sakula | 7d7bda2af166bbc9816b3bb42cb9c47368d2d375b557637ae5ec5cd3b83cb935

General

Target

e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

517KB
MD5

e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e
SHA1

e9080923125f26646fb1c79969faff6d49f4deb3
SHA256

7d7bda2af166bbc9816b3bb42cb9c47368d2d375b557637ae5ec5cd3b83cb935
SHA512

eba49a45ada556df250b31af93dd455b891c97848f5f8736441377c4dde1a206d58c81e343e900070aed36461067a3850a52e271007789c8b2892efe7c32e719
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csVel:g4+wlYBsb3zNs8

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 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cb6-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/968-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5020-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5020	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"	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_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	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_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
4772	cmd.exe
3124	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3124	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 968 wrote to memory of 5020	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 968 wrote to memory of 5020	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 968 wrote to memory of 5020	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4772	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4772	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 968 wrote to memory of 4772	968	e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 3124	4772	cmd.exe	93
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 3124	4772	cmd.exe	93
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 3124	4772	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_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:968
- 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:5020
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e5aa16fc7f8de9332114abd2bdf6933e_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4772
- - 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:3124

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
517KB

MD5
f183cf8afc6611381ec0cc64ebb60a51

SHA1
40091e041b09bd49d2c535d2272f91bb04d8a5e6

SHA256
86275f86ba71ea0889b558ae22fe0b1bf68b4871019de2ca7cecab0a4cc54fd9

SHA512
8fcd9edff7f1144bda53d271915015835ae9990fd76a17a3a5ae84519e7cc8392d79cacdd395c3cd9ab8c09f1ce45a72f0abab23adabb8523a93eb6e0b3eba89

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memory/968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/968-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/5020-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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