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, 05:31
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
General
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Target
2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe
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Size
92KB
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MD5
f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca
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SHA1
c14e515babc44e33148dc693ba78617351cff709
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SHA256
5e3bbf5143dc96dafa2b9c4a6c91a1538441e93ece329dbe3b4c7311eec62d5b
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SHA512
2c3afb8ff9c4c0bdf7619017100069da8b390ba1813f600bf8b22ee7cb3976e8a7fea370168263a8041e96aecb766e3e69d07612a39b05220412dc0c743c286f
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SSDEEP
1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrB:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BF
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/0x00080000000242d8-2.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 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4132 AdobeUpdate.exe 2384 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_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_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_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_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 640 cmd.exe 4816 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4816 PING.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4132 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4132 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4132 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 2384 1136 cmd.exe 87 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 2384 1136 cmd.exe 87 PID 1136 wrote to memory of 2384 1136 cmd.exe 87 PID 1852 wrote to memory of 640 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 1852 wrote to memory of 640 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 1852 wrote to memory of 640 1852 2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe 97 PID 640 wrote to memory of 4816 640 cmd.exe 99 PID 640 wrote to memory of 4816 640 cmd.exe 99 PID 640 wrote to memory of 4816 640 cmd.exe 99
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-04-15_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_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:1852 -
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:4132
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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_f4cb1225b413c5e29fbf3da5c77a8fca_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:640 -
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:4816
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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:1136 -
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:2384
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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
MD5bc761c91c146e1c4d8332e645f0f1bec
SHA100b0714077fd0dab9116462c3cb76d9bb80c837c
SHA25697ee702280a6e3e4deec5d1ef60a7f6ced42439b2b9adc961636c4a8d7389245
SHA512f0cb583037d1e6bda369be79d7b637ebbd4444e342bad2b5ba0b6faafe71520a750f0930222e7f34a82fc0d0b741241a066ff8d2df322eda7c922e4f264fb947