Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 02:49

Sample ID 241126-hb5ftayqfw
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: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

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

Executes dropped EXE

Deletes itself

Loads dropped DLL

Checks computer location settings

Adds Run key to start application

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

Enumerates physical storage devices

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Runs ping.exe

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-26 06:34

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-26 06:34

Reported

2024-11-26 06:37

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

141s

Command Line

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

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

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

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 2212 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3008 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3008 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3008 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 3008 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f2ee96007c61689cedd7ae4a12e26f4f2ccef6358b08011f2e26c8a795e8edd1.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 3020 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 3020 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 3020 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 3008 wrote to memory of 3020 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
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp

Files

memory/2212-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 1c5e542f6ac39408a26916c95e9f948e
SHA1 9aac69a3cf49226c768edce31d41fc0befcd3f87
SHA256 cfe5f1d00f7d447a401dfb58f8051f9faa07966e41c6b452474ed8dd1de88e1b
SHA512 c9a467fc23e82b06e25a9a1de897a75d91e6eb85ffc62c0d7a12b13ee2b437dc0189d9accb3a38b5abdb33cd9bcc36a91fda10a62ec6a20b654e0878d276dd25

memory/2212-10-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2212-9-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2212-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2212-12-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2212-13-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2144-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2212-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2144-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-26 06:34

Reported

2024-11-26 06:37

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

144s

Max time network

149s

Command Line

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

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Checks computer location settings

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\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\PING.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.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 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.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 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 19.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp

Files

memory/3780-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 d7a448f97eac66997d199181491b0ee2
SHA1 c461eaa89989bd1373bdfa3edeb5cbc8338893ca
SHA256 ec14299dd47c74a50e6a18eeb66cdb5ef8f94e1a6a47315ecc001808ef2f936d
SHA512 421e3287112770a69a7e9ca0655dc83d82d8c81c8ee803af3f61f2e942cdcdaa33874469a4797e821d25bdea98c434c6c17751adc10b3c2cf531c63c320c7ceb

memory/3780-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2856-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/3780-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2856-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp