sakula | ded6f8548a08188eea0cc4c1ae3ef6038cab31108e0c285ac36ab6ae669c168f

General

Target
1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 35KB
Sample241007-lnbk2ssdlc
SHA256 ded6f8548a08188eea0cc4c1ae3ef6038cab31108e0c285ac36ab6ae669c168f
MD5 1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc
SHA1 2c556103e3abc63559435dfc4f61ba859563fdd6
SHA512 4777693740c44398ceefa38d1912ac85f09d41f0153fa2667fa3580ee5323e1a12a07243717006bc165a5210091368ee481427727e18e123ae6855ee2c4b5c22
SSDEEP 768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647DV:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOn
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1840-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1456-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1840-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1840	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"	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.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	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.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
3552	cmd.exe
2948	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2948	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 1840	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 1840	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 1840	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 3552	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 3552	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 1456 wrote to memory of 3552	1456	1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 3552 wrote to memory of 2948	3552	cmd.exe	93
PID 3552 wrote to memory of 2948	3552	cmd.exe	93
PID 3552 wrote to memory of 2948	3552	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.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:1456
- 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:1840
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1cbe3f17b6406f0be5163031ee55c1dc_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3552
- - 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:2948

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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MediaCenter.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
Size 35KB
SHA256 13037b18b98784c019e693b8c0cbfee788d92cd1f45992d6c83e3ad2094f3e4d
MD5 234a07efa702be76531bcdcb5abbe32d
SHA1 85d9745abc21149570455c3fd324226c5ade5d98
SHA512 4c1165a2b72edb223b2c13562ec2ac6e6abf44f899090635fce7a89b28f33f653f10bfba9b5879c3e493fa45d3a23bcebc7772843aa6696a1ffe52a8875ec650
SSDEEP 768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647DO:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOg
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/1456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1456-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1456-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1840-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1840-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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memory/1840-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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