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/2304-12-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1764-15-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2304-23-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1764-29-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2968	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1764	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe
2304	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 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2304-0-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/files/0x00060000000191fd-2.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/1764-11-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2304-12-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1764-15-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2304-23-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1764-29-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-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
2968	cmd.exe
1824	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1824	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1764	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1764	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1764	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 1764	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	31
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2968	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	33
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2968	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	33
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2968	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	33
PID 2304 wrote to memory of 2968	2304	a8173c44fdf86a911d5e684ce89f768139d21c0a38f314b9fe1446472a47e03e.exe	33
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1824	2968	cmd.exe	35
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1824	2968	cmd.exe	35
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1824	2968	cmd.exe	35
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1824	2968	cmd.exe	35

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:2304
- 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:1764
- 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:2968
- - 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:1824

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
bb83f7f447b331dc8cc7b215c635f797

SHA1
fdcfbf0953460c907fa87c62fb63f6c1f48ea2e9

SHA256
de2d6c04d731afffb536edf6275d43d305ee63284810a0cd41657bd3fe798d60

SHA512
68a6e3e50e4695504c775bfcb91c4f3839f043dfeb231ae74e4899e48d1388f4450cf6fe325a155121dd6aa8fed6f20d21bc012660ec703e4d3b1b60cd63a7ad

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memory/1764-11-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1764-15-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1764-29-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-0-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-9-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-10-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-12-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-13-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-14-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D9F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2304-23-0x0000000001290000-0x00000000012AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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