sakula | 1cd154696700e38a913c0cb3d0e037a32b32fa736c2ed5d16c88a83408ed54a3

General

Target

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a
SHA1

d1040460ddc0d5ea20468396fdbac648bf889c1f
SHA256

1cd154696700e38a913c0cb3d0e037a32b32fa736c2ed5d16c88a83408ed54a3
SHA512

81142e9b7d1932412e973bf74dc772c58e3e0976901822c4c40bec0f43a1ea30f7664d4231f4e44518413d76cf9cf40fb1d6796e2ae3e76e0a5bd7ab5adfeac5
SSDEEP

768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647D9:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOf

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4360-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3000-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4360-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3000-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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

Processes:

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

MediaCenter.exe

pid process

3000 MediaCenter.exe

pid	process
3000	MediaCenter.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe"	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_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

Processes:

MediaCenter.execmd.exePING.EXE45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.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

Processes:

cmd.exePING.EXE

pid process

1624 cmd.exe
4940 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

4940 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4360 45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
1624	cmd.exe
4940	PING.EXE

pid	process
4940	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 3000	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 3000	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 3000	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	MediaCenter.exe
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 1624	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 1624	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4360 wrote to memory of 1624	4360	45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 4940	1624	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 4940	1624	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 4940	1624	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_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:4360
- 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:3000
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45522201f8697dc3c6e9211db111005a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1624
- - 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:4940

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
67281b6528b717295978766fcadd5789

SHA1
e8c1692e1cf4897fbe885dea63ed40462ca93c1d

SHA256
48833967f429f86d9da4255234e23a4a43e5148ecc1a697aec0cb6f7c81b3e16

SHA512
8cc729905bad38f91244620adb14abaca45f4455c953e2f3ba18a25b948a577949aa490312bbd731991f37ced5691616149693cdb13307013217e0915d720acd

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memory/3000-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3000-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3000-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4360-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4360-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4360-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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