sakula | d71456930c8569c98d84c4cca794bc586b8b2263002fe7203ef96c9fbc17deef

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc
SHA1

6d9c70218eab024bf14308ec9d5f15d6d710f24e
SHA256

d71456930c8569c98d84c4cca794bc586b8b2263002fe7203ef96c9fbc17deef
SHA512

a43b16fd2beca24a7f3757a38a8d88c9de0a717913be3a929d73015d7cc964897f9b69576fabbe6009c980954b808e813cacd15a4cae55e33e20d37624fda4b1
SSDEEP

768:lwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647Dx:lwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOr

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 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4996-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1968-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4996-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/1968-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1968	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_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.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_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.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
1864	cmd.exe
5100	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5100	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1968	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	83
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1968	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	83
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1968	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	83
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1864	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	99
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1864	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	99
PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1864	4996	JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe	99
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 5100	1864	cmd.exe	101
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 5100	1864	cmd.exe	101
PID 1864 wrote to memory of 5100	1864	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.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:4996
- 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:1968
- 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_7f24bd72aac145a96c2e3a6e06278cfc.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1864
- - 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:5100

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
35KB

MD5
eb16d15b0250a9c5c47b224f4ea521bb

SHA1
d3cf25bf7e3a7221f50645e7886f0c6b3865fa80

SHA256
ae25b1f31be0fe72105e192dc01db2f7fa2ae70902b714a07ecd2b1d4be5261e

SHA512
a3463bf6d21dd80d6620ccc1f96ef7ae6a218a0b0e195c32de2940faf2b8b590bfe6165d061fa4aeb721f2ac382b414896eb7526180b752fc1eee3afe31ee616

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memory/1968-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1968-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1968-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4996-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4996-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4996-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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