sakula | 116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601

General

Target

116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

606d3953aa1a69bbe3e880d2a989f615
SHA1

d2dee67bfb74519a9862bcefa0aecdaa887b63bd
SHA256

116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601
SHA512

114958844418d03f0fb2d48c216f27b4acfb7a7c8833e96847557b9b78242019915897c40f936ac1e980ed1cb9876d35b5d5ecacd8553b09b4e8982a94971fe1
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqL:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k89

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/3304-6-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1720-8-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3304-13-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1720-18-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-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	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1720	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"	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3304-0-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b7b-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1720-4-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3304-6-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1720-8-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3304-13-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1720-18-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-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	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.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
2616	cmd.exe
3940	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3940	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 1720	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	82
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 1720	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	82
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 1720	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	82
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 2616	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	91
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 2616	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	91
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 2616	3304	116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe	91
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 3940	2616	cmd.exe	93
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 3940	2616	cmd.exe	93
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 3940	2616	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.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:3304
- 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:1720
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\116e28cd2af8ae7845f0012389b798ca2baad6da0a8bd92a916c188327cc3601.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2616
- - 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:3940

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
58040ae0d948c29773b77823e6819802

SHA1
c06d5cd741624d9977b753b5f4a594c3ad33da4e

SHA256
8bd553b6924700ea39776a7adb68e0e85b16d3ebc26a918536f72cee987d511f

SHA512
bb281b5909cad24b5ac125245ff34e5256aa124c9c384ca7a19949e9bbd6556c275f7e2ef32822160a696563a2274b8c9e43b641dd36480f9ab7878a364d42ee

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memory/1720-4-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1720-8-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1720-18-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3304-0-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3304-6-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3304-13-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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