sakula | abe3216ae924b53efafdb652cc80afe36e0aba3da08fc54ab1bc5e15818a550e

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2
SHA1

891b2555c62f18ba6f25e209d6548e2d2496d335
SHA256

abe3216ae924b53efafdb652cc80afe36e0aba3da08fc54ab1bc5e15818a550e
SHA512

7221024e32273595b560cc355f11ecfc901959a3263d8295413a58532acec66167520cf0fd7ec8d7b5621f2cf81c23d524272cd50f059492adc37f46940d3f41
SSDEEP

1536:iZioIoCwbYP4nuEApQK4TQbtY2gA9DX+ytBO8c3G3eTJ/c:iEoIlwIguEA4c5DgA9DOyq0eFk

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/5004-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4620-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/5004-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/4620-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4620	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_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.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_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.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
2432	cmd.exe
4920	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4920	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4620	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	83
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4620	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	83
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4620	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	83
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 2432	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	98
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 2432	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	98
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 2432	5004	JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe	98
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 4920	2432	cmd.exe	100
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 4920	2432	cmd.exe	100
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 4920	2432	cmd.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.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:5004
- 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:4620
- 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_82157a613c5b2a5424a0c789411656f2.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2432
- - 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:4920

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
58KB

MD5
31a46e6c79ff8ae40ef56a3f7a295441

SHA1
86bfb27233f98d8e7ac0c9116e64009f6233592f

SHA256
0f5a12586cdceb5acd03aad320de390ec8a3e78eaa2a031c9b107e85b4957139

SHA512
2e91ece9c44d6a6aa08843efde0693d211ceb324ffcfe3c1a8f0bc170bc9bf28f079a8127b32e1741d34c07487ba0e0dabf55ab59cd4a1bbfcc18205275c68fd

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memory/4620-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4620-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4620-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5004-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5004-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5004-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-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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