sakula | a2ce739e71db9669987faf8fb08a0e1cbde2c827ec9086a45bbf612a86c049b4

General

Target
1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 216KB
Sample241007-nsp1catckq
SHA256 a2ce739e71db9669987faf8fb08a0e1cbde2c827ec9086a45bbf612a86c049b4
MD5 1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0
SHA1 f9b656fb549234a12745397ba5ffb8df762d1c04
SHA512 9f587b66eb6f0368594119935bc19d86808c9a156e31c4b17e5111f437248f3d4a6108cf7ee17d400181616b1b7b72d07d21ced0388f14b50025d2aac3225ccb
SSDEEP 3072:M29DkEGRQixVSjLwes5G30Bg7uZwOuz/xS3iGpZMhDEXzkOSUUKeF8ao:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijJ
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.polarroute.com

Signatures

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

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/664-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cbd-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/664-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1316-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1316	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"	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_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	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_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
1528	cmd.exe
3016	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3016	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1316	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1316	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1316	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	81
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1528	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1528	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 664 wrote to memory of 1528	664	1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3016	1528	cmd.exe	86
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3016	1528	cmd.exe	86
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3016	1528	cmd.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_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:664
- 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:1316
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1d3ec6d1056afc40d2330cffe9524af0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1528
- - 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:3016

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 216KB
SHA256 5f997e255fc0ffd683120d7b794ace0697256516fd4b6031bba37dc15406dcc8
MD5 39adc7fcdc953f6bdf8f51699bbd908d
SHA1 1a269389b9b2fdb656a66effd28c9f95f018b5b3
SHA512 71794d9ea65a51205a82cc8b4aa069618405cd74132ced2255ebca29a931a78eaf5e0701922ad90d511e7050491b041854fefdc709da975a666255be905292aa
SSDEEP 3072:M29DkEGRQixVSjLwes5G30Bg7uZwOuz/xS3iGpZMhDEXzkOSUUKeF8aX:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ij6
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/664-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/664-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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memory/1316-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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