sakula | 0707d325cb1e155c64da6250105089ba37e867b75109e4e5a59789936a7f39a4

General

Target

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe
Size

392KB
MD5

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a
SHA1

81a0bcfb22667df52f634fe6655a908a39aee63a
SHA256

0707d325cb1e155c64da6250105089ba37e867b75109e4e5a59789936a7f39a4
SHA512

b899d3ac5df07401760522432ce2e5e951b923c605d0ede77437682870f784dbab540d5fab2431c8491f8c7b0f5570f053edd6fff862ca18e1412e3ec1a718d4
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/TU7kn5l:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105s

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/5052-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4508-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5052-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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:

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1815711207-1844170477-3539718864-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4508 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4508	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.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"	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.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

2972 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5052 b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe

pid	process
2972	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4508	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4508	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4508	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 880	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 880	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 880	5052	b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe	cmd.exe
PID 880 wrote to memory of 2972	880	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 880 wrote to memory of 2972	880	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 880 wrote to memory of 2972	880	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5052

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4508

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4da05f8631e42d6b08baac098bd479a.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:880

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2972

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\vzkfqalw-388333569[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
0d452728c7ab90512b461923e08792f5

SHA1
2e1b47212187839724ef8ec365226ddee53c1dd4

SHA256
d180e8ceeada4a4e07c7b48e5e7ec82ea43166cdd760fce9f6f8bae6fe55d143

SHA512
4b8a0c00746821e2161036a5be9a4973a40a6bea53407e76dcaaadeb084079675d2a9092efc0886b8f7b7ee432a80f3f52196d1c4cc794dce518ece8ca875df9

Download Submit
memory/4508-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/5052-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/5052-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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