sakula | aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af

General

Target

aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

82e074bf86f869c71af4e49626141473
SHA1

9108f470cde0faba40185417da7393d7da107d11
SHA256

aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af
SHA512

a1218c87d764c28d62f3f1c9806610b79d31c84ea93eaf9f308612a05a44b9ec62f7c88b4ad8d5b068eeae5e785313d37c0bbc44d7d9c122abffaf3decc4b01b
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7UX:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8X

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/2796-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/400-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2796-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
400	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"	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023ba9-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/400-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/400-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.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
2492	cmd.exe
2772	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2772	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 400	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 400	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 400	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	83
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2492	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	100
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2492	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	100
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2492	2796	aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe	100
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2772	2492	cmd.exe	102
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2772	2492	cmd.exe	102
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2772	2492	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.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:2796
- 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:400
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aedcee7cec12ab616d26f310626fadfa811079c64c89dafe459ba8ac84eca5af.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2492
- - 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:2772

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
41KB

MD5
cdb326d811ca7dd3803b7d8fa1e0a17f

SHA1
57c35aedd89dbe331e28b4360f98f4bb0c76b908

SHA256
06febcd2c33eedb47c124c34336270b5ab042c714bc547b20b2d06a7b222cb16

SHA512
b92bd61bf4c7763956defc331355a11afcd706006bd8fdc5d613c49526a665ff141b4b676bbe1e0c74924fdd72328ccd5f8228120a8816b5315a5ec4164986c0

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memory/400-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/400-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2796-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2796-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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