sakula | afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4

General

Target

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe
Size

168KB
MD5

5d1f3f5b7d83a9e8ec838130859c5fd0
SHA1

3be15daf51747a489cf7258dedb1066e7446505f
SHA256

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4
SHA512

c98295ab37b6afc196ce4290bb35be10d8b355b04ec835a4da5b2d629a2afd9905f0f40d52d7e2e55cf1ccbadfb7ed67edf096103e635871ca8fceb59bd86517
SSDEEP

3072:M29DkEGRQixVSjLwes5G30Bg7uZwOuz/xS3iGpZMK:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+K

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

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/4852-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023cab-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4852-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4004-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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:

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid	Process
4004	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.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"	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.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

Processes:

MediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXEafc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe

description	ioc	Process
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.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
1996	cmd.exe
2124	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
2124	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.execmd.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 4004	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	82
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 4004	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	82
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 4004	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	82
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 1996	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	91
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 1996	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	91
PID 4852 wrote to memory of 1996	4852	afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe	91
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2124	1996	cmd.exe	93
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2124	1996	cmd.exe	93
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2124	1996	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.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:4852
- 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:4004
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc325e17a09acb994a728a5c3ee4d40538cb0d23b5534f83efc9fd8cb4145e4N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1996
- - 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:2124

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
168KB

MD5
59c3abec8ee790bfd1263569f2206df8

SHA1
6bbe3a621b8c6bcf26857c76eeba130ad4f3073f

SHA256
6db68cb289bceefcb614ad2382bdd7a22324d044e6a2d054810f589f9d426b9c

SHA512
aeddcc0c658af7ea895f4ec643d1649eb13a9cfe9d4bbbc6b80e4e1282bf699714a9053c49906fdf5019b120eac1f273e26218f6ee78a88dd66af1b4eb6013ee

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memory/4004-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4852-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4852-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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