sakula | d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca

General

Target
d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe
Size 99KB
Sample260813-ntabaagl4x
SHA256 d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca
MD5 52637f538b8f86745301c0a2fbee5bd4
SHA1 bcbe8ffadc19a1052fa9823ed7dcb2d1c4629692
SHA512 955614fabbc477fba65429858e8dde9a2be326deac13cd8860435ad8aea96dae824edc46218313cafa3f9783f0fea5524cb82a89c22ae9a3699f456469589191
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr4xa:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30Bsxa
TLSH
T18CA35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324BBCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution 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/556-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x000a00000002434f-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4504-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/556-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/4504-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/556-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4504	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"	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
1460	cmd.exe

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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.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
1460	cmd.exe
4248	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4248	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	556	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4504	556	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe	85
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1460	556	d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe	89
PID 1460 wrote to memory of 4248	1460	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.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:556
- 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:4504
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d02f9e68210247ef345962fecec46aa8490ef73ba45b24339e1202ef294d44ca.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1460
- - 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:4248

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

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 ac03b4e63982865c3c034185e0889e4bcff6aabff6f09eb8bbf68721f12e5224
MD5 0acdcac8eaf8ccc4b6e9c0e46319f988
SHA1 eb7ddfb94d156f5793c192ccf4a0b5d05a65f40e
SHA512 4b1e35a0759bd04142ff86669956203c1e3787f9c0e3d515e4dc02fd23ff1ac235b3437cf63f25bb68d9e47ae3fca5bc240ee66cc9465f2bef797a18f851dec4
SSDEEP 1536:ioaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtr4xV:t0hpgz6xGhZamyF30BsxV
TLSH
T1E8A35A16B6D0C032E062153804B8E6635A7AF9324BBCC1977BC5177EBEB03D1993AF56
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/556-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/556-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/556-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4504-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4504-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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