sakula | afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264

General

Target

afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe
Size

102KB
MD5

b5e3add51b26e1683f4db3bb101817ab
SHA1

a9b9604079a46319e34411c353639f20b476e674
SHA256

afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264
SHA512

cfc86527f17be610780ba8f1346d377f3e9ce75821228be7d5ccd495beba91f5dc1f63ca7a8433061d3d4c5005bbfcb457f5827cbddc1ee690edcbbd634fbf62
SSDEEP

1536:jJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPkPLnlxsz30rtrQ39z:tbfVk29te2juPLlxo30Bs39z

Score

10^/10

sakula discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sakula

C2

www.savmpet.com

Signatures

Sakula
Sakula is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.
trojan rat sakula
Sakula family
sakula

Sakula payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3876-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000e000000023b56-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3876-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3544-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3876-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3544	AdobeUpdate.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\AdobeUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\AdobeUpdate.exe"	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.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	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AdobeUpdate.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
460	cmd.exe
1028	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1028	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 3544	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	84
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 3544	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	84
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 3544	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	84
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 460	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	100
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 460	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	100
PID 3876 wrote to memory of 460	3876	afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe	100
PID 460 wrote to memory of 1028	460	cmd.exe	102
PID 460 wrote to memory of 1028	460	cmd.exe	102
PID 460 wrote to memory of 1028	460	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.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:3876
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3544
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afa2cacf38a097316c5db82395f5dcb2cc27561c2440ef2154713531e6d28264.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:460
- - 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:1028

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\AdobeUpdate.exe

Filesize
102KB

MD5
4281e5835f0b17d9577e2e1e2247cd89

SHA1
6fde293eb14f609c10ce016df700d61b3cf70be1

SHA256
78d93d639e01863ea2757c2ae4233184f9e9b2b51bc60a3b5979b01c60d8da4d

SHA512
8ad55e9d57b851b73964215a44b42633272102cfe1848a3b6611fd034ee1aa65ce9ffb7e5dadc65d56303c4041915146687b2810df9a6b686b8194282cb0d3fe

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memory/3544-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/3876-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/3876-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/3876-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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