sakula | 8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d

General

Target
8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe
Size 99KB
Sample260508-xafhmacv31
SHA256 8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d
MD5 69028654f0c129b20515e8cf3254eb0d
SHA1 2bf5e716c5c83212cab9f97382bad2d983f0230c
SHA512 afba67fabd2a4a1b679ba5cc650c18a5e71e0a69ed8acd08d980ec4932f54302a0583084e158acad13e59befafab434f41105a69a6080cf89ac2d52879cc5c73
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtrKxx:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30B+xx
TLSH
T1C0A35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
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/4644-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000243e0-2.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4856-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4644-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4856-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4644-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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-1-5-21-643422742-1162610606-620613169-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4856	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"	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.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	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.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
2340	cmd.exe
6028	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
6028	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4644	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4644 wrote to memory of 4856	4644	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe	83
PID 4644 wrote to memory of 2340	4644	8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe	88
PID 2340 wrote to memory of 6028	2340	cmd.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.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:4644
- 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:4856
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8195d1b158a923797ad09b3b11ebb4ab9844a3c63cc1b894ffbd3ef6690edd5d.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2340
- - 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:6028

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

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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 99KB
SHA256 2464dea706992823b044d8b0d7f3dc53e07c6508dfe2201b68054f3b73ac570b
MD5 41c2b684bcedad918f223445a72f9e17
SHA1 4760ac0d407685879b98df93dbfe018102a86395
SHA512 897e0680b51a9bef0642fb93bedef4d99286f5e766a278b15b125a4036fe7306dc2c2eff060264d687412e73f697507df61b70edf882112b3db8ca202c326108
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtrKxs:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30B+xs
TLSH
T151A35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324ABCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4644-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4644-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4644-7-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000895000-memory.dmp

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memory/4644-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4644-14-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000895000-memory.dmp

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memory/4856-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4856-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4856-8-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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