sakula | e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa

General

Target

e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

2bbafff85dbb57ee0dd411833d05af19
SHA1

9d8132cbf02a9362027f1763d765223cdb8d3fab
SHA256

e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa
SHA512

23b8c93cf12ae759826b921b2006be144e3f34dccf25f7c86f4fc9e1ddddb25c8c66087f32e1667ca3033d7c69b1f5ea41608f39b9e00a8c5e176bfa6b390801
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgs:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgs

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 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1516-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b83-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/784-4-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1516-6-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/784-7-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1516-8-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
784	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"	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1516-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b83-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/784-4-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1516-6-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/784-7-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1516-8-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-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	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.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
1060	cmd.exe
3476	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3476	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 784	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	84
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 784	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	84
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 784	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	84
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 1060	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	93
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 1060	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	93
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 1060	1516	e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe	93
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3476	1060	cmd.exe	95
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3476	1060	cmd.exe	95
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3476	1060	cmd.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.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:1516
- 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:784
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e970cd9c0af25ea6efe566b7b593fb0914413cf3e019936641ebc585e27c3eaa.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1060
- - 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:3476

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
114KB

MD5
cc00e0779f5e1cfa0a7bf487c6668af9

SHA1
5b024ab738b04faf95b5ebc3e0edc40b6f1eba16

SHA256
980349a8253b17dfef0e7fbdefe3eceebaa2a4437c262e3c2ab03e86e92cda61

SHA512
9b9e43e256c23a3d96bde3370f1cddce5032621c452834f609849af5fbb24a8c31a36ebf99ad755f71d6efa696080ecb3ba8a0f2ae27ef3c690beeff09c7a7f5

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memory/784-4-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/784-7-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1516-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1516-6-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1516-8-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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