sakula | 8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189

General

Target

8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe
Size

41KB
MD5

680d53d3d912fd9912d1cccf8d4c51c0
SHA1

1dd7ff3eb9d538206a36928a6d17f8bbeabb70a0
SHA256

8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189
SHA512

d9acac1db90409995383994fe44346949aeb60ce09147401c7aa42d8e246cc744247dfe43ebb6e6008242247197f78bf8c20eabf43df3dd5f1663a3b07554459
SSDEEP

768:9zpVJi5kPTIukEYpcHOZ6rFSBZxkXNVkSXtfgn3JkcBwQoabJF7nbcuyD7Ur:N/JKiMLE9bOq5fgn6Ozoaz7nouy8r

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/3260-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2572-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3260-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2572	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"	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3260-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023caa-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/2572-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3260-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2572-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3260-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.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
1592	cmd.exe
1700	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1700	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 2572	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	85
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 2572	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	85
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 2572	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	85
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 1592	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	100
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 1592	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	100
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 1592	3260	8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe	100
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 1700	1592	cmd.exe	102
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 1700	1592	cmd.exe	102
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 1700	1592	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.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:3260
- 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:2572
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8405d21e1c93425521cfb286c44936ab8351dcc1e726b7792398323aa0448189N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1592
- - 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:1700

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
33ed85162fa339b685beeb11be28432a

SHA1
a55736b5bef4ae8c0e8eca86e1c369dc0603f746

SHA256
ba23064a8fcbc3c5ad0270534c605ef845191a715706859309a5d85d055fde0d

SHA512
811063d9171700cffe5f2de5a09b859fdf1919cef2cca0f5374adbfd94ed0e9a91e34d84a0d6e8833e8293b49b4986150e94e4ac1971912f0944bc8969ee126c

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memory/2572-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2572-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3260-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3260-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/3260-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-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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