sakula | 36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6

General

Target

36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

79f55a093d60bba0e0e2b646da644250
SHA1

1edc5cd4a01762e519f437d3b4b2b669447838f3
SHA256

36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6
SHA512

d10709cc7aab0ecd372a1e257fc2c497a55d49a3d1e46ddcb88dc70c8cc1127c841c0952c43eccd8346b0c2e851c63dc56dc7f43a1368c621a266300cbe7e6ba
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrF:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7F

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/3564-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5116-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3564-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5116	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"	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3564-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b89-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3564-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5116-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3564-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.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
3964	PING.EXE
3760	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3964	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	82
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	82
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 5116	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	82
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 3760	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	91
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 3760	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	91
PID 3564 wrote to memory of 3760	3564	36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe	91
PID 3760 wrote to memory of 3964	3760	cmd.exe	93
PID 3760 wrote to memory of 3964	3760	cmd.exe	93
PID 3760 wrote to memory of 3964	3760	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.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:3564
- 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:5116
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\36bb80d0e1bc5ce02a22127b83bcc5d3d477907362e5a7c4a971d92077bfc4c6N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3760
- - 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:3964

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
73d776ddc97c9e934d938f671b16308a

SHA1
b1b5731b4ef2c880a990bbca1a622d4c39eec8ab

SHA256
d42545c163434416d66e319135075448299014642eea72c4649f3a4f7d4b93bd

SHA512
2840444fd5608ae4ee264da66bbf2f73794eaa60ef9300ee5fc03058f8104f9d8e8da8017662125342f8a3d76758a07ce7123bee2b0e18f5710e25af02688bf5

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memory/3564-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3564-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3564-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/5116-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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