sakula | 85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53

General

Target

85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

ab56ec6e9e1f1c2d295a2c44fd2115d4
SHA1

ea92c7c9dc2e7921feb8e9ecb5163a163345b690
SHA256

85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53
SHA512

a061a2afd0ecd97de509f7c7c028966a4f5ccfeb003ee248f60a8150556e1cd105fd3ebccf12eab933015980e49f1dfb7a53405b4ceac4d941ca0088b9d3a74a
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqo:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8G

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/2100-6-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1752-8-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2100-13-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1752-19-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
54	4660	Process not Found

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-1-5-21-3311063739-2594902809-44604183-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1752	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"	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2100-0-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023cf1-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1752-4-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2100-6-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1752-8-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2100-13-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1752-19-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-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 5 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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
556	PING.EXE
4560	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
3672	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
556	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1752	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	89
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1752	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	89
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 1752	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	89
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 3672	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	101
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 3672	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	101
PID 2100 wrote to memory of 3672	2100	85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe	101
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 556	3672	cmd.exe	103
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 556	3672	cmd.exe	103
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 556	3672	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.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:2100
- 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:1752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\85023972b03169c4cc25cf033fe66145e57f4e9b13d989fe43e2f229d7d40d53.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3672
- - 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:556

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI3IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU5ODUiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODQ0NDQzNjAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1MjQxNjQwODY3Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
PID:4560

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
7a859e0a94b4ff8ac486152754041608

SHA1
5fc12fd411a34a15e962f920da7aaa7cf4ce068d

SHA256
ab845505687e191ee2a6087f049a0dde1c4559c5f39719fae11546167d3e0f7e

SHA512
42743d2e9b57e69bf5a4aee19bfcc79c198b71dbcac670e5aeb689425f96cd63a170e1828e33c47073165542f7f65face4c303d723830098ff9144de3f4f7487

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memory/1752-4-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1752-8-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/1752-19-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2100-0-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2100-6-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2100-13-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083F000-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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