sakula | 15d33eee644b3a7b2f7c08d5e87057130911a88555b7c25901adc701e957c21a

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe
Size

168KB
MD5

d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212
SHA1

9c6bdf06e06e0fdf98dca643c2c00eab2523a980
SHA256

15d33eee644b3a7b2f7c08d5e87057130911a88555b7c25901adc701e957c21a
SHA512

c963504403ec5656a8b88289d2d991dcd41d5e63b97586b2a07af329ec79fd76066e443c428b47a586c5cc11a46ceebaa1c4aae2bc51d029fbc06db76392f452
SSDEEP

3072:M29DkEGRQixVSjLwes5G30Bg7uZwOuz/xS3iGpZMU:M29qRfVSndj30B3wBxE1+U

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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2364-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016115-2.dat	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1816-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/2364-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula
behavioral1/memory/1816-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_sakula

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1712	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1816	MediaCenter.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.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_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.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_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.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
1712	cmd.exe
1288	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1288	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1816	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	30
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1816	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	30
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1816	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	30
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1816	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	30
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1712	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	33
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1712	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	33
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1712	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	33
PID 2364 wrote to memory of 1712	2364	JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe	33
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1288	1712	cmd.exe	35
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1288	1712	cmd.exe	35
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1288	1712	cmd.exe	35
PID 1712 wrote to memory of 1288	1712	cmd.exe	35

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2364
- 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:1816
- 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_d1abc3eb8ef2ea349269f836b8a65212.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1712
- - 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:1288

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

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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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\MediaCenter.exe

Filesize
168KB

MD5
4b35073100c96dd1a0081c1d01c5f568

SHA1
3ab4bb4dc57b9c29e49e31fe01d8c8b3d0c05a95

SHA256
bfcd9fd0771e36d8b9a3757b1071c7d48330c3323a95de91cdff3fb460f23c01

SHA512
9cdd105561edce148c1883dcb7e4df105e69d3eb9f0e8aa7021caf566ab812e7e051b07e50eec09225d83a32097764a56f5c57fd245ab65fbae3eee6d1fd38f6

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memory/1816-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/1816-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2364-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2364-6-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000250000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2364-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-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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