sakula | 985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79

General

Target

985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

88bc6dfae635acc00f5ae70feca02420
SHA1

24daf6748fdc8c5dc925b964680a68310b947672
SHA256

985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79
SHA512

077a66451b000ef6cad499622c3333beb4a62f4ff8d70ce8a6fb2ecc8fb744c4661f300da78bd1cb5e99ba485a4be527b3d7aaa005a4d658bb36b773cce698a4
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqA:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8q

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
behavioral2/memory/688-6-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3308-8-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/688-14-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3308-18-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3308	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"	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/688-0-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3308-4-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023c86-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/688-6-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3308-8-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/688-14-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3308-18-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-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	MediaCenter.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	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.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
3160	cmd.exe
2532	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2532	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3308	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	83
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3308	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	83
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3308	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	83
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3160	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	99
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3160	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	99
PID 688 wrote to memory of 3160	688	985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe	99
PID 3160 wrote to memory of 2532	3160	cmd.exe	101
PID 3160 wrote to memory of 2532	3160	cmd.exe	101
PID 3160 wrote to memory of 2532	3160	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.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:688
- 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:3308
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\985f4740025cf6d9fadd42a7bf8d3918f9114d8e74a1701e369ded4d5a5f7d79N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3160
- - 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:2532

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
43KB

MD5
0874ae600f80c1b778149e34ecbdde2b

SHA1
51569cee4dd66d9c472b8b883364223db6dce1b5

SHA256
74f64f39496c57ad62a21b4bda2e2a33ac9e9e3730f5b7db0db9525bc108c479

SHA512
9eab95ca106b0289da640421331a137856140545968cb3823a31ed472b230e1cb1c5863858703ec42ea4a4e24ac93ceaad7333c6d27e89fd346469596c52e9f7

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memory/688-0-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/688-6-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/688-14-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3308-4-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3308-8-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3308-18-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AF000-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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