sakula | 80651c8632921138735275775282f5e9f1e9989c6bc08f3e476017a54499a650

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe
Size

520KB
MD5

c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25
SHA1

498833271d0b9f7eb0c002f83aa2cae3ca980de3
SHA256

80651c8632921138735275775282f5e9f1e9989c6bc08f3e476017a54499a650
SHA512

99a583c1c0d27255ae8a95ccacf76524cbd86be0d10d5be0d742a131dc6563e8c64f4df8c2b34588175364da069d8a2e7145236c7ef8cf3d6318096415c1a890
SSDEEP

12288:0RfQn+w8EYiBlMkn5f9J105ko8T6csVeC:g4+wlYBsb3zNsL

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/3316-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023caa-4.dat	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/3316-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral2/memory/448-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
448	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_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.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	MediaCenter.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.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
1592	cmd.exe
3964	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3964	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 448	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	85
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 448	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	85
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 448	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	85
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 1592	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	101
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 1592	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	101
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 1592	3316	JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe	101
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 3964	1592	cmd.exe	103
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 3964	1592	cmd.exe	103
PID 1592 wrote to memory of 3964	1592	cmd.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.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:3316
- 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:448
- 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_c2793dfee2db3b39b0a6749a88d86f25.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1592
- - 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:3964

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
520KB

MD5
3f105dd6a4dc4081742b8eb61471b18c

SHA1
e9adcb36be95e493255ff11eba945d87ff90fafc

SHA256
4906244c7faaf325d2768f822a8b8a716900b6c1a1c22d8cbd4fa74d658c1eac

SHA512
74161db2d356e2badda637c12c344c32b263493cebf9d96d86376a1e2c99663a2a634d69654d9da7a995562f42f03427c54cdddfd01b59cd69cf1e3b04046db8

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memory/448-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3316-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3316-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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