sakula | 629de23984c12b331c27e892dad33e4d693622b6e2f9d7c0cb9e66325f57e6c5

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9
SHA1

de4c9450a689ba76442b2e8572670033b39bc713
SHA256

629de23984c12b331c27e892dad33e4d693622b6e2f9d7c0cb9e66325f57e6c5
SHA512

2e9539d4093955934c3a0ba10073ffd45a909bda29ab4685fe9bbf1e62791f1891333b12d1a9a8584268a09dde8dc519dd9a0c60a9b2205f88d5b2dbc6df329f
SSDEEP

49152:o852ZjeUNZZH46HsnHVT5ZA+acdD6xXTI8:oU6eUNZZJHsHe

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 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b92-2.dat	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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2208	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_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.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_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.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
2084	cmd.exe
4800	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4800	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2208	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	82
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2208	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	82
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2208	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	82
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2084	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	91
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2084	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	91
PID 4860 wrote to memory of 2084	4860	JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe	91
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 4800	2084	cmd.exe	93
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 4800	2084	cmd.exe	93
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 4800	2084	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.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:4860
- 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:2208
- 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_c68e35bcece63fae18058ca1ecd5bef9.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2084
- - 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:4800

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
3.6MB

MD5
58a9088c28365be8e3d1e0b505177ba8

SHA1
8b816efcd2c1186d3e1fadad1368f31e82db6314

SHA256
54f5cf45030162e8549cf444761713de4ccdea632d55cad7604edf4ebd39d030

SHA512
d038c62f5e03cd8ec0abfff370afeb7150a2c9aabc1ce2f6e340a9ecea13a291e1e594a8baec1e8739b4379cfd2e8f26aedc324d890a94ef4f6b3ca76442fb5a

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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