sakula | 96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316

General

Target

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

13524573226d6ad2eaf5aadf302c6e5d
SHA1

5b00f9dc1a071fd2af3e5de90417b7e5eb45eba1
SHA256

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316
SHA512

fe166fd0a50e50c26db39f7f992b148a225b27cc8c4e9fabf35bea734643a58003d1b4b8f191de60cb62da0dc4b3bb410642e7a909be1acf9a93364c28e08ad2
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/g:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFI

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

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/2280-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3532-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2280-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3532-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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:

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3532 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3532	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.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"	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

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:

MediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

description	ioc	process
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.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

1524 cmd.exe
388 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

388 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2280 96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

pid	process
1524	cmd.exe
388	PING.EXE

pid	process
388	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 3532	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 3532	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 3532	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 1524	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 1524	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 1524	2280	96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 388	1524	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 388	1524	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 388	1524	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.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:2280
- 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:3532
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\96b6f4b16af8494068db6c98c9a161eef303863d5a66a887fb3392ea7d225316.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1524
- - 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:388

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
58KB

MD5
6a70ec0a2f5ea10b64a762d8c26254a8

SHA1
88983ee4e8e471b37205355086a03f3d7ad7e1f3

SHA256
ef6548c712e5e0f80f6bdf9d473ce4aa17441b32ac3a6f6127e020dd095cecbc

SHA512
22f5fb5a48a41799b70c84411dd74d72498c51671591c1de10034785a35a8f96160bd8117eec00d4b4b5009678253e8e52914e1673308c032a32caa75ec3e71c

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memory/2280-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2280-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2280-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3532-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3532-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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