sakula | e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618

General

Target

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

3785214b8d43efc64437fc2fdb72e9d9
SHA1

7159aa8f129bf5aa32e3357130a622ffee106a2b
SHA256

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618
SHA512

78e5aa4d18039fb91606cb2b2fd17f3349c4a070efd71d3b0dc678940c1e4e338c891f18939441e7311e67934f28646614a8919947f330aa41c147da63f3ca2f
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7Ue:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8e

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/3824-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3376-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3824-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3376-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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:

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3376 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3376	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.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"	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/3376-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3824-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3376-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3824-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3376-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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:

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.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

2272 cmd.exe
4336 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

4336 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3824 e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

pid	process
2272	cmd.exe
4336	PING.EXE

pid	process
4336	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3376	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3376	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3376	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2272	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2272	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2272	3824	e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2272 wrote to memory of 4336	2272	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2272 wrote to memory of 4336	2272	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2272 wrote to memory of 4336	2272	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.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:3824
- 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:3376
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e914592cec92a99c0d8b609ad86feee0500c54ebe3b87f7685196b15dc77a618.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2272
- - 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:4336

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
74f0770d037e9514ac4e254efce4c773

SHA1
26d8026af59e6afc3d0237e839323bdffb660ffc

SHA256
7808bfb08f44bdc9fa61d61e89495b3dac0e459b0b267486fffe16d34536d638

SHA512
73e9278271438b8e1574474da636fe148c0fc7ad4c4a96e50431831b997998360e2ad9d1d5db34ab7cb6dc21ee475b5c84a8fa1c525e82cc4adcc4a32ff731ec

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memory/3376-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3376-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3376-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3824-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3824-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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