sakula | 026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b

General

Target

026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

8b54a6bfa65db0a2df716b1e3406776a
SHA1

8730d5d491dde7dcf996c4a77d3153f43674b777
SHA256

026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b
SHA512

a50b224f0d31727fd2250aef4f658ad7a6705589a9ddf29356968a51dd266245aabe7ab5add523e60fe83a98d77617226392b95ff37dbe64dbd723ea58185460
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrl:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7l

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/4240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5084-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4240-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5084	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"	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4240-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b84-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5084-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4240-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.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
4180	cmd.exe
388	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
388	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 5084	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	83
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 5084	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	83
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 5084	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	83
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 4180	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	99
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 4180	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	99
PID 4240 wrote to memory of 4180	4240	026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe	99
PID 4180 wrote to memory of 388	4180	cmd.exe	101
PID 4180 wrote to memory of 388	4180	cmd.exe	101
PID 4180 wrote to memory of 388	4180	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.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:4240
- 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:5084
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\026c1857a08a0e34b8e1c2e3707050870bf018f04dc4213708fed97189a8977b.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4180
- - 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:388

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
4a387f4cefb028bd1adbb59912fafa01

SHA1
1e549d245c7cdd4a7e7585e2463fe7a61aebbbce

SHA256
5f31ce52d240ae7406ff29ee5e8b1ace8645a0d3ad5e6168f014e741bc01809f

SHA512
183f7642ade3680939a19ed672c2bf36c2b65e8e96cab16d60ee6c86988f7027a667447cae1bc616ce2b355f2154454ad0dd422be7f416d00e6bf20ec055f436

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memory/4240-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4240-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/5084-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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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