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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 7


Maldoc score: 11


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 374b9d2287355b2bce9eafdbb30745c48ebd5debcb37ec4e87c91957c2195e68
SHA3-384 hash: bccf4e59f00eca2ec1fd75b5d930f4dc8a65c4eecafc1e66ec583d03095ec5d2c63861d50907047e2a479aba6a728347
SHA1 hash: bc4d58641ae9344a94c2b05cecd2429ea8a669f5
MD5 hash: 973269fc46476f001c6707c1cd2409e2
humanhash: alabama-bakerloo-tennessee-victor
File name:SD-1061.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:209'408 bytes
First seen:2020-11-12 10:24:19 UTC
Last seen:2020-11-13 00:39:55 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:ok3hOdsylKlgryzc4bNhZF+E+W2knx17K4g6qFpqDIWPIVirJNl95bdVwHNGRl:N1+4vqFpqDAcrJN9bbwtGR
TLSH 6F2412E7B2D6BC85EE066B3944D74380524AFD120AE6E30B7761F3280B36B905C57D2B
Reporter ffforward
Tags:AgentTesla xls

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id
Maldoc score: 11
Application name is unknown
Office document is in OLE format
Office document contains VBA Macros
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 10 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1107 bytesCompObj
2248 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3176 bytesSummaryInformation
4200220 bytesWorkbook
5518 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6137 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
71375 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
87 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
9288 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
10197 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/pgjwwamgbufesshqazciekvzrszldko
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
IOCflkfebacrggcnivtgugzExecutable file name
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousvbNormalNoFocusMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousLibMay run code from a DLL
SuspiciousURLDownloadToFileAMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
105
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
DNS request
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Running batch commands
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a file downloaded from the Internet
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://sparepartiran.com/js/s0/SD-1061.jpg
ThisWorkbook
Document image
Document image
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Macro with DLL Reference
Detected macro logic that will load additional functionality from Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). While not explicitly malicious, this is a common tactic for accessing APIs that are not otherwised exposed via Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile)
Downloads files with wrong headers with respect to MIME Content-Type
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Executables Started in Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Execution in Non-Executable Folder
Sigma detected: MS Office Product Spawning Exe in User Dir
Sigma detected: Office product drops executable at suspicious location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Program Location Process Starts
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 315297 Sample: SD-1061.xls Startdate: 12/11/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->46 48 Sigma detected: Office product drops executable at suspicious location 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 13 other signatures 2->52 8 EXCEL.EXE 57 24 2->8         started        13 pcalua.exe 1 2->13         started        process3 dnsIp4 38 sparepartiran.com 162.223.88.131, 49165, 80 COLOUPUS United States 8->38 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\SD-1061[1].jpg, PE32 8->32 dropped 34 flkfebacrggcnivtgu...psrifampztiybgf.exe, PE32 8->34 dropped 68 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 8->68 70 Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit) 8->70 72 Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile) 8->72 15 flkfebacrggcnivtgugzdrinwkvlxkpsrifampztiybgf.exe 2 8->15         started        file5 signatures6 process7 file8 36 C:\Users\user\ijbsg.exe, PE32 15->36 dropped 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->40 42 Drops PE files to the user root directory 15->42 44 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 15->44 19 ijbsg.exe 1 15->19         started        23 cmd.exe 15->23         started        signatures9 process10 file11 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AddInProcess32.exe, PE32 19->30 dropped 54 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->54 56 Writes to foreign memory regions 19->56 58 Allocates memory in foreign processes 19->58 60 2 other signatures 19->60 25 AddInProcess32.exe 2 19->25         started        28 reg.exe 1 23->28         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 62 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 25->62 64 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 25->64 66 Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows 28->66
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-12 01:50:11 UTC
AV detection:
18 of 29 (62.07%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
persistence
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Drops file in Drivers directory
Executes dropped EXE
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ach_AgentTesla_20200929
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects AgentTesla PE
Rule name:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria
Rule name:win_agent_tesla_v1
Author:Johannes Bader @viql
Description:detects Agent Tesla

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

AgentTesla

Excel file xls 374b9d2287355b2bce9eafdbb30745c48ebd5debcb37ec4e87c91957c2195e68

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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