Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250410-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
11/04/2025, 12:37
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
General
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Target
2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1
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SHA1
6ea9f260ef61fa3104ad0ee4f85ce9419cdf7472
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SHA256
6a14c9c63b67a7a6890102782411d541875501cf8fb0c0311340816e3cfce412
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SHA512
7efcf2433a72f6725f953fb8a2eb5c42a4d97b93e07b067d1c4eceab5f58fcaa1adc450a7fb9fb13c4a75045ce756d8ad67ebe07b6d1980bf605d46556572aba
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrR:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bt
Malware Config
Extracted
sakula
www.savmpet.com
Signatures
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Sakula family
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Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00080000000242c1-3.dat family_sakula -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2645532622-3298555945-705856666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2632 AdobeUpdate.exe 1972 AdobeUpdate.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AdobeUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\MicroMedia\\AdobeUpdate.exe" 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.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 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4928 cmd.exe 1872 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1872 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5696 wrote to memory of 2632 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 84 PID 5696 wrote to memory of 2632 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 84 PID 5696 wrote to memory of 2632 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 84 PID 5040 wrote to memory of 1972 5040 cmd.exe 85 PID 5040 wrote to memory of 1972 5040 cmd.exe 85 PID 5040 wrote to memory of 1972 5040 cmd.exe 85 PID 5696 wrote to memory of 4928 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5696 wrote to memory of 4928 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5696 wrote to memory of 4928 5696 2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1872 4928 cmd.exe 88 PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1872 4928 cmd.exe 88 PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1872 4928 cmd.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.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:5696 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2632
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 & del /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-11_26369b40620f8e5ed3119d499aa1e4a1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4928 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping 127.0.0.13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1872
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5040 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1972
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
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Filesize
92KB
MD5df59e6988ff5abbe4f745881145d4a71
SHA1cdb33d36d215f4010e8ea395ffacb012ba8d781f
SHA2568e4a9951e997fed96907079c3d246be00b866d0e3436c3c321b4f39cf064b545
SHA5120636b88727375c8edee3a775cb84d897aa8abad576a428c1f8944b16a7a59dc51a01ce408d67c05b584f617785d6121cd186d842b82918d370bd9e943965afc7