sakula | 9cf5b7e6c062f3c69bb62aabb2482c874f191db3f73430829c020c89bfcbc86b

General

Target

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe
Size

392KB
MD5

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615
SHA1

eb1e1b7f458ff0a2b1cc64f6259e83fd550aa4cf
SHA256

9cf5b7e6c062f3c69bb62aabb2482c874f191db3f73430829c020c89bfcbc86b
SHA512

f3d41a86d516e808c010864b92214c749026f6a47bea20a9471f96ca9c77fc9089783e0b9a84805299436ae3b340619e396ede39b165797fd1ce2f4fb3069370
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/TU7kn5q:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105L

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 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1680-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2892-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1680-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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:

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3336304223-2978740688-3645194410-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2892 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2892	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.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"	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.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

1788 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1680 078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe

pid	process
1788	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2892	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2892	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2892	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 1616	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 1616	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 1616	1680	078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 1788	1616	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 1788	1616	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 1788	1616	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1680

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\078a5da4c145b02ce91f8788232a3615.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1616

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1788

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\BPK32G26\sznrdvbh438275546[1].htm
Filesize
1KB

MD5
8d4c07efda188f4ca3290b68b7b5c2b4

SHA1
ba392480e4f36eaf02ce8df0e7b3ca86aebbd3ea

SHA256
e27b64c9737988f9d6a1bff653e7de7b46c8150133d6b4e9061b70d70dbde8b4

SHA512
fbbd1b4596151b13a9de1ed87c37783f2e7519c1e0b7f90fe00cba33a848b538fcb8474d0975fb18568085e81e84053d4ec2f18021fcc76cda68e0b808ed2ef2

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
392KB

MD5
6adfe8fd0a153679ac7d951129e3603d

SHA1
ab874591655158e937d5d8ca591536232269de5e

SHA256
fedce949175461eab771e04e600f201e5351c272dd47d65ed4b78712cbb098b7

SHA512
d0d29ff1a0b01c4594c7f848dec2b0d91608abe8032fe3287510b83b0c28726ee55b4f3871ae1c6cf4f9b26178b6a5a16c347fc8533ac8534ccdd08d230c0ab8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Filesize
299KB

MD5
1118cb771b7b6f206477d4aceca72bbc

SHA1
f83e45d616c40db55b3c51946239463b9bd2f231

SHA256
f9dd251ca411c4c05ec055a9e7ba0c2bf04674a24abf389013719c938e51a8c0

SHA512
04db0956161d79cb9d6a99b68f7d9ce20bed73b51dfdc0925432441f04e48f91b285f6f469b42eac63b4b0c13b63ee857c4176276b47fe0403d065b9c4f4cc4f

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memory/1680-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/1680-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2892-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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