sakula | 1f791301a581f8d2399669541efd67d998a8198fb3f74ee981df4f84e2e28cd9

General

Target

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe
Size

150KB
MD5

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288
SHA1

851a60fce87cc6ac73f16e073a14f067c8b73048
SHA256

1f791301a581f8d2399669541efd67d998a8198fb3f74ee981df4f84e2e28cd9
SHA512

71a7021870787c62fece14a577fa9e5314700b37e121ee1fbdbc5940b512139d562d609578b7ca0ac2d063877727c5741fb6ad3a3fb721f50cf18af8bba7dcb4
SSDEEP

3072:H29DkEGRQixVSjLLJ30BWPOt5dQw+hyuGDInwE:H29qRfVSnt30Bbt+IhDFE

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 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1548-0-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/536-5-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006BF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1548-6-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/536-7-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006BF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1548-8-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-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:

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1815711207-1844170477-3539718864-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

536 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
536	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.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"	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.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

5012 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1548 a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe

pid	process
5012	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 536	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 536	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 536	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1644	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1644	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1644	1548	a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1644 wrote to memory of 5012	1644	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1644 wrote to memory of 5012	1644	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1644 wrote to memory of 5012	1644	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1548

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:536

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fc248b4910ff0e354dfb49b7101288.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1644

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:5012

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\BP0ZYM9B\vzkfqalw537884009[1].htm
Filesize
1KB

MD5
8d4c07efda188f4ca3290b68b7b5c2b4

SHA1
ba392480e4f36eaf02ce8df0e7b3ca86aebbd3ea

SHA256
e27b64c9737988f9d6a1bff653e7de7b46c8150133d6b4e9061b70d70dbde8b4

SHA512
fbbd1b4596151b13a9de1ed87c37783f2e7519c1e0b7f90fe00cba33a848b538fcb8474d0975fb18568085e81e84053d4ec2f18021fcc76cda68e0b808ed2ef2

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
150KB

MD5
2e49672509613deb434b9835195fb899

SHA1
da70f41b124a18e17e1fd5a30b1dd6bf0eca732a

SHA256
b33a5f854b8a17cffec774082d9abe97680218f988681c3d79a9a294f238fe3b

SHA512
3a4c8a8b29df3a86cc5e1d82ac914cfe80c216d3e2e93efe4578d3b3e53926eda9b02ee5664e32a812be082c1e2fc3aaeb7efe4dfb97e9fe89fb0ed7fc32dde3

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memory/536-5-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/536-7-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

Download
memory/1548-0-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/1548-6-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/1548-8-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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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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