sakula | 2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe
Size

150KB
MD5

6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83
SHA1

3bb49785892deafff5c8ee6b05c95aa17466d3f2
SHA256

2770111e9c78bdad80466d60982f0d3f576e051dc8c566d504a1c59cce0a33d0
SHA512

2547341fe729b7b9344b65c9b093ab067fd9b0f7108a9d5c2f94724ddd7a09998f95185b65b5edfc6f3cd160f05332c89b870ca89ce9d5c1372f406855468a1a
SSDEEP

3072:H29DkEGRQixVSjLLJ30BWPOt5dQw+hyuGDInwM:H29qRfVSnt30Bbt+IhDFM

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 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5072-0-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3976-4-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B8F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023c4a-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5072-10-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3976-11-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B8F000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5072-12-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3976	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_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.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_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.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
448	cmd.exe
3340	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3340	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 3976	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	82
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 3976	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	82
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 3976	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	82
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 448	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	91
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 448	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	91
PID 5072 wrote to memory of 448	5072	JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe	91
PID 448 wrote to memory of 3340	448	cmd.exe	93
PID 448 wrote to memory of 3340	448	cmd.exe	93
PID 448 wrote to memory of 3340	448	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.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:5072
- 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:3976
- 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_6e092b58c6215f860f0255f3fb5f2f83.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:448
- - 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:3340

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
150KB

MD5
3360acda7d767c78a5f714ee4eb2835b

SHA1
50cb258993da6e4bb2017dcf9b991454052daaaa

SHA256
16b4c8a89d5711668f360d59071516fbed088e53d40be05e66dd87f0e88da343

SHA512
3edc8a37d20d10a49a486c54f6f2cd3a4cbcd1b3253c514a6baa73bd84c0df8b4f78dc7004b8be0fae75b0e55d923b9948107278bbdc7606f3bcee51f7fd43b1

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memory/3976-4-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/3976-11-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/5072-0-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/5072-10-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/5072-12-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A4F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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