sakula | 98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145

General

Target

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

dd7468339ab4ebc36cce3749b53d3107
SHA1

dd4365d223cbb6b5a8f9a958b219166fad92ea47
SHA256

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145
SHA512

2eea73fbdf3abc050f8200e629b77d7c842cfbe04b72f297179c3a9ac9209c259e9718e56a2cc977929b398508f303b886572aad11849eaeb50f8ec8e3cce343
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrp:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7p

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/3112-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3292-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3112-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3292-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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:

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3292 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3292	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.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"	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3112-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/3112-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3292-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3112-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3292-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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

Processes:

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.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

4908 cmd.exe
4700 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

4700 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3112 98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

pid	process
4908	cmd.exe
4700	PING.EXE

pid	process
4700	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 3292	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 3292	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 3292	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 4908	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 4908	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3112 wrote to memory of 4908	3112	98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4908 wrote to memory of 4700	4908	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4908 wrote to memory of 4700	4908	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4908 wrote to memory of 4700	4908	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.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:3112
- 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:3292
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98e337cc5162f0d59c2fb6070d7eed1a2795adfe44ed80993a39508ada707145.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4908
- - 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:4700

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
63KB

MD5
7a40adefb1d5278a90f75e44a7571f65

SHA1
629269a223e8dcd94e04d8ea47cc8cd66049b963

SHA256
ebd178d5a4584ad758c4592d4183316f1200861e677d8aba0e6dad07926120da

SHA512
9e736e22de9cfb67e457c773f27bb4cc15757fff8404034dc312ab4da572a8fed87e7ec881e31ecc36c9e76dc3341dfe25c071be588a96b98998ed93891d75e8

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memory/3112-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3112-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3112-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3292-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3292-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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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