sakula | 1e0c552ef01c5efea7c317a864b31b63fdd73b5651e1f3f268dc7a8f7a8205b5

General

Target

NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe
Size

64KB
MD5

ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00
SHA1

0698a3a66061066d67be0721c1f204a1b0efd1fc
SHA256

1e0c552ef01c5efea7c317a864b31b63fdd73b5651e1f3f268dc7a8f7a8205b5
SHA512

015a589c4fb3e846152a3219843bcbf0693998633c9fa058b74794b11d250d69c607c49165e3a78da891e2349ef2283b2fad248339f6fe16c2d718bc64cb80af
SSDEEP

768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeID:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkruy

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/2448-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/264-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2448-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/264-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2231940048-779848787-2990559741-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

264 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
264	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.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.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.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.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

3428 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2448 NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe

pid	process
3428	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 264	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 264	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 264	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 1684	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 1684	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 1684	2448	NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 3428	1684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 3428	1684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 3428	1684	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2448

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:264

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.ec345be9d2794737fcfe1aa1c146ca00.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1684

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3428

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\2JBMCFQZ\qljmwscw848324780[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
64KB

MD5
6f11c562b11de40c0798dd037fc09c25

SHA1
c28c27c931e217143030220a09701d18f7ffc2fc

SHA256
05575815f40bf4b19221bd15dedb1cd7a62c804951f1aad9f4eb174b639adae0

SHA512
48d0f58d7e2d100fd89a09b1037d63498abc7ef3ed4921f8ed9246c36462af03e74576d113925d40b50711b631ba1e76df79393836963f1b4f3ade60fa9f657d

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

MD5
6f11c562b11de40c0798dd037fc09c25

SHA1
c28c27c931e217143030220a09701d18f7ffc2fc

SHA256
05575815f40bf4b19221bd15dedb1cd7a62c804951f1aad9f4eb174b639adae0

SHA512
48d0f58d7e2d100fd89a09b1037d63498abc7ef3ed4921f8ed9246c36462af03e74576d113925d40b50711b631ba1e76df79393836963f1b4f3ade60fa9f657d

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memory/264-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/264-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2448-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2448-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2448-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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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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