sakula | fac23eba44586364ab774b2816133992fbedc5561813a95490d0d5e6be529528

General

Target

f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f
SHA1

e628cee7fb53146088b9325d06290f2f8662cc00
SHA256

fac23eba44586364ab774b2816133992fbedc5561813a95490d0d5e6be529528
SHA512

2b5d4e61fa2f85c3d5bc2e7bb558068ca1cfd282b54230c022c7d8114560df4956b4af60685b6060c4b8e15c1dfa5b04927f73c6e3913ef860d76844e4e0bb2a
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/8:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFk

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/4844-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3168-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4844-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3168-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3168	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"	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_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	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_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
3820	cmd.exe
2912	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2912	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3168	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3168	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3168	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3820	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3820	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 3820	4844	f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe	91
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2912	3820	cmd.exe	93
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2912	3820	cmd.exe	93
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2912	3820	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_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:4844
- 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:3168
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f9140f5bd06392c3feeeb96f491ecd9f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3820
- - 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:2912

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
9f1c16b964b931e619aaefd4bfab730e

SHA1
831b932cafe188838267265759a7c93a6664e027

SHA256
9b7cf1fa1fbe4e70b9143688d1920a8906a9ab03c30e16503181ec4b51c97c38

SHA512
955fd4297064b7647b35f458106307b40e8d0853f1bfae0a7f41356f7eda5641dfbdbf47251daebd47338ebf1f1a40a129d362fae523940bf50000ec56622c55

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memory/3168-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3168-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/3168-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4844-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4844-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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