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
12/04/2025, 01:19
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
General
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Target
2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c
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SHA1
82bf5cee9c32e654b56113aa43845331296bd1d4
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SHA256
d0302a0131a63bc7e5dd3b810ee0a648356f066b5e502180fe875f3b70584af6
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SHA512
4d33f2de5d16e9dd910dac70701775b8dd32321a2f03e5b4286f88072ef079584a680899387408c020f4b57c9aeb173cb27e1f3759fe2626f3bdac05ba72916c
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtra:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BG
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/0x00080000000241d1-2.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-1-5-21-3027557611-1484967174-339164627-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 716 AdobeUpdate.exe 5140 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" 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_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 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 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 -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 5480 cmd.exe 4888 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4888 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2580 wrote to memory of 716 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 2580 wrote to memory of 716 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 2580 wrote to memory of 716 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 216 wrote to memory of 5140 216 cmd.exe 89 PID 216 wrote to memory of 5140 216 cmd.exe 89 PID 216 wrote to memory of 5140 216 cmd.exe 89 PID 2580 wrote to memory of 5480 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 96 PID 2580 wrote to memory of 5480 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 96 PID 2580 wrote to memory of 5480 2580 2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 96 PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4888 5480 cmd.exe 98 PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4888 5480 cmd.exe 98 PID 5480 wrote to memory of 4888 5480 cmd.exe 98
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_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:2580 -
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:716
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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\2025-04-12_2aabd8058c7cba9a6091fde268273b1c_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
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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:4888
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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:216 -
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:5140
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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
MD5afa086f30978a85481741271236228f7
SHA13c05c022138cf440eb40d62c8b6fc0f2ff4c266f
SHA256d291ad1f5056c9f6515f46711f3e7b16fd3232d7cc8eb6716eae8aa2ca8be094
SHA51247fc07b6cd424fee4e3b615163dab310091f86827861b3b792bf34a24889042f03ddf0850b29d8d9627ca02521d104d0807ddde37cdd7836173ffa3fd32690c7