sakula | 72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69

General

Target

72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

9d56cf46bfd14cfe34081bae570fc72d
SHA1

181c0429d1708f78b30efff964b61c935acad16d
SHA256

72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69
SHA512

83f922c860c002ad442d7d659b4c05bf28342a76b6e118bf3a8232c63aa0d96ea8c6f87aae21bc83f1389ba104048f9954c8f21aa39ca3bb3cededd3e271b254
SSDEEP

768:+U9XnKJv8KrtPNxT4oreP7cIK3yQpdk6x8pf9m4P/S0hVvIZiGDZ6RO8nHE8taqY:+U9abrtX4oocIK3yQkaY9z/S0hhy6k8C

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/2552-6-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5016-8-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2552-14-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5016-18-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
34	1992	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-1-5-21-189444705-1272902858-1305688695-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5016	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"	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe

UPX packed file 7 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2552-0-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023d0b-3.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/5016-4-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2552-6-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5016-8-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2552-14-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5016-18-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-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	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.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
3628	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
4524	cmd.exe
4252	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4252	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 5016	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	87
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 5016	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	87
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 5016	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	87
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 4524	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	104
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 4524	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	104
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 4524	2552	72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe	104
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 4252	4524	cmd.exe	106
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 4252	4524	cmd.exe	106
PID 4524 wrote to memory of 4252	4524	cmd.exe	106

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.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:2552
- 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:5016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\72a41b7053c5c1dc1cb1aed743fede7fbbaf2c6a6c97c10c38e0d08a06b3ad69.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4524
- - 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:4252

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48cmVxdWVzdCBwcm90b2NvbD0iMy4wIiB1cGRhdGVyPSJPbWFoYSIgdXBkYXRlcnZlcnNpb249IjEuMy4xOTUuNDMiIHNoZWxsX3ZlcnNpb249IjEuMy4xOTUuNDMiIGlzbWFjaGluZT0iMSIgc2Vzc2lvbmlkPSJ7QkQ1QTMyNjEtMjI4Ni00NERCLTgwMjktRDRBMTdDN0ZGOEZDfSIgdXNlcmlkPSJ7QUVGNzRBRjktQjI0OC00RjY0LTkwNDgtNEU3NDMyQzgxQ0IwfSIgaW5zdGFsbHNvdXJjZT0ibGltaXRlZCIgcmVxdWVzdGlkPSJ7QjYyQUI2MDUtQjVGQS00NUQwLTlGOUQtNDVFNDU4RTk1ODk3fSIgZGVkdXA9ImNyIiBkb21haW5qb2luZWQ9IjAiPjxodyBsb2dpY2FsX2NwdXM9IjIiIHBoeXNtZW1vcnk9IjQiIGRpc2tfdHlwZT0iMiIgc3NlPSIxIiBzc2UyPSIxIiBzc2UzPSIxIiBzc3NlMz0iMSIgc3NlNDE9IjEiIHNzZTQyPSIxIiBhdng9IjEiLz48b3MgcGxhdGZvcm09IndpbiIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMTAuMC4xOTA0MS4xMjg4IiBzcD0iIiBhcmNoPSJ4NjQiIHByb2R1Y3RfdHlwZT0iNDgiIGlzX3dpcD0iMCIgaXNfaW5fbG9ja2Rvd25fbW9kZT0iMCIvPjxvZW0gcHJvZHVjdF9tYW51ZmFjdHVyZXI9IiIgcHJvZHVjdF9uYW1lPSIiLz48ZXhwIGV0YWc9IiZxdW90O0UreGJBejZZNnNVMTI4OWJTNnFsNFZSTGJramZCVUdUTUpzanJIcjQ0aUk9JnF1b3Q7Ii8-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI4IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU5MjEiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODE5ODA3NzAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0ODU2ODEzODA1Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
PID:3628

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
e197cb872ad74e31ba7d76ec89f7ec19

SHA1
27f0c429bd7df1ede386dadda595a904e6400834

SHA256
b904e10ce9712d414461bb92107bbef8eda37f21b3c0f0019cc2e4f08da8649f

SHA512
3c5b9abcd848d80d26dda8ded27e1d73794b91c1d3eeb21907f08ce9a1d5f5ed84f7bd3bffff0a706ee8c278e7bc3611cfbcabf164f40f2f5a010d26291dc1ec

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memory/2552-0-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2552-6-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2552-14-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/5016-4-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/5016-8-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/5016-18-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002AF000-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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