sakula | 8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267

General

Target

8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

73717d06995a58fc876922f6373c2410
SHA1

05f3bd056fc9ca1818f97e73c8b3f2cff691410d
SHA256

8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267
SHA512

c1e4d5efa45e03f9e8b8a73399f746e4e24bc4dde9a42ec8ec5684ec850223c66fa06e3081633544a2fa7258c1a27470f87354eefcc0c70089a824965c27fa6e
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrs:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7s

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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2828-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2760-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2828-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2760-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2828-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2080	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2828	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.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"	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2760-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x002c000000016d70-2.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2828-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2760-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2828-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2760-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2828-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.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
2080	cmd.exe
1852	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1852	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2828	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2828	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2828	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2828	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	30
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2080	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	32
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2080	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	32
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2080	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	32
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2080	2760	8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe	32
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 1852	2080	cmd.exe	34
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 1852	2080	cmd.exe	34
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 1852	2080	cmd.exe	34
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 1852	2080	cmd.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2760
- 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:2828
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8fef65caaf2b0fe09e7ddcef437bbe346821db5a5f73af0405acdc0406790267N.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2080
- - 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:1852

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

Filesize
63KB

MD5
b9914a51c89d6c1c39892c22abda8913

SHA1
691502e61e68c5357db258d66ab954b0e1fe3ff5

SHA256
286cbe7e5a2d12049af39ae908903536599c3a7a654a41b9a2029adb179e6927

SHA512
1d1e4be4063f846bff311b8a730236f15d76a19f775e0bcb3bedac9de34b476f03e5ff16d756346f72776a9cc9eb72c1936e18d67cf2c5c83e9f43544ebf81e3

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memory/2760-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2760-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2760-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2828-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2828-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2828-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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