sakula | a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e

General

Target

a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

4915012acb17290dbbe159c736a221ce
SHA1

015e1e42d8ff65d23b95ee17711c9f3125b179eb
SHA256

a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e
SHA512

12ea0d13aa46759840131deed1cdde4bab758bcefea5aa8e1bba9d81c3040262e696bf60f50e1f4dc4b221744a970de45b64072842bc54a41a13e976d5deaf37
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqI:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8S

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

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
behavioral1/memory/288-12-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2228-14-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/288-19-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2228-22-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1296	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2228	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe
288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.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"	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe

UPX packed file 8 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/288-0-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x000700000001868b-2.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/288-4-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000FF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2228-11-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/288-12-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2228-14-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/288-19-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2228-22-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-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	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.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	MediaCenter.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
1296	cmd.exe
2088	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2088	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 288 wrote to memory of 2228	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	30
PID 288 wrote to memory of 2228	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	30
PID 288 wrote to memory of 2228	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	30
PID 288 wrote to memory of 2228	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	30
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1296	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	32
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1296	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	32
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1296	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	32
PID 288 wrote to memory of 1296	288	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	32
PID 1296 wrote to memory of 2088	1296	cmd.exe	34
PID 1296 wrote to memory of 2088	1296	cmd.exe	34
PID 1296 wrote to memory of 2088	1296	cmd.exe	34
PID 1296 wrote to memory of 2088	1296	cmd.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.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:288
- 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:2228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1296
- - 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:2088

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

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

Filesize
43KB

MD5
ae82c9927598dae0bb3deb91cf004c47

SHA1
88b70ddc9869ed76731622b11ee6c1c3b959fe9c

SHA256
478b43b77787c6c9308623c80f320e962f321984afa0a9f7eb3ca0e907b36228

SHA512
a5bece27dc015baa9999beac7a312d28daa1c6eeb40496b9078f780bf824fbf61ae9eeb114bf3a3b0cd2fe5105dffb02f9fa40d5cbad459cfbdb6485ad644567

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memory/288-0-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/288-4-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000FF000-memory.dmp

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124KB

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memory/288-9-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000FF000-memory.dmp

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124KB

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memory/288-12-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/288-19-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2228-11-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2228-14-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2228-22-0x0000000001340000-0x000000000135F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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