sakula | 7117befb1f79da3d3c30828cf74c28fe2e6da91fbdb5f1daed989ab589e7b0aa

General

Target

1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d
SHA1

7361c0791a407bdfe7972db5299480746c0121c6
SHA256

7117befb1f79da3d3c30828cf74c28fe2e6da91fbdb5f1daed989ab589e7b0aa
SHA512

03294e102c394e8ca1c3801c9e13b92ca78217c42ac51271ef1ffa65ad6201cc88879e6462fc0de2faa6945eff56c5675071c50c7085a28bcc76fb5e7739b5f3
SSDEEP

768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647Dj:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOZ

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/4220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/444-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4220-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/444-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
444	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"	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_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	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_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
1804	cmd.exe
3476	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3476	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 444	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 444	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 444	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 1804	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 1804	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4220 wrote to memory of 1804	4220	1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1804 wrote to memory of 3476	1804	cmd.exe	91
PID 1804 wrote to memory of 3476	1804	cmd.exe	91
PID 1804 wrote to memory of 3476	1804	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_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:4220
- 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:444
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1ec0882bf77add2f17749d7517ee622d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1804
- - 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:3476

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

Filesize
35KB

MD5
4289281db19d9a11494834b5763eb0d9

SHA1
52b4a62cd054370e1de39e1f378e271b8d24e1d7

SHA256
0ade733037a3935f3574fd3976577d1c39dd1359da96605d13ba509409904a3b

SHA512
d68c302bf8445ff10c4155b3e9d76547ea3bbc07b2b79e839271277354d1ed93fec9b043c1326bc9c18b95b725719e4b88a92adb69cd1edef4a22c5b17918b98

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memory/444-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/444-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/444-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4220-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4220-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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