sakula | a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17

General

Target

a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

305c77b7560f9937b08847d6a08811e5
SHA1

11cfecc65c92ba54b083cb24b1cfde9be4bb6159
SHA256

a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17
SHA512

6e578d6231bf1d6ac9cb0b1e01f86682ab8d5a6f2f898971eed300c7fc321ff907757a6f2dc67ec2e974a2c503e8cf9dcf797416b169db5fc41c9af4486ddd70
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/a:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFi

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Sakula family
sakula

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3392-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1784-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3392-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1784-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1784	MediaCenter.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"	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.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
3056	cmd.exe
444	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
444	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 1784	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	83
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 1784	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	83
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 1784	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	83
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 3056	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	98
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 3056	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	98
PID 3392 wrote to memory of 3056	3392	a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe	98
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 444	3056	cmd.exe	100
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 444	3056	cmd.exe	100
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 444	3056	cmd.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.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:3392
- 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:1784
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8fa2d6b63c3b1386f2a34e79748fe243817262b42f37ad6c55a78162e9c3c17.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3056
- - 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:444

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

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

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

Filesize
58KB

MD5
152f14463286b7d9f74594839cff3681

SHA1
19070158f81476f48bb791ed714166f2b350565a

SHA256
209d05bf67371270a775bdc18487514b263d9924a869613fadc3395717249bf3

SHA512
b1e349efd6fd8a3a007eaf3e67b2b21bbf65edf0440d209ea96850ba7ed94b4cf4a9fbce6937db471dc88ed3cc1ec0b09828061ca31599d92fb8b05a854ef786

Download Submit
memory/1784-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/1784-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/3392-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/3392-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/3392-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads