sakula | 05e590c54a87adf25cfc93f5db22b06f4c6ba762d661852dac562299a214b716

General

Target

f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0
SHA1

7a3ed6da5841f309380e25fd190585a766c5f492
SHA256

05e590c54a87adf25cfc93f5db22b06f4c6ba762d661852dac562299a214b716
SHA512

c9ee9658c70ba2795294c4181a64cf8bf7a55db24d6abfe31277e514fb7c481ec70afd7f9241f569ff3e8c08ec1c0b85e3b086a4e4f8eb910ab64cba8322eebe
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
behavioral2/memory/4764-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1484-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4764-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1484-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1484	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4764-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x00090000000234c9-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4764-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1484-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4764-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1484-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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"	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.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	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.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
992	cmd.exe
1392	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1392	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 1484	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	83
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 1484	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	83
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 1484	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	83
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 992	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	96
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 992	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	96
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 992	4764	f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe	96
PID 992 wrote to memory of 1392	992	cmd.exe	98
PID 992 wrote to memory of 1392	992	cmd.exe	98
PID 992 wrote to memory of 1392	992	cmd.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.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:4764
- 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:1484
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f51e2fc29948b0d9b8dea19834f817d0N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:992
- - 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:1392

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
63KB

MD5
b04d2d35a565fdd75e1ca2bbf65051a9

SHA1
82112ca348951e51d4a9b971a1e1690f45e20dee

SHA256
8bc139dd1d7d2f2a72319700f967af825372ea78a6bb977e48e5f6dea5a89565

SHA512
5664d2044899d6f93d7fc3bdfb4388fea869e4c9dc5139e9023a6471478a1a09d7957c581b5cbc729f48c4fc1b1b06c375ea191a9c9d54d5bf172984ce04987d

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memory/1484-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1484-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4764-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4764-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4764-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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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