sakula | bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4

General

Target

bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe
Size

912KB
MD5

af5fc906cb4eb002b1a4b14a8bc45020
SHA1

aee9ca177b7d8b33fd4462518b1fdde8ec475946
SHA256

bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4
SHA512

ac3b2b5c4449c9bc3a3c344e3d72adeb82c71a0defa83f51e385e68551319791aebaef484177b8a688389adc72e4b99712339cd33029d220439e8b6e0af053ee
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csV5f1bYQog9hVn454E4Ciy:g4+wlYBsb3zNs5f1bYInVn454Egy

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/4036-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023caf-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4036-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3232-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3232	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"	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.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	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.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
524	cmd.exe
3428	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3428	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3232	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	83
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3232	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	83
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3232	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	83
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 524	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	99
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 524	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	99
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 524	4036	bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe	99
PID 524 wrote to memory of 3428	524	cmd.exe	101
PID 524 wrote to memory of 3428	524	cmd.exe	101
PID 524 wrote to memory of 3428	524	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.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:4036
- 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:3232
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bb3ce31f9d2c3f499b91359bb5efc8ccfff814eab8fb65ab5c0ae6b161e908a4N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:524
- - 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:3428

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
db2c4684cc7d2d99d39926b59d54d2d9

SHA1
bff3ed27648f66fac9f6247491f0207c533c5fe9

SHA256
60e77a62142feed80051d57b86f91fff579fa182d3c29f4d2952f7a4ac44e76a

SHA512
fbdf725b36553c04d533a43fd74d0135f5540f04852d7aefba0b4741f28c8fd47c24eca19e616857b490580d158269ba4728f7524742768222880e671d3f1349

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memory/3232-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4036-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4036-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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