sakula | f5946dfcbda6d479b3ae95c8637581fd0b6e224e53f814c416a45f4bb22291bf

General

Target

NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe
Size

64KB
MD5

7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070
SHA1

85eaae43eb56e191f25263e654469797690ca9c4
SHA256

f5946dfcbda6d479b3ae95c8637581fd0b6e224e53f814c416a45f4bb22291bf
SHA512

e6c650ee097d77252a2d1ad77ae1fd86cc30bec33fe0721339f46f88d0afdc9f70028f0252307880f8f72525ea30ef7f62d7a0a1f28bf45fa68a20ddd24b45ed
SSDEEP

768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeIB:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkruQ

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 4 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4112-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4200-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4112-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4200-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1114462139-3090196418-29517368-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4200 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4200	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.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_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.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_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

4868 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4112 NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe

pid	process
4868	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 4200	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 4200	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 4200	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 2344	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 2344	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4112 wrote to memory of 2344	4112	NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 4868	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 4868	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 4868	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4112

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4200

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.7cd690f6042104c4f9402d224b4b1070_JC.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2344

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4868

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
64KB

MD5
13328d273e5a6254a7a20b4cf5e19af5

SHA1
223a7ebc20e84379a48355555badd207677223af

SHA256
27827ff92875053ff850a7637e3bdd200ca1cf1aa5153cba9bb50053e07dfedd

SHA512
dbf455a45f5378445b53e98770c544a5317c5a2662c9d4d1fe2a93996b213f78c8e3e0f89aa756c282760c2be6e8e017615b04eda8686649a7e95564359ee294

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
64KB

MD5
13328d273e5a6254a7a20b4cf5e19af5

SHA1
223a7ebc20e84379a48355555badd207677223af

SHA256
27827ff92875053ff850a7637e3bdd200ca1cf1aa5153cba9bb50053e07dfedd

SHA512
dbf455a45f5378445b53e98770c544a5317c5a2662c9d4d1fe2a93996b213f78c8e3e0f89aa756c282760c2be6e8e017615b04eda8686649a7e95564359ee294

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memory/4112-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4112-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4112-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4200-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4200-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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