sakula | a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b

Analysis

max time kernel
117s
max time network
120s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
10/12/2024, 18:25 UTC

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General

Target

a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

3830e2cf4d20c7a636a6df30b6c08b45
SHA1

f45c52b83a4ce51f947f88d6a461b60ba7059461
SHA256

a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b
SHA512

76cc4fa6a744001626319d4e365eee9f69e68aebe91fcd7555a8089632195740bfeb5c42ef4ae6429046dbb756ad686b2dd7c4d92b11bf9545dbb624587b0f52
SSDEEP

768:TwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647DC:TwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOE

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/1284-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4560-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1284-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4560-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4560	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"	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.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	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.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
4280	cmd.exe
368	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
368	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4560	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	83
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4560	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	83
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4560	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	83
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4280	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	99
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4280	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	99
PID 1284 wrote to memory of 4280	1284	a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe	99
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 368	4280	cmd.exe	101
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 368	4280	cmd.exe	101
PID 4280 wrote to memory of 368	4280	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.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:1284
- 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:4560
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9430482e5695c679f391429c7f7a6d773985f388057e856d50a54d1b19f463b.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4280
- - 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:368

Network

DNS

citrix.vipreclod.com

MediaCenter.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

citrix.vipreclod.com

IN A

Response
DNS

217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

103.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

103.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response

103.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

a2-23-210-103deploystaticakamaitechnologiescom
DNS

22.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

22.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

citrix.vipreclod.com

MediaCenter.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

citrix.vipreclod.com

IN A

Response
DNS

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

citrix.vipreclod.com

MediaCenter.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

citrix.vipreclod.com

IN A

Response
DNS

82.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

82.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response

82.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

a2-18-190-82deploystaticakamaitechnologiescom
DNS

citrix.vipreclod.com

MediaCenter.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

citrix.vipreclod.com

IN A

Response

184.22.175.13:80

MediaCenter.exe

260 B
5
184.22.175.13:80

MediaCenter.exe

104 B
2

8.8.8.8:53

citrix.vipreclod.com

dns

MediaCenter.exe

66 B
134 B
1
1

DNS Request

citrix.vipreclod.com
8.8.8.8:53

217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa

dns

73 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

103.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa

dns

71 B
135 B
1
1

DNS Request

103.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

22.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

dns

72 B
158 B
1
1

DNS Request

22.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

dns

73 B
144 B
1
1

DNS Request

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa

dns

71 B
157 B
1
1

DNS Request

13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

citrix.vipreclod.com

dns

MediaCenter.exe

66 B
134 B
1
1

DNS Request

citrix.vipreclod.com
8.8.8.8:53

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

dns

70 B
156 B
1
1

DNS Request

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa

dns

71 B
145 B
1
1

DNS Request

241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

citrix.vipreclod.com

dns

MediaCenter.exe

66 B
134 B
1
1

DNS Request

citrix.vipreclod.com
8.8.8.8:53

82.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa

dns

70 B
133 B
1
1

DNS Request

82.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

citrix.vipreclod.com

dns

MediaCenter.exe

66 B
134 B
1
1

DNS Request

citrix.vipreclod.com

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
35KB

MD5
7c98c6d7563e1fbf2bda1f89393a0819

SHA1
c2437f76a58f23af944be95f2a836c19ef19ac29

SHA256
b7d63736a65a1efb741e79c48520de58cef9399d122ea97971faf366f76503e5

SHA512
7ebccc372722fdc7ddd589ace7fa560307ecea26d9a8446ef9fea3147334bdeee6c8d3d4c05c8041ae75d1b1c95dc4fd8c24833230fea6fecd80bb22b3f6db2d

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memory/1284-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1284-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1284-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4560-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4560-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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Malware Config

Signatures

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Network

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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