sakula | 99aee2c561f13e2bb5c68286c768d9a4d907eadb6d2a733d40e917579e608f6c

General

Target

ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d
SHA1

b8fa04c14738dfae04fb33269b19333ed947b59f
SHA256

99aee2c561f13e2bb5c68286c768d9a4d907eadb6d2a733d40e917579e608f6c
SHA512

abf94b7c294d2642775326484c181a1565fb740705789f16608e3698e207bf6b039a7fecdf9178fd1808422f55b631dd553d26c2a59ff5a561d0926a59e84523
SSDEEP

49152:o852ZjeUNZZH46HsnHVT5ZA+acdD6xXTI3:oU6eUNZZJHsH9

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 family
sakula

Sakula payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b6c-2.dat	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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4500	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"	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_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	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.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
2568	cmd.exe
2024	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2024	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 4500	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 4500	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 4500	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 2568	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 2568	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 4760 wrote to memory of 2568	4760	ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 2568 wrote to memory of 2024	2568	cmd.exe	93
PID 2568 wrote to memory of 2024	2568	cmd.exe	93
PID 2568 wrote to memory of 2024	2568	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_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:4760
- 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:4500
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab6021220b0914d37b7908a4c985a37d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2568
- - 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:2024

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
3.6MB

MD5
777845e66df57df013d745ad9946ffe0

SHA1
c5d9c80a516c8bb3fbe7923280eed48ad56aaec2

SHA256
8be914f0f3a90659fcaee779379e76a593608921ba300795bf710211c18679cf

SHA512
2cacb268f7da95e309d383e1d776e35d80afc7586faf557b19e098be16f443f191959541b23d5b10c6f19f3d9c689b58127587d39af8805433516251727ec3c3

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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