sakula | a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19

General

Target

a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

2f462d12529162d9df14d31c04dfac65
SHA1

f1c9da3f4f02b344cb7ae2a694296e7cadf3bd03
SHA256

a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19
SHA512

20166665072612bc1fb7ba486f0a2c51de11c04ce5c7c56f4ff2857a74cb376ecbd3fee4fc47534bb1338dc351e5d83c5a688f6d7a4e0a45640574b83ccd017b
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrd:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7d

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/4940-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4088-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4940-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4088	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"	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4940-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023baa-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4940-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4088-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4940-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.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
3688	cmd.exe
916	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
916	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4088	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	84
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4088	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	84
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4088	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	84
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 3688	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	93
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 3688	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	93
PID 4940 wrote to memory of 3688	4940	a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe	93
PID 3688 wrote to memory of 916	3688	cmd.exe	95
PID 3688 wrote to memory of 916	3688	cmd.exe	95
PID 3688 wrote to memory of 916	3688	cmd.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.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:4940
- 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:4088
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a1609e947d36e448ee4afe990b6660117b6bedd04c01ef5a0b07f69aa771ea19.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3688
- - 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:916

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
daf6900c5d5f7ea573a4f21387ed8b2e

SHA1
8ce3178a123599b5526d3bccb430f6ed1ba847a8

SHA256
58d7ea6141aaf2214474c1e8c323139365ae143b7a98d7ada51dc5fe10e9d61f

SHA512
dfafc20f4d08c43b5342351e2bf4d1b3b80f670e2d2300593257ccb4015ee424b8805342a80b1af4b5376a17de740f3531858f7212eac385a6f0284b88601904

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memory/4088-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4940-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4940-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4940-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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