sakula | a53d94cc8e182c40fe89ce31190649765b823ecfd3e828bfe576697e06e371e3

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe
Size

304KB
MD5

885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa
SHA1

075e528ae09391cae0f7e4a149ee75eb61d2a7aa
SHA256

a53d94cc8e182c40fe89ce31190649765b823ecfd3e828bfe576697e06e371e3
SHA512

7f55dfe98eb21992d38c6864e11851c2841b2c46d7f0fb6d224df13693d3600e4560108eb03ed88ee324c49fc5cf57f36148431770731bf0211a6df2bdd07b82
SSDEEP

6144:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+ijiBKk3etdgI2MyzNORQtOfl1qNVo7R+S+N/n:0RfQn+w8EYiBlT

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/2828-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b78-3.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/2828-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/440-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
440	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_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.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_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.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
5024	PING.EXE
4668	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5024	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 440	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	85
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 440	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	85
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 440	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	85
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4668	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	101
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4668	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	101
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 4668	2828	JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe	101
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 5024	4668	cmd.exe	103
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 5024	4668	cmd.exe	103
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 5024	4668	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.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:2828
- 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:440
- 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_885e036d4343f7f58012addfafc5adaa.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4668
- - 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:5024

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
304KB

MD5
8f06d5075fc7b54df4b5e95e063f656f

SHA1
530443f22a8aa5c46fd18dbff385d0e60f3845cd

SHA256
55b74bc0e58cadf932661558a8d47f78ef12977ba0e122b118f99bc1421efc42

SHA512
687b7f1f49bfeafe8464aa3949087be944b5bfc75f62f5f6fb3c8c52d375dc2ba54824cd424d66d1192709270e5464c5224b7713565a27053dbf696d20cfdaeb

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memory/440-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2828-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2828-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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