sakula | 216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e

General

Target

216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

95341762747074c82d059c5f79843177
SHA1

0017b0ae120a1bd2b983769effe6d478367b623c
SHA256

216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e
SHA512

0138265b4b565af0c8847eca1d3a0023af9fb777fd2130f2e8dfd27abba218f68121df05826775b86ad10ac93264e137863a30e2623c95d58720e50191503cd9
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taq8:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8q

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/1616-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4728-8-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1616-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4728-17-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4728	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"	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1616-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023ca0-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4728-4-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1616-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4728-8-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1616-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4728-17-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-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	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.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
2164	cmd.exe
920	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
920	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 4728	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	83
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 4728	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	83
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 4728	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	83
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2164	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	99
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2164	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	99
PID 1616 wrote to memory of 2164	1616	216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe	99
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 920	2164	cmd.exe	101
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 920	2164	cmd.exe	101
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 920	2164	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.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:1616
- 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:4728
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\216756ec55417da199b7e19587d2218f52d89721b0706229cb7d80badd87a03e.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2164
- - 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:920

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
27276da425da32e9a1342075097afb8b

SHA1
2859f6d9ca3b35e4c2710076c3353c96db5a98f8

SHA256
21f55d19dfba33439d89a4fcfb7117daa36bd467fd6ae66856268d63849de1f1

SHA512
bf835a60ec4e9599690e37a9ee3079e094ed97fc938f6c40ce75f29aeb531ed97adfa9ee35dc125607d45c99b1ca04fdca2c3bdee7bb658b6323c819eda7c12a

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memory/1616-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1616-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1616-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4728-4-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4728-8-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4728-17-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B1F000-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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