sakula | a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39

General

Target

a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe
Size

140KB
MD5

fbf65d011592fd4f05ef7f91b39283cd
SHA1

6cb4890e4a12ca76f2e583d683b7db04a7ed4714
SHA256

a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39
SHA512

0e4a414cc6a2179dfc286ed5caf2481b576875df4e3f2a49ba2c46ecf92748e589fee95dc6ae8ee894e4d5bfb3db5d0477b38d9f103bbd3eb5e727173cebf867
SSDEEP

1536:6QFl29mEkE0L1rDEKrxZKF2zf9g2Pl7W/MwbxMX+mdz30rtr8gjmy9xNDCkrZ:x29DkEGRQixVSjLa130BYgjmy9T7Z

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

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 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2380-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000016652-2.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2144-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2380-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2144-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2380-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2652	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2144	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2380-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000016652-2.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2144-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2380-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2144-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2380-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.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

pid	Process
2652	cmd.exe
2716	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2716	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2144	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	30
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2144	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	30
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2144	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	30
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2144	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	30
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2652	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	33
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2652	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	33
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2652	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	33
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 2652	2380	a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe	33
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2716	2652	cmd.exe	35
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2716	2652	cmd.exe	35
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2716	2652	cmd.exe	35
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2716	2652	cmd.exe	35

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2380
- 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:2144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a4d5bad0f16fbe067a2dd7c616537f74674b90a721bf576199604dd0bd28ba39.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2652
- - 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:2716

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

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

Filesize
140KB

MD5
040ffa97cd6da9a9a7478ab92992ee39

SHA1
4145c7a022ebf9649bdde6ee07dd0a269db8acfc

SHA256
9a2ad89164eec471babc067631cc9d64795df8531c3999146cc549dae2cdd6d0

SHA512
2ebbcdd15df6e3351d5a68209641407afa415f31a36cc103843c2743bdd32a65a5e38ae84f10624a503628583b6a69784b376f4fe0ca690c768ccb47b6fc47f3

Download Submit
memory/2144-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2144-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2380-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2380-6-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2380-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2380-9-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download
memory/2380-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads