sakula | 9f2cc213108a119a3fcd93915f48661ba83444906111b7b2af4450973e9cf04c

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
123s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20231215-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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19-12-2023 13:08

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General

Target

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1
SHA1

7be57d066dc49677951de40a198c7a6355cdb8bd
SHA256

9f2cc213108a119a3fcd93915f48661ba83444906111b7b2af4450973e9cf04c
SHA512

b3924098b874a2f537164ae474da9a9052852436d45149909b4516fd6aec63c7b6a5f70d4823ed2b2d1ddc8ed921d33434637111752a62c6b4d11d7e3d0784b2
SSDEEP

49152:o852ZjeUNZZH46HsnHVT5ZA+acdD6xXTI1:oU6eUNZZJHsHj

Score

10^/10

sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	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:

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3791175113-1062217823-1177695025-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

960 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
960	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.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"	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.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

2964 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2184 2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe

pid	process
2964	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 960	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 960	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 960	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 1856	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 1856	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 1856	2184	2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 2964	1856	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 2964	1856	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 2964	1856	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2184

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:960

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2db67f0f93300be187b2efd34afc82b1.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1856

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2964

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\DQ2SYU15\gfoxswdz478235458[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
3.6MB

MD5
2354d1fde87b95552e5bc1ecc6c74391

SHA1
8132fca3556b87b890d56db663cb95625630e93d

SHA256
854eebff1386f35ce712922dfc99cdd0f371546e8d44cbd564e40248c1068733

SHA512
a3573b0c20c115ad294ece8213a66cfb5bf1e45eda27f8f264fb6b1dbedfb8a6770c8e16ad06f08d5386f4d65f65b5a925c1bd658f10fdc3669d325cfcc7817a

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