sakula | c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e

General

Target

c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

6166c92385f3e6ba8853b88beb524c21
SHA1

c93d2f348aefeb62c4bd4b132b0aefe713f46d9c
SHA256

c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e
SHA512

7a68340a361594e5a298564bc54448efeed3094cf403959cf6dd6061992b05ce5ca79231958770fef892d44f0f976f91e444cce4db5d116fc26526f950bfe58e
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrw:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7w

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/4804-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2556-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4804-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2556	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"	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4804-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b74-2.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4804-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2556-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4804-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.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
1976	cmd.exe
3952	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3952	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 2556	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	83
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 2556	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	83
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 2556	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	83
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1976	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	90
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1976	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	90
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1976	4804	c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe	90
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 3952	1976	cmd.exe	92
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 3952	1976	cmd.exe	92
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 3952	1976	cmd.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.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:4804
- 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:2556
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c62f8fc8debdded76f8bf5c36f7ed6f857625031e0a1e7567993ac06c3e9bf4e.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1976
- - 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:3952

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
8082573a98f4890dba15e778d5db1d65

SHA1
0288c204a759ed65c24a940d61e2128deda216aa

SHA256
59197e8c2ce22ba8fe4779f3aa0af02e762a3c7ef648c6805587e7ca60d954af

SHA512
a01d9eed9aa91dbf56a4bcaeac8aed3a061bb9e6047b0a1b4d1d5cc5c9ad80fdfe588cc9f5b91a2e17489cd555ac75f7631888724dfea619f2f5e51949e0e5c5

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memory/2556-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4804-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4804-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4804-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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