sakula | 8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0

General

Target

8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

16705d84d863e363b3e63519c9ffde90
SHA1

5efd6ca774c7e96469892d8182d4a9457c341620
SHA256

8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0
SHA512

821e7fd529febb9a9dd0f169446f7c556add71351b6ad8a306da95cd43b77e17bf975b4412b811d62dd490e79be1390044c0ae93d6d840b5ea8e3b6d2abac76a
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taq8:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8y

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

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/4592-6-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4468-8-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4592-14-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4468-19-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4468	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"	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4592-0-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b92-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/4468-4-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4592-6-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4468-8-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4592-14-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4468-19-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-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	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.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
1856	cmd.exe
5016	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5016	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 4468	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	85
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 4468	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	85
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 4468	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	85
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 1856	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	101
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 1856	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	101
PID 4592 wrote to memory of 1856	4592	8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe	101
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 5016	1856	cmd.exe	103
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 5016	1856	cmd.exe	103
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 5016	1856	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.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:4592
- 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:4468
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8052d68c89decccd1f82f21719a25e521cb734b9a28803f4d138ca11a18e66a0N.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1856
- - 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:5016

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
43KB

MD5
8dc8e8aaa7bdb26d0a6927cd74a56a19

SHA1
a5709eef6f970e15fbb58d4377ce4e456687a123

SHA256
bfe2641957be983503351769a12e7a5e234bb36b164d0c0843a8791910690cdf

SHA512
70f3d3c7d30788fb3a22f871cbe93a0aacc938c40afbc0aa35bb90a81bf65531e8f2a0c492dd07f4acd8c9100e87209b154c41bd54ea36d860d4d57b6638dad6

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memory/4468-4-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4468-8-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4468-19-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4592-0-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4592-6-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4592-14-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000067F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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