sakula | 0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09

General

Target
0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe
Size 63KB
Sample241029-ankyyaylht
SHA256 0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09
MD5 75a64a52d5215fcfe7b0f531f7600610
SHA1 251e087211178ab4d72bdf25753f85824ee2d69e
SHA512 f7aa0f1a87ea958b0421267c67edb973a265e9a28ed6691edd7c04065fda7f064f4418277f1851307d6caba4c417e5bfaf8f604af1a613d907ecc8dda3068b32
SSDEEP 1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrq:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7q
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 family
sakula

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5080-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4656-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5080-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4656-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4656	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"	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5080-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c77-2.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/5080-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4656-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5080-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4656-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx

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	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.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
2356	cmd.exe
3824	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3824	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 4656	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	84
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 4656	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	84
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 4656	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	84
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 2356	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	101
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 2356	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	101
PID 5080 wrote to memory of 2356	5080	0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe	101
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 3824	2356	cmd.exe	103
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 3824	2356	cmd.exe	103
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 3824	2356	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.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:5080
- 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:4656
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0c136d8a243958989de0f26bb51e8d4b257eacae52c1ab1ea122189d49872a09N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2356
- - 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:3824

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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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 63KB
SHA256 70287aca909f5246bf0c8ea779d1870853e4bf104caa7be95459f2a6417b3c5e
MD5 e3ca01b1c5aacdb42035755a11699a6a
SHA1 d00f6980a0df8a45595f11e364a807115f0e1f22
SHA512 5cf89f27b1fa6dd7fb9e62ade84b3b9ae5d2781e5b730ba603fdcf1ea55b83b18ad1fd19f1c1130d5786e60d9ee0eb859befb33181ef60bb7849e65caa23fcb3
SSDEEP 1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrS:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7S
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/4656-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/4656-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/5080-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/5080-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/5080-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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