sakula | 7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff

General

Target

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe
Size

283KB
MD5

b6b77d1414e3203c624035a73547262b
SHA1

f7c58d8eb37e8c6bd9b3c0a73f1ec48e540fc9d8
SHA256

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff
SHA512

f143370a5b5c18ab1c643f20a4d4386d5c97c59aa85eb27252b19a5287050813212f8043913584062615e8328fba32cd47106018adb6de7776598b324b416f48
SSDEEP

1536:NU9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhnDiKKJqTnouy8HeBsCXKTnhxJz:Nm2rocIyhYtJxKJqrout+BsZhL

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Sakula family
sakula

Sakula payload 3 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/872-6-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2084-8-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C1F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/872-14-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-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:

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2084 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2084	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.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"	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/872-0-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/2084-4-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/872-6-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2084-8-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/872-14-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-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

Processes:

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.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

Processes:

cmd.exePING.EXE

pid process

692 cmd.exe
2008 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2008 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 872 7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

pid	process
692	cmd.exe
2008	PING.EXE

pid	process
2008	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 872 wrote to memory of 2084	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 872 wrote to memory of 2084	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 872 wrote to memory of 2084	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 872 wrote to memory of 692	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	cmd.exe
PID 872 wrote to memory of 692	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	cmd.exe
PID 872 wrote to memory of 692	872	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	cmd.exe
PID 692 wrote to memory of 2008	692	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 692 wrote to memory of 2008	692	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 692 wrote to memory of 2008	692	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.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:872
- 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:2084
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:692
- - 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:2008

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
283KB

MD5
cbafe8117b2f0eadc523d76d9e80318d

SHA1
9dfa68b3eeeddbea0437516afdd8a35e154472eb

SHA256
d70becb68a5eb05d5c4c31f2cce9cab9cb4e7ca83f3aed72363b22722802fd34

SHA512
394ce8e0018556b4be04274ee11ea67a2ee5f43eed407612a8478ba1cce7e283b2a1fc6db16a91288785bc4866720c4821bb5f1f0df24f0c5e5718f4e41e5019

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memory/872-0-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/872-6-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/872-14-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000068F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2084-4-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2084-8-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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