sakula | 916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93

General

Target

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

cd7c84da461b3c6f561e20facb38aa5e
SHA1

e77fbad023499628e3e38ddc96bf98d455576a47
SHA256

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93
SHA512

b75411699fb580633f42cbafac8847e5f858d4e6b4df17598aef542219593d2de2e863c9176aa357f42c58c900a2a96574aa4a7246c7347d0153826d69af5155
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taq9:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8b

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

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/4748-6-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2500-8-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4748-14-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2500-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-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:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

2500 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
2500	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.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"	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4748-0-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/2500-4-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4748-6-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2500-8-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4748-14-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2500-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-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:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.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

5028 cmd.exe
3268 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

3268 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4748 916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

pid	process
5028	cmd.exe
3268	PING.EXE

pid	process
3268	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 2500	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 2500	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 2500	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 5028	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 5028	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 5028	4748	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 5028 wrote to memory of 3268	5028	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 5028 wrote to memory of 3268	5028	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 5028 wrote to memory of 3268	5028	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.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:4748
- 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:2500
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5028
- - 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:3268

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
43KB

MD5
783e6dea086680dc710c5860b4832d6b

SHA1
4e6cc7a1941528471d03dd5206cc2bf5ad38d8c0

SHA256
20559d2ceeb0a25f6bfa3ac2f02ee1ed89f988b97f8ad501b61b9cc7607ebf7a

SHA512
9e4d3db921e7325d45a2f36151e981254b2ef64cae10af2ef76d69970f7c8a2867db7e7e5cc7b9c7620bd5c9b08d21db64a8b4df943652f511733e3d6c6b46c5

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memory/2500-4-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2500-8-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2500-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4748-0-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4748-6-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4748-14-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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