sakula | 1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c

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Analysis

max time kernel
891s
max time network
898s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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General

Target

1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

c798e56eadccbe80c166b9b7bfceaf05
SHA1

60a9a6db2cabaec6476544dd1e9ddf2256c3497d
SHA256

1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c
SHA512

f3269d5a59f6f6d7817be2ee9a7c8954642c90df2fea3ffe9ac221d33925595ed48c22f4c2c69ecbd1a6691d7c45e8f417a874a6c3b2cca96f5fe0e41f7c97b8
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkrs:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa7s

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

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/3992-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4336-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3992-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4336	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"	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000d000000023b6d-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3992-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4336-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3992-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.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
3892	cmd.exe
2184	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2184	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 4336	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 4336	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 4336	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3892	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	91
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3892	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	91
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3892	3992	1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe	91
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 2184	3892	cmd.exe	93
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 2184	3892	cmd.exe	93
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 2184	3892	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe cmd /c %SIGILL% "SIGTERM|DELETE|SIGKILL"
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:3992
- 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:4336
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bd433962f23ac292f0e28f5c97cee817a4ad0d7462e50f4b7dde0974a587a3c.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3892
- - 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:2184

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

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
ae44df9b02b11103f10cd56f3f7d4eba

SHA1
dccfdb753115945fbcb506ae7f424c63cbca5a2b

SHA256
607ace57b4a9a89bac2cbecd465a74792f50a4a1cfacdf0871ee3fd82394dc49

SHA512
976681e04d222296a929bb6f771b55a71b63b039b63c4dbc76e5b1912d00cb867506ffdd97126ca57b30485c1cc0eda651e10f0c0ef091cc5294bdab7cc0e5e2

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memory/3992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3992-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3992-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4336-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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