sakula | 38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2

General

Target

38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe
Size

488KB
MD5

c7eb9cb21122507077ab4a5ab2679840
SHA1

7540f3ccdb65a56e20bf4558d5b67cfb17655780
SHA256

38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2
SHA512

fe4e7b64579e7de2879c90b7133300f31cad0fbbe208262d55f73792614f905886adbfa631a203f4e98041620c4f887d8c8e315532b88077154dce73faa66801
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/TU7kn56:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csVN

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/3684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023caa-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3684-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3420-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3420	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"	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.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	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.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
4196	cmd.exe
4464	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4464	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 3420	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	83
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 3420	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	83
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 3420	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	83
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 4196	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	100
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 4196	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	100
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 4196	3684	38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe	100
PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4464	4196	cmd.exe	102
PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4464	4196	cmd.exe	102
PID 4196 wrote to memory of 4464	4196	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.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:3684
- 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:3420
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\38121d9807f873d6721e99d31c03d78795745d82eb7198b1914bb8ad14cde7b2N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4196
- - 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:4464

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
488KB

MD5
9c4d486051efde8e138a1212249e7b07

SHA1
07458fe755c7d4c065992ed473e8746d0b66f4a8

SHA256
b5e1bb9273de3b0693977561987d97127c27b85d47118599077f3399b7dd9151

SHA512
2b6ae2b275cc0f55f9e3d643211f92d9ca4f6f02813d2a5de5b534965377eecaea8740754267b25696a9f690ae4f6c9a6004f7b00a18b9d972bfb4681f4c674d

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memory/3420-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3684-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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