sakula | 5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d

General

Target

5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe
Size

912KB
MD5

b4cfa21f7e89d8297393c1a8f4d5419f
SHA1

260d9b253c7808d81cc2990132fb81adc0aba81a
SHA256

5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d
SHA512

dcb6b9876597663aeea1a60ef1f9e928ca604a1550069958649dcd2b38e6ce610585e93cc87246dfbb18ab06893f0ba09df06a53841bfed878966ef8ff3b4bdb
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csV5f1bYQog9hVn454E4CiW:g4+wlYBsb3zNs5f1bYInVn454EgW

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

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 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2420-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x0009000000016a66-5.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2420-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1256-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1256	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.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"	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe

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	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.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
2668	PING.EXE
2748	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2668	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1256	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	30
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1256	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	30
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1256	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	30
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 1256	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	30
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2748	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	33
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2748	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	33
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2748	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	33
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 2748	2420	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	33
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2668	2748	cmd.exe	35
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2668	2748	cmd.exe	35
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2668	2748	cmd.exe	35
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2668	2748	cmd.exe	35

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2420
- 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:1256
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2748
- - 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:2668

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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
912KB

MD5
b9ca2598048ef50634c8a1b381dd3acb

SHA1
04945d3c48ba912d8d9f88ea155972d325e2d4d7

SHA256
849febd4533bc110df8ad318583abd73d3bf06d2e253d7840c3cf75cd4993fda

SHA512
bd89f29b0477263833fb6da02e707395b8ae3992f9696b4d76a514f5f3b4addbc5a19b5cc94fa8ad462a8e52d62d8316160bc4be2221ca2c55d4c8991fdc43f9

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memory/1256-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2420-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2420-6-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000250000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2420-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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