sakula | 89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252

General

Target
89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe
Size 99KB
Sample260508-k4ef7se17x
SHA256 89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252
MD5 ab5a2fc76be9e91a51cd5bdca6396153
SHA1 51a6296669151b47c9f0b1d7917375b860333820
SHA512 dbff5c14950387b715247d4a06e40590de9b17c1b8a29ffce82287fd5a8ce9c6cd33c99da3900dadbd4996555f84e94ae3097c97ba4f48273079e3c68e035051
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr1xg:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BRxg
TLSH
T1EDA35B16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB03D19D3AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery sakula persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula

Sakula payload 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000242f9-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2728-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/3980-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2728-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/3980-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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-1-5-21-636600838-1632888396-3521553955-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2728	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"	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe

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	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.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
4596	cmd.exe
2180	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2180	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3980	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 2728	3980	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe	84
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 4596	3980	89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe	93
PID 4596 wrote to memory of 2180	4596	cmd.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.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:3980
- 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:2728
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\89ad04b000fc5e99f330e8b324947aba988239c029c1571a2372d10ed9fc9252.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4596
- - 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:2180

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 99KB
SHA256 09fb2232b2e9abd75cf1fa42e867a884d061532024336780955a29a9968b1c00
MD5 f6412396a750fea07e404c0bf161540a
SHA1 64d74a33d1dc20ef5397dfc0b4bcff24a5029062
SHA512 06ec54124a41c7955a32045252a9dc4787a9785c0c842e2f99d2a1b2a99522cf067038df73cf6b7981d8588ed63188343259531381ec7896b30d58954329d8a7
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr1xm:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BRxm
TLSH
T172A35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB03D19D3AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Submit Download

memory/2728-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/2728-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/2728-7-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000935000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/3980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/3980-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/3980-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/3980-11-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads