286f1adf73a819141aa1

SHA512
f2edb3c8c97e1d45ae75331e31e7d9973208bd7d49f1384740b6788a446798c7e376fa5312caadc13589d9d0ae4af542e8750e3cf3dbbf341adae46a23e648de

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memory/1900-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/1900-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4456-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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