sakula | f2e3bc0ae905acad289c70f632e6600e7a01cef2ad236246ef6331bc7dc3e7f4

General

Target

NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe
Size

64KB
MD5

289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195
SHA1

4b8200777dbb3726c757fc42230ade0793af9547
SHA256

f2e3bc0ae905acad289c70f632e6600e7a01cef2ad236246ef6331bc7dc3e7f4
SHA512

22b9195c694fd9edd76076b1e7ee8941002d18e09252d5ee4d7692385acd569887c7aeff3d78e600361ba2ef958390dbf64d95e6d23aeb87c57cd52612027c42
SSDEEP

768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeIG:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkru3

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/2464-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3516-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2464-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3516-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2231940048-779848787-2990559741-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3516 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3516	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.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.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.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.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

1020 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2464 NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe

pid	process
1020	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 3516	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 3516	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 3516	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 1876	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 1876	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 1876	2464	NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 1020	1876	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 1020	1876	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1876 wrote to memory of 1020	1876	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEAS.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2464

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3516

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.289a73e9d42e388e6c5cafb7c97e7195.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1876

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1020

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\2JBMCFQZ\qljmwscw-1891161833[1].htm
Filesize
1KB

MD5
e507b6db861216a44b75378e63fbf065

SHA1
39215c521f8f24d158a7937442102db64e2ad150

SHA256
f24b19277b603c95eee4c2e9cd4880b3cd25b7efae2c53a7953137215fd38568

SHA512
11f384c722ab2128bfa6a211321f1ed9c7b9a469dbd85ecf253aca9ec1251d53ed4ca11bca50a3c134b3fab4439def0b5e85accca0bddd0d804a7d24a1d13d30

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

MD5
8c521434e7b48fc20a58484f06bf3996

SHA1
f4299c7e12401bcb878a61c6dabc7678521f0196

SHA256
d2542494e88bb11523ecc332c22b5fdd28fcf442cff8aca18cee0e5763aa8937

SHA512
934857cab5e8cfa042666bf08cd603d577c45ec837db46bac5d8d54d5947b872e7f6905d987d876cf285e1ec1f0510ac88e04a51cce96d0901f4736219df1a6c

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

MD5
8c521434e7b48fc20a58484f06bf3996

SHA1
f4299c7e12401bcb878a61c6dabc7678521f0196

SHA256
d2542494e88bb11523ecc332c22b5fdd28fcf442cff8aca18cee0e5763aa8937

SHA512
934857cab5e8cfa042666bf08cd603d577c45ec837db46bac5d8d54d5947b872e7f6905d987d876cf285e1ec1f0510ac88e04a51cce96d0901f4736219df1a6c

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memory/2464-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2464-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/2464-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3516-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/3516-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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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