sakula | 2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d

General

Target

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

29ca10fc775801ae7a0a2ddea3ff37dd
SHA1

45f4942efe481e5a17eef464a56686f6e9682b7d
SHA256

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d
SHA512

cd69c1a73dc393a77c83a4ebbba03f5c81028e1234818500b59730ed1cd71dfc1f5ce7b195e7c5a418c6dd8b25d7c184692d2338e6f662b0293ba26b6a29d3d3
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7U0:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy80

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4296-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4732-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4296-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4732-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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:

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

4732 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
4732	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.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"	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4296-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/4732-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4296-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4732-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4296-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4732-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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:

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.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

4020 cmd.exe
2952 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2952 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4296 2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

pid	process
4020	cmd.exe
2952	PING.EXE

pid	process
2952	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4732	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4732	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4732	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4020	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4020	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4296 wrote to memory of 4020	4296	2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4020 wrote to memory of 2952	4020	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4020 wrote to memory of 2952	4020	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4020 wrote to memory of 2952	4020	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.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:4296
- 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:4732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2ae7904e9b051e513ef24d7088b4f00337e7d30b30779702668634d7d4c3fd6d.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4020
- - 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:2952

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
41KB

MD5
eb330b083afa7c0a7839158bdd7d789f

SHA1
03e47dc1e92cee974a7415be031a722211c7e011

SHA256
b932aa85daa6ac4c8c77325c7837b64a40a0ca8cc2b2fea6588bf58803bf8a62

SHA512
a9a80c7a76a5f707a8fd17429e37809b649a3054092fe9cccf430cbe4b3aa815a640d368d4a7ed6d790f47d94e5b0126eb014be146f39740e1b6b895dfa8cb83

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memory/4296-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4296-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4296-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4732-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4732-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4732-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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