sakula | 160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abc

General

Target

160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

abe1f3c2effbf1426c1f1d21842b25a0
SHA1

1f431b500c14c0f41dd6da127340b37d60108aa5
SHA256

160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abc
SHA512

b8e28eae9e35ee7887f24c260ab830144c109ab2b7de16a5e2f79b1323775f66b27284019c36760d7a15a183c8341d190340252fb5222b8ba924a2f7cd4deb88
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/4556-6-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2856-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4556-14-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2856-20-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2856	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"	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4556-0-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023c11-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2856-4-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4556-6-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2856-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4556-14-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2856-20-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-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	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.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
2136	cmd.exe
4432	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4432	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2856	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	82
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2856	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	82
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2856	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	82
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2136	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	91
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2136	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	91
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 2136	4556	160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe	91
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 4432	2136	cmd.exe	93
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 4432	2136	cmd.exe	93
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 4432	2136	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.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:4556
- 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:2856
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\160b466b4b6f020cb4f77da581ee981fdaf6439fef38a83fbcd4e25f99219abcN.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2136
- - 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:4432

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
50f3d4b53c6f992d623f895162ac49ef

SHA1
b139d78326925e68dc0c8c14921e1014fbc101b8

SHA256
a64430e182942af3f895fef87596525cfee69d8cc0199002e77559c2a479a008

SHA512
8a8d69d8723f950e502bb01bf364207c76fa557d63e9a60c7d495a03b95a2f75ae1107f7eea447cf796dd2dfaefe15f3ad413568be1dd47cd5ecef6fb160795e

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memory/2856-4-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2856-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2856-20-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4556-0-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4556-6-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4556-14-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFF000-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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