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 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1420-6-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1132-8-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1420-14-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1132-18-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1132	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"	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1420-0-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b4a-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1132-4-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1420-6-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1132-8-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1420-14-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1132-18-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-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	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

pid	Process
2488	PING.EXE
4668	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2488	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 1132	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	84
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 1132	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	84
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 1132	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	84
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 4668	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	97
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 4668	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	97
PID 1420 wrote to memory of 4668	1420	7912dc4a00594fc35f76583c793c9cd75600c7ef0949879b78d3f46f95fe02ff.exe	97
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 2488	4668	cmd.exe	99
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 2488	4668	cmd.exe	99
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 2488	4668	cmd.exe	99

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:1420
- 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:1132
- 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:4668
- - 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:2488

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
50a9bd1a0e7d504d008b0cf0c31e8e1f

SHA1
1a84d224224dd6512cd187c89a0baf212bfa5177

SHA256
a9789ed127a7ac1dd6de4861e8d8479726c34297f72027bf98056a357e604a26

SHA512
1fe6671c1bf92fc200b519931c324f10afd6ef0cd6880626a6472b3c9006996c7a4483eb27354aacad32657d673c240da9b6920b87a59183d57a2b22e657ca73

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memory/1132-4-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1132-8-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1132-18-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1420-0-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1420-6-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1420-14-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-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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