sakula | 1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2

General

Target

1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

a049de1049484c72e57c24b56c36aebe
SHA1

79a9e86c729f97bf4b54fef79bb0bb350db9e4d6
SHA256

1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2
SHA512

11f5164fcf00b8bf938dba87185a59153c0f016695bcaf0f69db4ed3af047f24407b749c69bf64c53c47adaaf4389464ee91fe69e1c624947644e9fe117b7c55
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqe:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8E

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/748-6-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2764-8-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/748-14-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2764-19-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-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	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	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"	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/748-0-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023ca1-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2764-4-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/748-6-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2764-8-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/748-14-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2764-19-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.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
1416	cmd.exe
3452	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3452	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 748 wrote to memory of 2764	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	83
PID 748 wrote to memory of 2764	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	83
PID 748 wrote to memory of 2764	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	83
PID 748 wrote to memory of 1416	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	99
PID 748 wrote to memory of 1416	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	99
PID 748 wrote to memory of 1416	748	1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe	99
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3452	1416	cmd.exe	101
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3452	1416	cmd.exe	101
PID 1416 wrote to memory of 3452	1416	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.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:748
- 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:2764
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1844ab8b396b222b7153604413497ae78e7a8ef333f3951a7556996e3b1d11f2.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1416
- - 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:3452

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
1f27c636ed7c30b2690b6126f2a87eda

SHA1
943c883418cf3a18a56f925beacd776cc78dc98c

SHA256
98e3f6cb8d540ef56b9e2f494124d4c16d7fe6c88ba7baecde3eb74364e2b24c

SHA512
2e514ec90cd70b203bcb1036eb49a2f048e01f6988ab84055a74d40f44a39fa57340d9d2ea417cfda89d47542aec8347de58a77f7a2500d874ebaea7c5b63dc6

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memory/748-0-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/748-6-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/748-14-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B3F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2764-4-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2764-8-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2764-19-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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