sakula | 3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1

General

Target

3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

6d299113dc764e6c2e6cf84aeff88720
SHA1

3c0455948a4d8bf05b894fde2d634131bd58bb88
SHA256

3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1
SHA512

97de8dff288e9754b30ba49f1c88609f6f90099e96ffbc7e5f772b544b1c7fb246dd7f891632f02e1d605de75e9898a60a5346a3a82d935afdaf1a50fb4e6fae
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrR:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7R

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/3520-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1752-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3520-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1752	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"	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3520-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023ca2-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3520-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1752-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3520-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.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
4044	cmd.exe
4992	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4992	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 1752	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	83
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 1752	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	83
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 1752	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	83
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4044	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	88
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4044	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	88
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4044	3520	3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe	88
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4992	4044	cmd.exe	90
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4992	4044	cmd.exe	90
PID 4044 wrote to memory of 4992	4044	cmd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.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:3520
- 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:1752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a49d3416efc9717089425eb53d906d536d70ce77c7c5f5c8d3273ddc6dda5e1N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4044
- - 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:4992

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
6d5459ad3f484e269312df1be65a4185

SHA1
7c9a15927d391538fa5d2317c282f34296ddf053

SHA256
491f0287b6691be9316bad469f961d7f666ad02c89b61d47525f9bafea0da928

SHA512
ed2fdf78b372a122319accf3ec93c07c5fdd9de31b1ded47fb10dd54c4ebff673adc76b00fcf3dcfc3c32fc17dc96221b4cf5f304026ef363190a3aa2fe6cfd3

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memory/1752-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3520-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3520-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3520-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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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