sakula | 6fa4e472c548a152f029291bed5959e0794d8205588a271eb810e8cc3bf69f42

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe
Size

100KB
MD5

3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc
SHA1

f5fe5bb719823c94831fecd892f999f5d6e2202e
SHA256

6fa4e472c548a152f029291bed5959e0794d8205588a271eb810e8cc3bf69f42
SHA512

e81cd605786683baadf17c86a48f6b5f8c94bf246bcc69df3554f5ce60cd1a8cd2c045bd1c3ee4236cf0e5cd52d0645dbdcc2f9afa7683b20dcd8958635c519f
SSDEEP

1536:Zoaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RPaaml0Nz30rtrnx:K0hpgz6xGhZamyF30Bbx

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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1172-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023c60-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1172-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/732-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1172-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
732	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"	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.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	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.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
1040	cmd.exe
3272	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3272	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 732	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	83
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 732	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	83
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 732	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	83
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1040	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	99
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1040	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	99
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 1040	1172	JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe	99
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 3272	1040	cmd.exe	101
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 3272	1040	cmd.exe	101
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 3272	1040	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.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:1172
- 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:732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3c38edf800f47a975989b56e6f11a9dc.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1040
- - 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:3272

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
100KB

MD5
f28eb640e758773449175f3b93851c61

SHA1
f51ec6e5274b3d12fc34d97e861a37c33c02baff

SHA256
2c595c6baa1be988f43b4b5efc7c459446dc61eed7d6f489110df6cadabf6dfd

SHA512
d00c43f32571ab7e9306170338a714a99ec9ab34a1a2ac797893ef62c8de2a966c45ce9a8d777f4989d9f510780707d8ae03f3076ca0877c4192a7f6f7527914

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memory/732-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1172-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1172-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1172-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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