sakula | ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6

General

Target
ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe
Size 114KB
Sample250101-e5wh8avldy
SHA256 ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6
MD5 a8205d11cfeeb09621d2f88962cc5173
SHA1 5e546fde94cd7dcc2b37aa3f8d75a925fc054063
SHA512 9de2da6d17b235d24c0b2d71716a75f553b99b599be2df48e2f72f18c162481b94da639591b2fe1f70f116720801ae08ee80d9e722ac079b967f6d0ed53a37bd
SSDEEP 1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRg4:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRg4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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/2824-0-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cc6-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3580-4-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2824-6-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3580-7-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2824-8-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-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	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3580	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"	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2824-0-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cc6-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3580-4-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2824-6-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3580-7-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2824-8-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-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	MediaCenter.exe
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	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.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
5052	cmd.exe
2908	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2908	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 3580	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	83
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 3580	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	83
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 3580	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	83
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 5052	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	99
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 5052	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	99
PID 2824 wrote to memory of 5052	2824	ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe	99
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 2908	5052	cmd.exe	101
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 2908	5052	cmd.exe	101
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 2908	5052	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.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:2824
- 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:3580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ec1ed563d84bb170900b25fc09663766d80242a318f68e31b3ea3954fd5f85b6.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5052
- - 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:2908

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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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 114KB
SHA256 03d42dab68d2c94626243bc10a7dc6c373af6495464fbc410e0d38a03f9bca61
MD5 21a2f45a36e781432adbbf30fed05bcd
SHA1 6407345756792825c848a81e6335202a1fd4a2fe
SHA512 9c9e10d36feb5bd84e086e8b0b2162f49e816d1fa963d29bc034216fb799fc440284e3843e80f707bfc9cd0d63b32a117d9e155a5c58e4e2e3838c19ca029808
SSDEEP 1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8TRgg:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutTRgg
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/2824-0-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp

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memory/2824-6-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp

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memory/2824-8-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E61000-memory.dmp

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memory/3580-4-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp

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memory/3580-7-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000071000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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