sakula | 8eb494fe027890522becc1f9d15cbc34770b074aebb198c3731009e1f89d3279

General

Target

NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe
Size

190KB
MD5

6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60
SHA1

6a6f8a28447d54439da55330fd6f295a8f169ec9
SHA256

8eb494fe027890522becc1f9d15cbc34770b074aebb198c3731009e1f89d3279
SHA512

2b03ea31bc076b270144d6e64965099e24686b351aa1701f4fc1155be26ce81894ead48fd0754310a5fc0ef35a52d504c298b2b00d6543d2d9a4c3578c5cbf01
SSDEEP

3072:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9T7uZwOuz/xSm:929qRfVSnA30B7XjUbwBxr

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 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4268-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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/4268-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4568-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4268-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3811856890-180006922-3689258494-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4568 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4568	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4268-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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/4268-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4568-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4268-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.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.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.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

2604 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4268 NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe

pid	process
2604	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4568	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4568	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4568	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4044	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4044	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4268 wrote to memory of 4044	4268	NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 2604	4044	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 2604	4044	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 2604	4044	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4268

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4568

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.6193a74e62123c16686b6f2c919f4d60.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4044

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2604

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\X7JAO703\dbyzrloo413211608[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
190KB

MD5
58192173eda4ea951b6b76a6ed73685c

SHA1
cc9562004a6a046454a8c868ad1239af76c64509

SHA256
eb9003e3f215e215669234c419f89527841a576a438335e0318f94b1c65f9a30

SHA512
a7467a8e0845ed351191b93c5c0fddb112e7cd725ae2e1cd3196dac0382531ebe3e66125207046fe656398c7803b2266b5ca35242b43e96dd483fa1c488f0e8a

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
190KB

MD5
58192173eda4ea951b6b76a6ed73685c

SHA1
cc9562004a6a046454a8c868ad1239af76c64509

SHA256
eb9003e3f215e215669234c419f89527841a576a438335e0318f94b1c65f9a30

SHA512
a7467a8e0845ed351191b93c5c0fddb112e7cd725ae2e1cd3196dac0382531ebe3e66125207046fe656398c7803b2266b5ca35242b43e96dd483fa1c488f0e8a

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memory/4268-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4268-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4268-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4568-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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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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