sakula | 463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3

General

Target

463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

2483ccdd8179e1177d48a1a75f67bf31
SHA1

5abe6a456fea71f42a6c870d73f41a1bd996ba03
SHA256

463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3
SHA512

2854f4caec66fbc5fe559aafb4264b1f7706c678793243768ae6481e031f73868dc4e565d487d8a99b21b65dd2d4ffbab823dadce580ff0e4c731a27dca30ea2
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7Uh:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8h

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/2680-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2740-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2680-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2740	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"	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2680-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b78-2.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2680-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2740-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2680-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.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
4028	cmd.exe
2068	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2068	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2740	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	83
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2740	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	83
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2740	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	83
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 4028	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	88
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 4028	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	88
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 4028	2680	463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe	88
PID 4028 wrote to memory of 2068	4028	cmd.exe	90
PID 4028 wrote to memory of 2068	4028	cmd.exe	90
PID 4028 wrote to memory of 2068	4028	cmd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.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:2680
- 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:2740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\463c1b64a0721d72c39b8b6ba97e64c2ee0f1838bed9d5a3903d5473fb7574c3.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4028
- - 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:2068

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
41KB

MD5
c513246220b91b549b4761306dcad565

SHA1
21bbeffa6f1f7f98a692cf9259ca7bbd1c30c1cc

SHA256
16712754a802c3a9f88c9d49bd23aba91921d340a416b802b090f698a06005d7

SHA512
9ad756adc0c2ef0c813a452dfe2d857569fcccf5231b3673b5530e307841c3e7b6a6668db7ed2f2eb880e12b93854cf5580a3ceb09897313113e8d1a88d2cc0c

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memory/2680-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2680-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2680-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2740-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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