sakula | 0cbf50536e404fd114c560451877027033e8b98d4214cba3541d21563de14f5f

General

Target

a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02
SHA1

01693e974defa79adb42eea4154b473292ed2606
SHA256

0cbf50536e404fd114c560451877027033e8b98d4214cba3541d21563de14f5f
SHA512

70b202c8bec0198d690d3d2160b0d794e239f355717d1d10e8fc55147e31f71f5d1638e15cd74b66e10221fb20228c21d7813abe50e2f08b14506407d7ec9b6a
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/M:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFE

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 family
sakula

Sakula payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2428-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1280-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2428-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1280-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1280	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"	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_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	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_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
2728	cmd.exe
2240	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2240	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 1280	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 1280	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 1280	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2728	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2728	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2728	2428	a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2240	2728	cmd.exe	93
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2240	2728	cmd.exe	93
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 2240	2728	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_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:2428
- 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:1280
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a243d82053a6a7e880649107ef6dfc02_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2728
- - 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:2240

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
58KB

MD5
9fb494b12cf918564c4ecdd2d65245f2

SHA1
232db589f0835d3c1abf5cba2df1b586f5e30971

SHA256
c7a5aad4cb6c39f99ae81e40aadf99a915744da0afec81d1b1b41f8464dba8d3

SHA512
40937b1e33fb57b02d5f9cf4f49fefbcb00a2db44406614f7c839dd54065e8209efddc36806014c66c6eb74ed60ca813e3912bb1384a683af28e8b80623e7841

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memory/1280-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1280-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1280-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2428-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2428-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2428-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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