sakula | 0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1

General

Target

0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe
Size

220KB
MD5

71fba82448bd00f78079d1dddca76b70
SHA1

6b3801205583554353f8c1aad4f42f9675ed1381
SHA256

0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1
SHA512

8aa725a560d10ec465cbb76a343c00120185cff4829ffc0c76abb716e8f59c2ae7cebbfca0d25c3f69977f414ea6f8905e50fe6873e90577f695dd237d273f4e
SSDEEP

3072:M29DkEGRQixVSjLwes5G30Bg7uZwOuz/xS3iGpZMhDEXzkOSUUKeF8a7bXz:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ij6

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
behavioral2/memory/4024-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023ca7-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4024-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4120-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4120	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"	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.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	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.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
2196	cmd.exe
4256	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4256	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 4120	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	83
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 4120	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	83
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 4120	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	83
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 2196	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	99
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 2196	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	99
PID 4024 wrote to memory of 2196	4024	0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe	99
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 4256	2196	cmd.exe	101
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 4256	2196	cmd.exe	101
PID 2196 wrote to memory of 4256	2196	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.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:4024
- 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:4120
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b8139e8d30cd4db7b1582d3a9ab2ed7004c9d9cfa76b8a201d2ad8d619f36f1N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2196
- - 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:4256

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
220KB

MD5
25540108f0e97fa3c5094ce5b173c2fc

SHA1
208f2b8c96f277c479a156729ff61f5b1ca449ec

SHA256
a5cb42c8270ae491ff42e9d3233baf7c3d925b7bf648ff0215698fc69047f5fc

SHA512
a0f3de71ca0c54e9b98149f5d044265a1744d9989265aea6e3dc7a8999f1216cd485bac052c8f63c8698736d944103446b8a2a27880b43d6fb35f0281f55712f

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memory/4024-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4024-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4120-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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