Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 02:49

Sample ID 241126-haqw2ayqbs
Target f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe
SHA256 f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1
Tags
sakula discovery persistence rat trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1

Threat Level: Known bad

The file f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Sakula

Sakula payload

Sakula family

Loads dropped DLL

Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Checks computer location settings

Adds Run key to start application

Unsigned PE

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

Runs ping.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-26 06:32

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-26 06:32

Reported

2024-11-26 06:34

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

111s

Max time network

104s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks computer location settings

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 53.210.109.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/2432-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5 07f050c2b973326c0f639fe8cc949ea6
SHA1 81637d9b03bfeb1e2c14b498515dafd8d53f119b
SHA256 6edb89dfcc76045cf8d03f711248a698f89a60e0d58cb1b8e9fb05022c85d437
SHA512 4bb60e9e3454068286489f08f4378dad7b090ba42b252e9588c7255e0bff029fd6b286621e30ac0fb76e8523db8449988921801ad3f0f9b6170e5e49d955e3d0

memory/2432-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/1300-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2432-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/1300-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-26 06:32

Reported

2024-11-26 06:34

Platform

win7-20241023-en

Max time kernel

111s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

Description Indicator Process Target
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Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2944 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 1496 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 1496 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 1496 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 1496 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 268 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 268 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 268 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 268 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp

Files

memory/2824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

MD5 8b0321597a8e92c6203732d7b232fbd1
SHA1 62d009eab220752ecd082cb05480df2257504749
SHA256 99124e407cb677b5215587610484308cc9558101919e589377746f9cca573208
SHA512 a6143e19feb28fc2a649600e1c3772fd95266392e19b8cf4dfa93abf79ed7c0fc9bef0cfd0929a07f7c43d383ce9311da0a4fec751b79e21416502eb9ae28f21

memory/2944-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-10-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-9-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-13-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2944-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-14-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2824-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2944-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp