sakula | a601c8375a61908e22ec9d8f50e24a838c717b635cc39144f12aef34de10221d

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe
Size

517KB
MD5

27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd
SHA1

2c53d1f801645d7cc59d5632926a45c0ecbade45
SHA256

a601c8375a61908e22ec9d8f50e24a838c717b635cc39144f12aef34de10221d
SHA512

10c56d07be32afe14c6ccba3c65465632ee5748ed337d89240b49a6a559ae4b622d43242acae494b6e3f9002756b557684cb6efb1c543fa1f93508e62fa01811
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csVeU:g4+wlYBsb3zNsh

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/3128-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cc0-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3128-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/744-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
744	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_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.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_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.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
1832	cmd.exe
3644	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3644	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 744	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	83
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 744	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	83
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 744	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	83
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 1832	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	100
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 1832	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	100
PID 3128 wrote to memory of 1832	3128	JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe	100
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 3644	1832	cmd.exe	102
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 3644	1832	cmd.exe	102
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 3644	1832	cmd.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.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:3128
- 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:744
- 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_27a929c376221c72dae86152bb970efd.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1832
- - 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:3644

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
517KB

MD5
5513249212dbf81d55905a35198cb0c5

SHA1
7ae3bd892512653f43d7ea16d7a536c70b85513e

SHA256
ba59b46e06d828ad334d073df9ad2e4397efe22189d6775fb6322a6caf73c86e

SHA512
6bbb67a705fe47347adf3395cd4914ac27e0ab9e3092cc7c284ef190e1425acc0ac5af010be49e8badd24097e363a85f06c1a5ed54b11ba4ed47d395fdefb6cc

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memory/744-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3128-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3128-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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