sakula | d0fa3cac57ce1f2751239db1c862425eacba97198be659a65541f00e3fbbe67c

General

Target

NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe
Size

190KB
MD5

bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440
SHA1

61a4a45a643162246ce5759a3872142aac033d34
SHA256

d0fa3cac57ce1f2751239db1c862425eacba97198be659a65541f00e3fbbe67c
SHA512

884e2eef1e5fae3dcb43c0b464be69c5e4caf556c17566159d50ca13f6f5751d136a82fe573dd740c56ba64b0f129fd17d95bdde34904b1d4a0b93ebaaa3337f
SSDEEP

3072:929DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjXjp+y9T7uZwOuz/xSj:929qRfVSnA30B7XjUbwBxO

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/416-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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/5104-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/416-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5104-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/416-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1873812795-1433807462-1429862679-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

5104 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
5104	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/416-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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/5104-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/416-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5104-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/416-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.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.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.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

3608 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 416 NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe

pid	process
3608	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 416 wrote to memory of 5104	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 416 wrote to memory of 5104	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 416 wrote to memory of 5104	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 416 wrote to memory of 2344	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	cmd.exe
PID 416 wrote to memory of 2344	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	cmd.exe
PID 416 wrote to memory of 2344	416	NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 3608	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 3608	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2344 wrote to memory of 3608	2344	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:416

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5104

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.bed60eda7a4d8f06566e22d744209440.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2344

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3608

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
190KB

MD5
3d33956d978a37f22c7d0ce030e96a74

SHA1
72716f0ac175b1cfdf1b72f910960a090e84c9ad

SHA256
73950df379deb5d7f340844cfe1159017a7fcf183b88536a5677ac3fb168d655

SHA512
d9cf46ba0ac1db70d90140e9bf61f5d43a28a82529dfbda86448eb79dcbb037c5dec0c08c45ddb0254a58b56c4f1f52df6038e9226e12e9cceaf09a4c2d5ed67

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

MD5
3d33956d978a37f22c7d0ce030e96a74

SHA1
72716f0ac175b1cfdf1b72f910960a090e84c9ad

SHA256
73950df379deb5d7f340844cfe1159017a7fcf183b88536a5677ac3fb168d655

SHA512
d9cf46ba0ac1db70d90140e9bf61f5d43a28a82529dfbda86448eb79dcbb037c5dec0c08c45ddb0254a58b56c4f1f52df6038e9226e12e9cceaf09a4c2d5ed67

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memory/416-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/416-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/416-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/5104-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/5104-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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