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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b81-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3556-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3992-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3556-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3556	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"	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	PING.EXE
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

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
64	cmd.exe
3660	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3660	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3556	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3556	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 3556	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 64	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	91
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 64	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	91
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 64	3992	5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe	91
PID 64 wrote to memory of 3660	64	cmd.exe	93
PID 64 wrote to memory of 3660	64	cmd.exe	93
PID 64 wrote to memory of 3660	64	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5540be2ef9937735cbcfeac74728faee3eb30bd4f5441df4df3cff8d19dd6b8d.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:3992
- 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:3556
- 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⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:64
- - 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:3660

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
912KB

MD5
97e09b69db176bda0d69419952c6419f

SHA1
1f0daef3518ebc1e980e10e972b45aebdb1d193e

SHA256
ec813e988771555f6ac2adf188172413a7857cef1147f641cf60196ac79e040a

SHA512
c22b7c8639261c76c406a086866ef102d6f7c741c930a0418deb8d2a8fb0ef11a3cdffa00564c2e3178e9a2d821361b94d35e7d82a432d14aa05e005b3b83d9e

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memory/3556-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3556-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3992-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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