sakula | 8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1

General

Target

8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

65bd22d3cf27bbed3e8d437764e65343
SHA1

b682e23ac7fafe862aad600192c9a97a38667dca
SHA256

8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1
SHA512

51a056bd65e6ed90a75c088c1f9a7f56974d81fedd851266d579953a44e36b6003941de8832852057ac2f891dd43bd32ade0fa14e3b391636686f757f9008466
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7UT:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8T

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/3240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3212-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3240-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3212	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"	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3240-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023bd3-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/3240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3212-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3240-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.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
2688	cmd.exe
4732	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4732	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3212	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	82
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3212	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	82
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3212	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	82
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2688	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	91
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2688	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	91
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 2688	3240	8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe	91
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 4732	2688	cmd.exe	93
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 4732	2688	cmd.exe	93
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 4732	2688	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.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:3240
- 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:3212
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8864351aede3fd8cdfc8c96e0a9ef5a26b4bfef63346728aa5207e5a227c87c1.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2688
- - 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:4732

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
d57c639627d452be0cdeb36156ece990

SHA1
3cb09fc04f3d6816e2f11d523f26ead8527e3c10

SHA256
a0d40e745979ab3c75f4ff20ad26f1993a666e1257d561000438f6ce6031dbd9

SHA512
933d10fab6d997c9dd4f0e9a69e225962c1076bd28dea80bea98a3212019c1f68a2c68edc5f1d2e8f886cc7733a4cf1d81e8aba60af140bea09f02fcbf75bd50

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memory/3212-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3240-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3240-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3240-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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