sakula | b60230724828e538d1162781e31b0ddb1d4baca69358e7ec09d6281e82d5fa61

General

Target

2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe
Size

150KB
MD5

6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83
SHA1

3bb49785892deafff5c8ee6b05c95aa17466d3f2
SHA256

2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0
SHA512

2547341fe729b7b9344b65c9b093ab067fd9b0f7108a9d5c2f94724ddd7a09998f95185b65b5edfc6f3cd160f05332c89b870ca89ce9d5c1372f406855468a1a
SSDEEP

3072:H29DkEGRQixVSjLLJ30BWPOt5dQw+hyuGDInwM:H29qRfVSnt30Bbt+IhDFM

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 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1428-0-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023483-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3152-5-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AAF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1428-6-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3152-7-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AAF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1428-8-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-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-1-5-21-945322488-2060912225-3527527000-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3152	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"	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.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	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.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
1592	PING.EXE
2960	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1592	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 3152	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	83
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 3152	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	83
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 3152	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	83
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 2960	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	95
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 2960	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	95
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 2960	1428	2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe	95
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 1592	2960	cmd.exe	97
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 1592	2960	cmd.exe	97
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 1592	2960	cmd.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.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:1428
- 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:3152
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2960
- - 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:1592

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

Filesize
150KB

MD5
0e46f944728de7040f5c11142474d6f0

SHA1
44a4d4c37a2dfdb176bf4a565fa280facc908d04

SHA256
b4da69336280cc7061505676b197ced2d4a42b7f5a7082f39ab79cd2597d5ebb

SHA512
3ec2b16884d583d1a3e6629ed34505f5bdac435d51d60865e8b9eb26062e695b079935c444ab712b5efb009eba7d660cf031892465208224c820fb5062c76167

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memory/1428-0-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/1428-6-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/1428-8-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C0F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/3152-5-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/3152-7-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000AAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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