sakula | 07fe46f6d97a8ea77ad9c0c64391dd73a67536e27e48d619ba9d987c79487e29

General

Target

NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe
Size

100KB
MD5

8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30
SHA1

e0863599d991c7b16b77eb1c604018ca5dc875fb
SHA256

07fe46f6d97a8ea77ad9c0c64391dd73a67536e27e48d619ba9d987c79487e29
SHA512

c307a36d4833739d1032a3e94341cdebba9ffed623837d6e5d0401ee093a7fd89d02994d425d11ca504b19f1e828b3d3db0233f4f8bb863d93a504ef8898d2f1
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtrsxL:c0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BoxL

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula payload 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4488-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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/4488-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5064-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4488-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2231940048-779848787-2990559741-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

5064 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
5064	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.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.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.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.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

944 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4488 NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe

pid	process
944	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5064	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5064	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5064	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5036	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5036	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 5036	4488	NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5036 wrote to memory of 944	5036	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 5036 wrote to memory of 944	5036	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 5036 wrote to memory of 944	5036	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4488

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5064

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.8f42e1693846cc01e1f85c0174114f30.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5036

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:944

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
100KB

MD5
227ca40c3e5203b0c4faf564543c2b6a

SHA1
ccc54f55107b2bfd752f412e88bdb9a0bc46167e

SHA256
7bef1747d4916e73c718d7171d9634b4f67ad6e1f7d7d4ef4a7f77834dc638f7

SHA512
326631776aca15733a8d7188b2214b03b97112749552604f4edc52f3ffcc6fbf74a808400b67df3df67bc719effde5174edda8b2fa77894a2a2c74d7ab36965d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
100KB

MD5
227ca40c3e5203b0c4faf564543c2b6a

SHA1
ccc54f55107b2bfd752f412e88bdb9a0bc46167e

SHA256
7bef1747d4916e73c718d7171d9634b4f67ad6e1f7d7d4ef4a7f77834dc638f7

SHA512
326631776aca15733a8d7188b2214b03b97112749552604f4edc52f3ffcc6fbf74a808400b67df3df67bc719effde5174edda8b2fa77894a2a2c74d7ab36965d

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memory/4488-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4488-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4488-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/5064-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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