sakula | 398b3240c479a0eebe460127eee6ddda28fe4988cf48146671d265c69d95a9ac

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe
Size

35KB
MD5

7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9
SHA1

abbf3a3ec9c9dc429ceb612a06603e93058bce3d
SHA256

398b3240c479a0eebe460127eee6ddda28fe4988cf48146671d265c69d95a9ac
SHA512

7d5291a24d11912a7f9abc2cf44acaf080a7f18c97ba3ef9d05c708db2fa0a2928b18a0487e755365353397783c705e0a687b49d2fb56373e6398260c55ac5b8
SSDEEP

768:TwbYGCv4nuEcJpQK4TQbtKvXwXgA9lJJea+yGCJQqeWnAEv2647Dg:TwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBOq

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/2972-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4668-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4668-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4668	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_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.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_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.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
736	cmd.exe
4348	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4348	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 4668	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	83
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 4668	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	83
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 4668	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	83
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 736	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	99
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 736	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	99
PID 2972 wrote to memory of 736	2972	JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe	99
PID 736 wrote to memory of 4348	736	cmd.exe	101
PID 736 wrote to memory of 4348	736	cmd.exe	101
PID 736 wrote to memory of 4348	736	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.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:2972
- 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:4668
- 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_7177ca2f6c715b781fcc913a8ea83bd9.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:736
- - 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:4348

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
f06173f5c387431c09647a30239dcd3d

SHA1
d34f3545c84f019c3b1657782e482d9476359623

SHA256
5eae54435c0a77b2baeeb8fa5c81ebf14b35c3904e509acc18ec69f2bbb9db97

SHA512
35c80c21f82043883a8eaa182b3ceab75fcaad4f7b1126d49fbc4c76ff36f55e4f72aac70ba8373976ce6b6b299fe16931b25e15a69aa8bbe9524aa7af22da4b

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memory/2972-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2972-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4668-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4668-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4668-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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