sakula | c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51

General

Target

c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

4044e6ccd94d39f39b99a745b6005a47
SHA1

20279ba7472eb2d5670d2a60767581a9915d1fdf
SHA256

c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51
SHA512

69e6ea8fdfe2d20e6832f460854f90d38daa9763e021c8ef6af21df6add93b0cc577a70f36016b62d339ca772914aa5fdfcacfffa5fe92608a2cba437bd73244
SSDEEP

768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647DD:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOx

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2968-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/224-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2968-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/224-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
224	MediaCenter.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"	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.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
1072	cmd.exe
3760	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3760	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 224	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	82
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 224	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	82
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 224	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	82
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1072	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	91
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1072	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	91
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1072	2968	c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe	91
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 3760	1072	cmd.exe	93
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 3760	1072	cmd.exe	93
PID 1072 wrote to memory of 3760	1072	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.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:2968
- 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:224
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c8d256633a89c310ecbc4288105534f21d4f1df31b08da061cd9e47bdf724a51.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1072
- - 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:3760

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
35KB

MD5
38b1b4632b31c734606a9dc60b5afd16

SHA1
f25525e8b79981632a22a688ee77d0146524db3f

SHA256
06129ffa46f5b0be7798de3478c207e8f22423e6a471baded26c7b3981dc3dbe

SHA512
0419bd30d50c956af3c3966b8cf519146129f07cdfe4b1ce1e7031fe4f60d1d211b7e189c3ee8614ca6dc29db2369d7e42658d3f7d39f318a1ba696241a3bcbe

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memory/224-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/224-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2968-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2968-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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