sakula | 5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80fa

General

Target

5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

c81bfcbaab05b27e31ecde5547e50ea0
SHA1

824d1f47529df0943b2e7269592d33087b79d1db
SHA256

5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80fa
SHA512

7657809019a98d278e34f473d86482ee2aef65b59e2fdea9f1b70d084d14117e8fed5a9c7e62faeadcd6fc3f4c8d0858ec5a60787fc1f713574d155919811864
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/1080-0-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b56-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2444-4-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1080-6-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2444-7-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1080-8-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2444	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"	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1080-0-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b56-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2444-4-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1080-6-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2444-7-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1080-8-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-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	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.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
5112	cmd.exe
2796	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2796	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 2444	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	83
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 2444	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	83
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 2444	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	83
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 5112	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	98
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 5112	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	98
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 5112	1080	5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe	98
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 2796	5112	cmd.exe	100
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 2796	5112	cmd.exe	100
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 2796	5112	cmd.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.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:1080
- 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:2444
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5e7b438dcfee22fb4274b7d3e7d00d18b56ee0d020b4800cf7faa93f5d2e80faN.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5112
- - 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:2796

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
514a6e9d9b33759d907afb90bf941d74

SHA1
efe54a67935d6250bb7694fe6e3fbd9b3ff31681

SHA256
fecb853a38776fe466a2d24c525f1a0cb79b6469d6fd2a348e26bca6012fbf70

SHA512
ebaa3d3b114d38d59f47de3f15d06e9632556f60f32c48a0885b63a7849a2f145091e5047d1ed403a285c3e97d8c647e9afabb21c604bfec51b74b02da4eaa84

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memory/1080-0-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1080-6-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1080-8-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2444-4-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2444-7-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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