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Database Entry



CelestialStealer


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5ce65bb2652a8039c866db082256d9b8f4456be5e1be5a04f2a0d7272568bc05
SHA3-384 hash: 4a434038038b1a246a65522f3536131e9e2d66a02526a16c71a0b526b1aa9c65c3ff5c4a1e4651139fad1085e2230448
SHA1 hash: 4127054409ff7060fd861a9158ff4bcaee8f691c
MD5 hash: 8834e6173743672d28ed0a31625687a7
humanhash: orange-item-emma-green
File name:1.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CelestialStealer
File size:420'864 bytes
First seen:2025-05-27 16:44:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'658 x AgentTesla, 19'469 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:9B82E+Uf05NAt//5t5uXu35vOtUATHtD4Ai4HaOc3n/:HNQ//5PPhGNV4AiaaO8n
TLSH T15394E01427E88B13F76F8FFA85A19093C7346127590FFB4D399CE4DD285A7A28850B93
TrID 67.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
9.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.0% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CelestialStealer exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
415
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
1.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-05-27 16:50:36 UTC
Tags:
evasion telegram exfiltration stealer arch-doc

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
packed virus micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a window
Moving a file to the %temp% directory
Sending a custom TCP request
Searching for the window
Stealing user critical data
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm backnet base64 fingerprint hacktool obfuscated packed packed packer_detected reconnaissance stealer
Result
Threat name:
Celestial Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies existing user documents (likely ransomware behavior)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Uses threadpools to delay analysis
Yara detected Celestial Stealer
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.CelestialCStealer
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.CelestialCStealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-27 09:53:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
2
AV detection:
31 of 38 (81.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Looks up external IP address via web service
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
backdoor backnet Win.Packed.Msilperseus-9956592-0
YARA:
MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
9e191ac0f0f161c9993866b306f48b2fdfc2e0cca4a1985ffc293fca721f98c8
MD5 hash:
31002500f8f8dac8300b0f355d374cfc
SHA1 hash:
10863ae5a1bf83c08d4be8ae326183e174ed5f06
SH256 hash:
5ce65bb2652a8039c866db082256d9b8f4456be5e1be5a04f2a0d7272568bc05
MD5 hash:
8834e6173743672d28ed0a31625687a7
SHA1 hash:
4127054409ff7060fd861a9158ff4bcaee8f691c
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Fody
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables manipulated with Fody
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.
Rule name:MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects BackNet samples
Reference:https://github.com/valsov/BackNet
Rule name:MAL_BackNet_Nov18_1_RID2D6D
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects BackNet samples
Reference:https://github.com/valsov/BackNet
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:telegram_bot_api
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing Telegram Bot API

File information


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

Web download

CelestialStealer

Executable exe 5ce65bb2652a8039c866db082256d9b8f4456be5e1be5a04f2a0d7272568bc05

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high

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