sakula | b23919cbd230fb0c8e79ccfa9fea3710187b773b546be657770fb5f99874b915

General

Target

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe
Size

517KB
MD5

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159
SHA1

ac3cd9b2f6c1d3e2061455ae0bbbd9168463a26f
SHA256

b23919cbd230fb0c8e79ccfa9fea3710187b773b546be657770fb5f99874b915
SHA512

dcfe757cb3143a563e5b0e8d4bec35c65944e868749c0e5129aa54cae5368094bf633e6627a01091056850cb1065f7bfeabc6c8879a4eb022502b6376fd66df0
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csVej:g4+wlYBsb3zNsm

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/2896-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5004-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2896-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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:

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1815711207-1844170477-3539718864-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

5004 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
5004	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.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"	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.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

4820 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2896 73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe

pid	process
4820	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 5004	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 5004	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 5004	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 4848	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 4848	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 4848	2896	73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4848 wrote to memory of 4820	4848	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4848 wrote to memory of 4820	4848	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4848 wrote to memory of 4820	4848	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2896

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5004

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73526589581b2455a7fbee2deea4d159.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4848

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:4820

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\BP0ZYM9B\vzkfqalw412275303[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
517KB

MD5
2c838c1bab4e1cc746f19db70e207693

SHA1
f108e46be39660152a9c0f436786f26ed8a90a7e

SHA256
d5db4b21cff65c00c12314ffe050260f24917d75ffaa402c68df8db29c4412ed

SHA512
6d915c7305532f99735ea65a8db2b05d766a3423285b8831152fe2b3a52e697cec4a04821589592baa69596c6a59cb82dc95e9dc34f09e6e57b915982adb99b9

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memory/2896-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2896-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/5004-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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