sakula | 9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92

General

Target

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe
Size

105KB
MD5

83387f86b8793458621a213cd3e506c0
SHA1

e188f4bafd0f7dd2e348d202c188b911fcc916a2
SHA256

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92
SHA512

317b6749b63b49dc4108c6eb81cf095920be6e27df59968114f90344e3d3edae6c4abcd2e9ec67ce0d4cf746a30002e9ad9c12290ac4fc1ab331d580cc2ce048
SSDEEP

1536:anRw3vN6mG1y8nRB8aX3DVwd4sSH2/fTMLkKFTeUCD+xFOOf4EVRMLfsUP:aCv48aHDCz/LUkwedD+MLfsQ

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 7 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4948-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2264-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2264-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2264-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4948-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2264-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-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:

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid	Process
2264	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.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"	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.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:

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exeMediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.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
1524	cmd.exe
4628	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
4628	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.execmd.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 2264	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	85
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 2264	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	85
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 2264	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	85
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 1524	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	101
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 1524	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	101
PID 4948 wrote to memory of 1524	4948	9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe	101
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 4628	1524	cmd.exe	103
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 4628	1524	cmd.exe	103
PID 1524 wrote to memory of 4628	1524	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.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:4948
- 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:2264
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ca5750bad9eff7f6fbacdd03604c2f11e7b1f1f1f0dab75c7563dd57ad84a92N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1524
- - 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:4628

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
105KB

MD5
e0dee57b6b753200a95ae7e9033a1aca

SHA1
8040b5723ac803b470f096deee274ce2c00e5da0

SHA256
4e53f2418dbf574e867c9262b0395a9940bd62e6159958787cec684e75234f96

SHA512
122b44301c2b2416f1e5344a78b4c9eb3af29aa1a5a4e2780f7bf28d136ea202e88d11cdbad567554cc6bd21d42b7cad6ea5479f92f60f71a74ef00a21d1451b

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memory/2264-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2264-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2264-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/2264-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/4948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/4948-1-0x0000000000401000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4948-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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memory/4948-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

Filesize
224KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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