sakula | f00f8092b71b35642289972a25fea1c95267d30ef97f68fec553bdf1d685c8c5

General

Target

9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820
SHA1

a9f139ebb83b35adb80af75361f42d732cf3c576
SHA256

f00f8092b71b35642289972a25fea1c95267d30ef97f68fec553bdf1d685c8c5
SHA512

225710da187a5959068a82a7eadcd39fab61238f4381fca42ce58d428c36453ba253d04f1df6358a8a31fdd60dcd7eacb48178afea145246a8fcd89d4cf38153
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrF:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7F

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

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
behavioral1/memory/2220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2220-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1312-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2956	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1312	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001660d-5.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2220-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1312-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx

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"	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.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	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.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
2956	cmd.exe
2824	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2824	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1312	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1312	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1312	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1312	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2956	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	32
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2956	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	32
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2956	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	32
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2956	2220	9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe	32
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2824	2956	cmd.exe	34
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2824	2956	cmd.exe	34
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2824	2956	cmd.exe	34
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2824	2956	cmd.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2220
- 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:1312
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9e36689e3014cd8b1955ea5f3e4d6820N.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2956
- - 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:2824

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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

Filesize
63KB

MD5
c0e8e598abc977915ce27a318c5d9451

SHA1
b6087e2c481499905bf7b82dfa27caf385315107

SHA256
7ec69f9e54140f2ac8c3cdc083552df1e2bc921a70d03a10721e73d4e473867b

SHA512
cf5c8566f694ad699253d8379a6a3a54df5085c7243458c21a645b63700d220dd2841c3659e778a42cc5acd97bb50661039266fd8e7d910183c2d60659f3b456

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memory/1312-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1312-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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