sakula | 2b6862758d7e1fa0b613e8ef792cc1c36a85e6c0806094fb9cbe5c36045e1dbf

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe
Size

4.0MB
MD5

cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a
SHA1

38a46544e021317d1a522c06d66844319ef3b3f4
SHA256

2b6862758d7e1fa0b613e8ef792cc1c36a85e6c0806094fb9cbe5c36045e1dbf
SHA512

587e9ec12d68c1cdcc68c01e0e59674ef73ca352d4b9f80d96db831b86cc495da1f48390f639a208264fcb4432567c9b7b5164997f41b737e711cfd6c4196286
SSDEEP

24576:DF9mrnE2Z1y/6oTNBZrBEu8C7jnIQCwRO/wTGS5DBMY4:DD2Z1qT3Zz888QCwRO/wT/aY4

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 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023bc7-2.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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3648	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_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.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_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.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
3004	cmd.exe
2840	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2840	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3648	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	82
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3648	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	82
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3648	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	82
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3004	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	91
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3004	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	91
PID 3092 wrote to memory of 3004	3092	JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe	91
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2840	3004	cmd.exe	93
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2840	3004	cmd.exe	93
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2840	3004	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.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:3092
- 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:3648
- 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_cb9ecf13134922777a9e8f656844275a.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3004
- - 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:2840

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
4.0MB

MD5
797b91eb92e52c4b4e26d5e2b5c4ba66

SHA1
4d9cf698b8596f8b222ca7fe17a19e858ae626a3

SHA256
773bbdce364c9b14b9c27c4177be1835acd647c207f8e1d676ae2e2238f411fe

SHA512
61e4e5317a6ce0510a3de009c493f6343223e8527fdff76de30e83cf5c8aefa379ef04f154af6ddd9b7176208319564ed23b7f1c9d5cbd7417b7853147aac6e7

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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