Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250313-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
14/04/2025, 00:09
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250313-en
General
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Target
2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76
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SHA1
6c654bd9c50192f530686019f12536510ffe5816
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SHA256
8c8754f2baa35506e7e4d17682e2defcf422eb7422ee0dc250a374de190079fb
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SHA512
222313ce47c10c81f0fb3651d31688cc9d4212c2239dd664b395efe1aa8964ecd64fa6164fd64e94f6bb07ce8143c3deb61dfd755c5b4e0954a8c19277d8cd29
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtr8:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BI
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/0x00080000000243d3-2.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-1-5-21-1279544337-3716153908-718418795-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 528 AdobeUpdate.exe 5988 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" 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_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 PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_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 -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4736 cmd.exe 5308 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 5308 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5668 wrote to memory of 528 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5668 wrote to memory of 528 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5668 wrote to memory of 528 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5580 wrote to memory of 5988 5580 cmd.exe 87 PID 5580 wrote to memory of 5988 5580 cmd.exe 87 PID 5580 wrote to memory of 5988 5580 cmd.exe 87 PID 5668 wrote to memory of 4736 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 5668 wrote to memory of 4736 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 5668 wrote to memory of 4736 5668 2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 5308 4736 cmd.exe 101 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 5308 4736 cmd.exe 101 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 5308 4736 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_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:5668 -
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:528
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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\2025-04-13_5373cec20ada5702dd2a076bbdcbee76_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:4736 -
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:5308
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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:5580 -
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:5988
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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
MD562f3920eb84c9d8c2ee5322e5a3f6b08
SHA1472c8dac4014435a3601e0d42240ff441c4eef42
SHA2566100096e6dc6671e5fcd05ad8177e92c266a10aaf089168985c5297bba348942
SHA5129bbca1f58b3924366922afb98e60be8fe24d0d92c6d2018c666fef7f0b9fd4d3e16f14b8bfbddc35e4924e4addccfb40adc48e54d68167b1408bb4da11bae25c