Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 02:51

Sample ID 241203-swl53s1kht
Target be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 f096ee120625c7f03eb07c8259986a5137dac524f6ef0e58ec23b1bee5e88f22
Tags
sakula discovery persistence rat trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

f096ee120625c7f03eb07c8259986a5137dac524f6ef0e58ec23b1bee5e88f22

Threat Level: Known bad

The file be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Sakula

Sakula payload

Sakula family

Deletes itself

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Adds Run key to start application

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

Unsigned PE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Enumerates physical storage devices

Runs ping.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-03 15:28

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-03 15:28

Reported

2024-12-03 15:31

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

152s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks computer location settings

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

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

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

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 28.118.140.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 67.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.163.202.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.209.201.84.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 88.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 12.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4912-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 4af62416e5523b13b25e7629583aa09f
SHA1 0d743c0c90101ceb84248f4737d974f934c720df
SHA256 6b086e8341a806e45b0e799d34513d6d46fdfd5d2dfbff821e113b744148320f
SHA512 1f100713e63150bdc10b1c87b7506765d5ff46c6d2fc5283403a2a500dd0fc1323ae8b705adda24fbaa6cde0a68cdfb82fdd3612c2498a454cae30b7f4ced7a8

memory/1652-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/4912-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/1652-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/4912-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/1652-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-03 15:28

Reported

2024-12-03 15:31

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

144s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Sakula

trojan rat sakula

Sakula family

sakula

Sakula payload

Description Indicator Process Target
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Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroMedia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\MediaCenter.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2256 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2256 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2256 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2256 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2588 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2588 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2588 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2204 wrote to memory of 2588 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2588 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

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

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

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be092aafbd232951708212c35d9ced5b_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 citrix.vipreclod.com udp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp
TH 184.22.175.13:80 tcp

Files

memory/2204-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 a545285d9eac6499d2e1a0d0af35b799
SHA1 2e0053ee98fe0cecd89e0c8c1db3be01d16933d9
SHA256 108573fa57b2d546d7f4b4edef8ca1598c7c2d9961da128bad42792a962fa639
SHA512 8583614aebd6a78e3290f790d549c631d27d4f70287d24305b5199692a71a5d29dfb8be864bec1805df8d0e05d80827bf1a998c8208c487466f8e6b0aaf8cbfe

memory/2256-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-10-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-9-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-13-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2256-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-14-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-24-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

memory/2204-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

memory/2256-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp