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/4812-6-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/536-8-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4812-13-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/536-19-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

536 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
536	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/4812-0-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/536-4-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp	upx
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe	upx
behavioral2/memory/4812-6-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/536-8-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4812-13-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/536-19-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-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

3740 cmd.exe
4508 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

4508 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4812 916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

pid	process
3740	cmd.exe
4508	PING.EXE

pid	process
4508	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 536	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 536	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 536	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 3740	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 3740	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 3740	4812	916ed90809dbb8952d7b7708cf0e6030724b631fcc3cfadcaa71ae0911b00a93.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4508	3740	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4508	3740	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3740 wrote to memory of 4508	3740	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:4812
- 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:536
- 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:3740
- - 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:4508

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
69c7abf8c2922e7ba1fad3923089c433

SHA1
72a42a2f4a320e266349b1c4f5595d0c7e31f394

SHA256
274e5b51ecccac53ae51abfbaea1f949d4384a87f36d0ac4efd143d8e99f6bf2

SHA512
adfd251a5869323ebdfd224776f027dce438f04f9e12e2f170bb6cdfe034f95aeade1f9022301cf79bd196f45214e669b930108ea46ceec1f3458ec22633bb3d

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memory/536-4-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/536-8-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/536-19-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4812-0-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4812-6-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4812-13-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-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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