sakula | e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b

General

Target

e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

3cf4161fcb09e9831e4b191f77e37566
SHA1

c598255ce25be78f6286f7d185071513efbc6c62
SHA256

e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b
SHA512

733613f1fa640ba922e61a3489096ca418df6f81d860180aea7f0698f92eefe8de11eeff8996564345b31abfbcc4b88b2d6840fa165ce238172b3967ff4f8a7b
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqw:+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/3852-6-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1888-8-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3852-13-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1888-20-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1888	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"	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3852-0-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b5b-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1888-5-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3852-6-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1888-8-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3852-13-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1888-20-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-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	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe
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

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
2052	PING.EXE
2104	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2052	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 1888	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	82
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 1888	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	82
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 1888	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	82
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2104	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	91
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2104	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	91
PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2104	3852	e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe	91
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2052	2104	cmd.exe	93
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2052	2104	cmd.exe	93
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2052	2104	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.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:3852
- 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:1888
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e159609ed57040acf2151bbaea1a36da014f5126a2daab2124363c0775d6b25b.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2104
- - 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:2052

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
85d56fb165f6fac69ae5cef18a0dd12d

SHA1
4cdf3e83ee7c33f75aab743e43337abcb27f5ce2

SHA256
eae42267b8f9285f1153e30e5c7ac2074ae80959d17b0ba081057606175aea68

SHA512
fca4843d2eade93be4c5a428ffe210e216044f8ebb7f78d7cd5b198d7707f51b00528d3fcb34ceb9fb3151c995bc35c644b64f8c7ee9821932692841cf33ac95

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memory/1888-5-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1888-8-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1888-20-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000CAF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3852-0-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3852-6-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3852-13-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A6F000-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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