sakula | 9b850afa7127b59a4f8c55d96e007b196eae62962f4219c3b52dabdfde405fd8

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe
Size

304KB
MD5

073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8
SHA1

318114cd9f3df0372853a95e600554f72c17f370
SHA256

9b850afa7127b59a4f8c55d96e007b196eae62962f4219c3b52dabdfde405fd8
SHA512

c10c5e48042fbc6badd7366c4c862f8dd4e76578f6cc0b0c366c425f2be601a318ea4d3e7c225e7356ea09f264217544c15658bca9c968b51e9732606e96481f
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N//:0RfQn+w8EYiBlr

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/540-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023cbe-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/540-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/664-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-940901362-3608833189-1915618603-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
664	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_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.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_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.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
2956	PING.EXE
1124	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2956	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 540 wrote to memory of 664	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	83
PID 540 wrote to memory of 664	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	83
PID 540 wrote to memory of 664	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	83
PID 540 wrote to memory of 1124	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	99
PID 540 wrote to memory of 1124	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	99
PID 540 wrote to memory of 1124	540	JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe	99
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 2956	1124	cmd.exe	101
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 2956	1124	cmd.exe	101
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 2956	1124	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.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:540
- 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:664
- 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_073c8c5af6e58b26e37a0eecf710fca8.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1124
- - 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:2956

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
304KB

MD5
8115aa3c0003456678340f22bbf8639a

SHA1
5702b2856c9da4da80e53ae4287cc661083332c1

SHA256
f8d79109a1c1cb318d0e132616beb14f2b2c4b3dc6bfc08afe5c1459325450eb

SHA512
691e60e18e06247ee07d6f85242ff68863f16d5a84698095c48cf2b7c702ae0bad923dd5d7b9e644feabdcd33b4b5ae635afe3ffd0c2df75611e345554d3dffc

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memory/540-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/540-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/664-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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