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:win10v2004-20250313-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
15/04/2025, 02:13
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250313-en
General
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Target
2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f
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SHA1
63eead05a29d59badcd59398700d9017128f09a6
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SHA256
6bdf249983555f4f04adfa03e560ed4b3e80354cd298a427d37a3b350a5780b3
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SHA512
77d7deec4458696d9cb3f1c5b3148bda78c89bba23f9a657047eb265a6e9477606091b25368c644d7ab9ce86f3d36d375d674d18c81f19035355671e9226c60d
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrn:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30Bb
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/0x0008000000024201-2.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 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4084 AdobeUpdate.exe 1188 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" 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_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 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_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 2920 cmd.exe 4872 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4872 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4084 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4084 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 4228 wrote to memory of 4084 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 264 wrote to memory of 1188 264 cmd.exe 87 PID 264 wrote to memory of 1188 264 cmd.exe 87 PID 264 wrote to memory of 1188 264 cmd.exe 87 PID 4228 wrote to memory of 2920 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 4228 wrote to memory of 2920 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 4228 wrote to memory of 2920 4228 2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 2920 wrote to memory of 4872 2920 cmd.exe 101 PID 2920 wrote to memory of 4872 2920 cmd.exe 101 PID 2920 wrote to memory of 4872 2920 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_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:4228 -
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:4084
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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\2025-04-15_d924929f9198e9720b51696d9b55c63f_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:4872
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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:264 -
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:1188
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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
MD5509c7e7ee06b4db526a9880cc1aa9a7e
SHA1feb3bd443eee8ff1ee6fbd70953af9a597c97346
SHA256546acc755449c880fd4d5ec016c1bcd7cecfef03a05c20d98f00d091f87f3e7c
SHA512cd2d8d44b3ddf0583afb0b3e8476a3b1c0b625ba4f85e72cea1b4e71b547b4f906f1dda13da1d63a674b59c8ae8f0f34f187f4ad59729796dbdfd85c9cdcfcb7