sakula | 01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228f

General

Target

01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe
Size

63KB
MD5

8e32120cae8e893761e70d94d98e93e0
SHA1

64612406b390a9233442181c07543b25047c315d
SHA256

01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228f
SHA512

cc7348e71ccbda53100bb8e0a9fb6be7b00b3b1793f020e2367503ee6bfe7539f3648968988c5ccc3d39fa078df430829c69eb3f836e1e540973c3619e2881fe
SSDEEP

1536:zoxBP0D61Oj3+5FdOa52C8pdo95j6hZ2MzNDCkr0:0PPUj3+5FMIn8To94wa70

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

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 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4616-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2664-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4616-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2664	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"	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4616-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b99-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4616-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2664-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4616-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	upx

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	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.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
4440	cmd.exe
1188	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1188	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 2664	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	82
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 2664	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	82
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 2664	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	82
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 4440	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	91
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 4440	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	91
PID 4616 wrote to memory of 4440	4616	01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe	91
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 1188	4440	cmd.exe	93
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 1188	4440	cmd.exe	93
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 1188	4440	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.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:4616
- 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:2664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01b9a00ac9e24d13ff12e364979530528c62cc7b3964ef83990520d5f537228fN.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4440
- - 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:1188

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
63KB

MD5
cdc95c5a0c008186c4995df15baeb4e4

SHA1
7e890d3cb8eee48a05b9b5328e485f9b3b7d0df4

SHA256
21ab6c01513a4053ad7af23c29692ec4f7ebb630b97ed9fb35955ad42f6b84fb

SHA512
5114379a77919d5b3f319b4364e874ea750dc7ec8dddcb7bd12018eec5e960e609f22f569d47f58545dbe64b9a819181888e95bf04e7951b7cab3c70a94c1abd

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memory/2664-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4616-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4616-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4616-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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