sakula | e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c

General

Target

e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

f2dd835cd8ad0faa33385f107e59b7b0
SHA1

2c658e5df5c4ac2f5507dbf5b51b2d9b0d427aee
SHA256

e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c
SHA512

c002d122de41f23e51ab5929eb92d97648da694c6fa08c9f22f3ee8e72e2a415177930ed3676db5f9107b4b63cc72f29f58a83156910d4297937ecc4ba5ba3cb
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrp:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7p

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Sakula family
sakula

Sakula payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4480-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4344-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4480-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4344	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"	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b5f-4.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4480-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4344-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4480-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.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
3960	cmd.exe
5116	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5116	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 4344	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	83
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 4344	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	83
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 4344	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	83
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 3960	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	100
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 3960	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	100
PID 4480 wrote to memory of 3960	4480	e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe	100
PID 3960 wrote to memory of 5116	3960	cmd.exe	102
PID 3960 wrote to memory of 5116	3960	cmd.exe	102
PID 3960 wrote to memory of 5116	3960	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.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:4480
- 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:4344
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e6ac2f785fbe5afdc3744d6ae77ae22591d96e52a3319ffe524a4c1fb51d1f2c.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3960
- - 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:5116

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
63KB

MD5
2a58ecf9812214b3c34be27282ae1b65

SHA1
756ef66ca77bcde7f917e6f8612b5eaf9239766e

SHA256
2b2d30a9e67faf179c976a4aa87f8a3f265438afd6583d081264268c4524ff51

SHA512
d7ec202ca27e0c3b3d338b3425c4a678e14b31a4b2e9598241a6a2786ea63683b3a135eb045ea311769efd0928d6e38287ee224e1a1e6c26dd66980e89e7b5a7

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memory/4344-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4480-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4480-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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