sakula | 2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0b

General

Target

2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

8d04f3fbbfeda8802347c45cd82c49d0
SHA1

e26409fdfd67d4d961741ae505ed18b7a14e7733
SHA256

2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0b
SHA512

c7cc2afbfe5e82d5b26073d30c9bcfabab295040275431623f61f792996aa8a57c577ebd6b510276f0120e04f5f004306ff476353f294c3c23153ea52a304ff7
SSDEEP

1536:Loaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPLJNz30rtriCr0nJnHPoq1nouy8uRgs:c0hpgz6xGhYJF30Blr0nhoutuRgs

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Sakula family
sakula

Sakula payload 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4184-0-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000e000000023bb7-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3236-4-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4184-6-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3236-7-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4184-8-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-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	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3236	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"	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4184-0-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000e000000023bb7-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3236-4-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4184-6-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3236-7-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4184-8-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-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	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.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
2432	cmd.exe
3068	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3068	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 3236	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	83
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 3236	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	83
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 3236	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	83
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 2432	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	99
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 2432	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	99
PID 4184 wrote to memory of 2432	4184	2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe	99
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 3068	2432	cmd.exe	101
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 3068	2432	cmd.exe	101
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 3068	2432	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.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:4184
- 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:3236
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2276aea8ae5d09e18e2f1315d282bc1592f782da96a5b6f769f0eb1dd13c5f0bN.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2432
- - 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:3068

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
114KB

MD5
c6b9b9acce9e1c30329e5c5691f7d73d

SHA1
55a87086f73862ed1451c79f1786413452d057bd

SHA256
2adebe6d521476d1e372f9ea4b927c28eaac2b184b6018f8b9a24dd853c6a9af

SHA512
143f3f8e9dd11bfbafe6b6f34628556f90717241b21d48b7eb32ba35fcb11b073bb97c5d83b3716fa0ce6cadb90b418e4ca90761ad37d58b5483110535f21ef6

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memory/3236-4-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3236-7-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/4184-0-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/4184-6-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/4184-8-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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