sakula | 28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47

General

Target

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

4164be6f4c2e490b244f820e56f1cfe0
SHA1

fde2b958eaddc512032842ebb2fbef61a5a9a339
SHA256

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47
SHA512

6299a94fdfa974d57e239213343344ae61b955595b8e4a783582a7773bd4b86318d4c5fbe8172b2da3a3e72b140847e392c0b6aeb0592b78aa0563e097578f6f
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taq5:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8T

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2612-6-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4908-8-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2612-14-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4908-17-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-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:

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4908 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4908	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.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"	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2612-0-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4908-4-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/2612-6-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4908-8-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2612-14-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4908-17-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-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:

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.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:

PING.EXEcmd.exe

pid process

3912 PING.EXE
3932 cmd.exe
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

3912 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2612 28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

pid	process
3912	PING.EXE
3932	cmd.exe

pid	process
3912	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4908	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4908	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4908	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3932	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3932	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3932	2612	28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 3912	3932	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 3912	3932	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 3912	3932	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.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:2612
- 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:4908
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\28edf20bc3571ac44e24c7cbf79141d730977d5b664646508cf2e424913adb47N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3932
- - 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:3912

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
43KB

MD5
4768a0cd87ed0f1578eb1f8b5d4f14eb

SHA1
a27a48991219b582ae43ac575acf2fc0f56807f4

SHA256
6452bc629a9d733e3cf04413a5c47efa49f1b5f210a2a389cfffb2a92f94601f

SHA512
c8a0c70bc98b88d2960cf4b13c7eb4e02f7ab8e365ac0744c338f8b0ab7ae2acdbf342d4bd358fc1388b7d011b5804c7cd46b72d94e65efe87a943fbd66d1186

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memory/2612-0-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2612-6-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2612-14-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4908-4-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4908-8-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4908-17-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000029F000-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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