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
15/04/2025, 03:41
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
General
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Target
2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c
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SHA1
25f250dc7e0d0f5dcf565db36e1490cddd5e4943
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SHA256
7ec0e1792ffab69f52d54319f876564bc911b92c58541f5c5132f5a80c486214
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SHA512
7c4433d6819c734ce90209d0ef657923adc6d503fdd493fbe5a0cfe9a9bef9697639728627bdde925fc0514caaedf68e7bca1421d40572505445b3f63660dc6c
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrE:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30B4
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/0x000800000002400f-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-1-5-21-2362875047-775336530-2205312478-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3016 AdobeUpdate.exe 1528 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_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeUpdate.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 4948 PING.EXE 3596 cmd.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4948 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3016 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3016 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3016 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 2916 wrote to memory of 1528 2916 cmd.exe 88 PID 2916 wrote to memory of 1528 2916 cmd.exe 88 PID 2916 wrote to memory of 1528 2916 cmd.exe 88 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3596 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 95 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3596 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 95 PID 4196 wrote to memory of 3596 4196 2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 95 PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4948 3596 cmd.exe 97 PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4948 3596 cmd.exe 97 PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4948 3596 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_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:4196 -
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:3016
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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_133c3bcc34a61da05363131fb0ee1c4c_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:3596 -
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:4948
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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:2916 -
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:1528
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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
MD537160f4ab14f8fae62a64a852f1e575a
SHA1eed42b017b4c2174f39ee12ba411c11847365b30
SHA2565dc3b74c37e30fe72c66a8012b40bd4f6836c655387ce01dfb93f96886a51515
SHA512f8cf4d96954f60cf0b8b64be770e1198ba72d3cbcfbf9f8baee48adeb6a6ea6548fa9e1e64b4f290cc9abe8b470612910e6934161d2dd87cde847fbec86df47e