sakula | 2dc6da7d229793ed6ae880c4bce3cd93a5e790e6646b8d9af062b45325b6358f

General

Target
e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe
Size 64KB
Sample240725-wt4twswcll
SHA256 2dc6da7d229793ed6ae880c4bce3cd93a5e790e6646b8d9af062b45325b6358f
MD5 e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930
SHA1 72683efdf2711c3581a550698f25de244c58bea0
SHA512 f70ed500624da1a3539d0db38e174d4df3341ec95687a95558b9fc739be34caae18bfc9e9ba9857c1a7dbee70b16740f232ca65b00e54f89bf0d830de4de71dd
SSDEEP 768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeI1:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkru8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery 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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4712-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4612-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4712-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4612-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-47134698-4092160662-1261813102-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4612	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
4912	cmd.exe
516	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
516	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4612	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	84
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4612	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	84
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4612	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	84
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4912	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	97
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4912	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	97
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 4912	4712	e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe	97
PID 4912 wrote to memory of 516	4912	cmd.exe	99
PID 4912 wrote to memory of 516	4912	cmd.exe	99
PID 4912 wrote to memory of 516	4912	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4712
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4612
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e9443561bfdc5d31b810f1b42f2be930N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4912
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:516

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 64KB
SHA256 025ed78c7178ba553e51c02a18ca94cab39a1f6d427929622703a5fabcfc325c
MD5 2b719daf2dae539d7c98d741d7c3218d
SHA1 b477c9fe3bfa475a8b8ad3853bcbdda6693ec9bb
SHA512 5e1cd34787d928c3c125cf27d9dab825115715b84c99578f4f2650d33d0b7fbaed83789780f7bae6bf568a8b09af17bce30692f7f72fc6c00c150093e24dccfe
SSDEEP 768:Y0gD04rmpLAuJGlfAHI9lqnP8q0gXg0uvsVWZz/L4i/ym23ysRaKFt9kS3DCkeI1:YNpmpkzAHkq0gXgffZgiKKsDNDCkrus
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/4612-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

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memory/4612-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

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memory/4712-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

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memory/4712-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

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memory/4712-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

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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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