sakula | 3a0f3b3a6e71d389cdf3cce291c131466b66d7e9b5bd156e61293bb1a630a4bb

General

Target

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe
Size

140KB
MD5

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0
SHA1

46b907e1fecb2b1d0d3faa27de79e56917e52291
SHA256

3a0f3b3a6e71d389cdf3cce291c131466b66d7e9b5bd156e61293bb1a630a4bb
SHA512

1e992fa77dd44ae4edae54c8892548c0f2522ce7c59820a616f55ef9d8e2396416394209bcf4f33ecd0dbdb6e43b88c3e56ffc38e565b67e7ccbde66a664d62e
SSDEEP

1536:TQFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+tdz30rtr8gjcnQ5NDCkrI:k29DkEGRQixVSjLB130BYgjcnQ77I

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 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x00080000000233fa-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/652-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4256-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4256-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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

Processes:

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2412658365-3084825385-3340777666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid	Process
652	MediaCenter.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x00080000000233fa-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/652-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4256-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4256-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.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

Processes:

PING.EXE34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.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

Processes:

cmd.exePING.EXE

pid	Process
1740	cmd.exe
3120	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
3120	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.execmd.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 652	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	83
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 652	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	83
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 652	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	83
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 1740	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	96
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 1740	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	96
PID 4256 wrote to memory of 1740	4256	34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe	96
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 3120	1740	cmd.exe	98
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 3120	1740	cmd.exe	98
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 3120	1740	cmd.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.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:4256
- 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:652
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\34d38bbadb8216e697071f78d2ce03a0N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1740
- - 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:3120

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
140KB

MD5
6689309149557193a01b2a1780d862fe

SHA1
3ec547390f999e59113c8a14c01df31356bef7f6

SHA256
b4bf2fb7872cee3c987f052c77f5df9e096d5c5dc68dc676edfc77ca86f26312

SHA512
5f11f25c47a8c0b725ae4841557e3750fa77ea9418304defaf67249c428c58bc2dad5408a96f974a067c5dbbf3b7a59e5ed7ce1d66687741131001cae4e94bd2

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memory/652-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/652-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4256-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4256-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/4256-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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