sakula | 23362db91eac411d2ff9d14b78b3b7b26d8ed3e1ac9a0f15ac6b153d35aeffee

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe
Size

324KB
MD5

02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9
SHA1

ee88791651ca5434ae7a3f7e1257145a29bd9d23
SHA256

23362db91eac411d2ff9d14b78b3b7b26d8ed3e1ac9a0f15ac6b153d35aeffee
SHA512

025312de5d7aa3eaaa0ecbd7c71ac1ae0458c71bfa8462cf748c9cbc1157de37487ccc853e77aa5c3a33fa84a6605e49a6256794d6ec9dce83a21854162ed8ae
SSDEEP

1536:2oaj1hJL1S9t0MIeboal8bCKxo7h0RP0jwHVz30rtroZeBsCXKTnhxJu:h0hpgz6xGhTjwHN30BE8BsZh2

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 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c92-2.dat	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-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4972	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_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.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	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.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
4856	cmd.exe
3812	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3812	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4972	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	83
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4972	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	83
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4972	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	83
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4856	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	99
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4856	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	99
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 4856	3092	JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe	99
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 3812	4856	cmd.exe	101
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 3812	4856	cmd.exe	101
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 3812	4856	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.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:3092
- 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:4972
- 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_02b95c46ca6565b80e1a0b9883c99ab9.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4856
- - 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:3812

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
324KB

MD5
e3adb58d18e9849e54ad9f79c5bcd9f8

SHA1
49045034c961dd45480c6331edb32f4dd145e4be

SHA256
ffec8c468696f1f624ef4815af4de0da6aab1be23be76ec120006d1e7eaa98c1

SHA512
f9e08750b9ce8cde0701208ca0633da8303b80261651a257223aa45f36e130f1e2881a9f56b7ebb98f8016c84491998d96c202ba8552a8dad291711e0747e5a2

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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