Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/08/2026, 09:59
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 92KB
- Sample260820-l1f2asthng
- SHA256 5c3c682f95141e2d104dd39bcc329c3b850342875aa733f6ee4b8c39a095353a
- MD5 6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1
- SHA1 5da7352639d36019b778b50edb4a0769a9d98b16
- SHA512 23be039e0360101d7f9a741bc3670a5eb5dc56940636fef6f86c5d4560899d1239ffbd619a98113336441681bf4453e7908b4c263816ff3d8fc673792590f3f7
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtr/:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30BT
- TLSH T1D9938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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sakula
C2
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www.savmpet.com
Signatures
- Sakula payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c49d-3.dat family_sakula - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4120 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" 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 5164 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.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 5164 cmd.exe 2796 PING.EXE - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2796 PING.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4632 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4632 wrote to memory of 4120 4632 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 4632 wrote to memory of 5164 4632 2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe 91 PID 5164 wrote to memory of 2796 5164 cmd.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4632 -
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:4120
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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\2026-08-20_6f54e52236c780b9369ea637b6b3bda1_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_sakula_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5164 -
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:2796
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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
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicroMedia\AdobeUpdate.exe
- Size 92KB
- SHA256 920fd27f8f99295a03cf7702fe45e442515224878d7591c7674941270d6dd69c
- MD5 bdf3b1f53bfedd4ee9438e6df96e57e2
- SHA1 d2b401e74fcbec2cc868f47beb1a011b45be3ca8
- SHA512 dd557997e875fce863dfb933d66fc5ca2a2c7289247472862b97a406e0df759a6af78f1abc9af4bea5cde6c997d8f38110ffeac57c832178482387bd6e6a435e
- SSDEEP 1536:TJbCiJVkgMaT2itTkjoRXnM48dXFajVPYxCEtkz30rtrC:9bfVk29te2jqxCEtg30B+
- TLSH T1DA938D13B8D2C073F40601755159CB935B7BBA132FBDD9D7BB940A8EBA622D0463BAC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH