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:win10v2004-20250410-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
14/04/2025, 09:42
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
General
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Target
2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17
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SHA1
5c814782fc34b12d07bbac06fde202c405918aa7
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SHA256
2601d5941a229318d28dc0da2083fd306ea0f48f2874985e66fb566ee860adec
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SHA512
178e3f9b4e58943a36258b7db10497182f528b5be9aa338244680222f6fc554fe26be3b033ab2b18f4fceddbdb4fc079d5bd384eb414b497920a6a192a1ecf19
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrV:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bx
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/0x0008000000024254-2.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-1-5-21-3630502724-2561614198-3854231964-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4436 AdobeUpdate.exe 5512 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" 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_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 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_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 5384 PING.EXE 4912 cmd.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 5384 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4436 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4436 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4436 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5512 5648 cmd.exe 88 PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5512 5648 cmd.exe 88 PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5512 5648 cmd.exe 88 PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4912 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4912 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 5180 wrote to memory of 4912 5180 2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 4912 wrote to memory of 5384 4912 cmd.exe 99 PID 4912 wrote to memory of 5384 4912 cmd.exe 99 PID 4912 wrote to memory of 5384 4912 cmd.exe 99
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_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:5180 -
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:4436
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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\2025-04-14_bea9970a92b02a598b2170732225ae17_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:4912 -
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:5384
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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:5648 -
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:5512
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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
MD5447138a4cd3f339ab57ba67e544c1974
SHA1a234bfea357feccdb23f03d6bbca36a0a4e82700
SHA256ff3e1ebbdee94ef8e327ab8036bf65d6adb6b8c60239d0288ff321461483061d
SHA51299d03895ca04761ea8a173ac8c90bdc299afd2aa57c8cf3ac18f4280814d98188fd0441cfef36685af886710e24f224227403553d2524ef77d1a706cf8022c40