sakula | c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568

General

Target

c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

980f5debac3581032d20518c8a0b7205
SHA1

082d8153955efd17223be55a98e2710c37071fd8
SHA256

c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568
SHA512

16b362f71bff65389161f2b207c15f1ed8962c0cf4e4a6112be0b42fbe9d96d332c7fb879a4297c4c83c2173edc32441021df7bcce2ed67502dae1efe09aaa78
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkry:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7y

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/2428-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2828-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2428-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2828	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"	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c9a-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2428-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2828-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2428-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.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
3976	PING.EXE
3608	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3976	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2828	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2828	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2828	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3608	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	91
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3608	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	91
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 3608	2428	c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe	91
PID 3608 wrote to memory of 3976	3608	cmd.exe	93
PID 3608 wrote to memory of 3976	3608	cmd.exe	93
PID 3608 wrote to memory of 3976	3608	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.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:2428
- 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:2828
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c048434decc83907a75813f87131f5605572b6d62a1d1a1dd82ed58c4b829568.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3608
- - 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:3976

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
cee0a87bf802ae776bb63f6050d597a9

SHA1
2818db1fd47a55c7b1a468460a887417b176ba78

SHA256
ab049adae4f14e0f8f154f6bc17ce3866e20a73f6935f140b6fa90811b370f48

SHA512
5182aa74412621b46954734a909a66a3aaefa14c65bdb8ef9270784c30667936f7e06c419cbb7324a49b6f41aafd4d28f7203bfdc3149cf97d51868b2e1ba268

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memory/2428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2428-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2428-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2828-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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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