sakula | 76cb213faa95d51b6022a3f936437657c8ef499571978774684075f73782b522

General

Target

a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0
SHA1

dbc6c4608d6fe60968c9e4ea0fbe4f8d805c39c5
SHA256

76cb213faa95d51b6022a3f936437657c8ef499571978774684075f73782b522
SHA512

8ace17b75d9aafe60cfafcc88394f5ca87b1d1b44c0503750c7c08c7f2dc8cc19fecc8fa4601dd92f3f1f36bcfda6651053796aed6cfb9a0e5df3ed5f7c12cb9
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7Ua:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8a

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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/3016-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1916-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/3016-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1916-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2952	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1916	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3016-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016c7c-2.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/1916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3016-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1916-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/3016-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1916-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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"	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.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	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.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
2780	PING.EXE
2952	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2780	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 1916	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	30
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 1916	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	30
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 1916	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	30
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 1916	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	30
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2952	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	33
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2952	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	33
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2952	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	33
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2952	3016	a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe	33
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2780	2952	cmd.exe	35
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2780	2952	cmd.exe	35
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2780	2952	cmd.exe	35
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2780	2952	cmd.exe	35

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.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:3016
- 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:1916
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1d842f11aedee4ea2d681b25ce900b0N.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2952
- - 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:2780

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

Filesize
41KB

MD5
9631d22f3cfa34e5968e6e4ea2e78837

SHA1
7ec8938e148aad1e160e97c4bc5028ee831ac9db

SHA256
9c53afdfcd0f7d8f93a37b317f76262e939380d8818b61fe9e001243adf135aa

SHA512
9aad1b0a0a48e0f069f40f278730b835ce4c4a45be260e53479824ced59c87869909274bea29ec99828d6eecb1bfc33956e894b99948f7cafc0ffc40d5f50849

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memory/1916-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1916-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1916-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3016-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3016-5-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3016-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3016-9-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3016-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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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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