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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5e7d8d0aad0039653bf2162e9b3f7bcb6d25eb4e44ac2b21c6642cdd70d5e921
SHA3-384 hash: ffee013561e4bcb63421127f34ddcd118f247a326fe50870f6b31b525670f15d0dde4a2287a2a7b4c88875af8f856152
SHA1 hash: 65428a18c6e198dc31a85c3c6a6442e3075bdd61
MD5 hash: 02c4d2fa035f664818e7a947738f2030
humanhash: golf-uncle-avocado-emma
File name:SOA.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:222'208 bytes
First seen:2024-02-07 06:55:23 UTC
Last seen:2024-02-07 08:40:21 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:+5QunJWbZP8VNZ6+HYh5JUlHf0vXG02K:+5pJWR8Vv34PJ0/0cK
TLSH T1BF24122D739AD449D0C6E9324DD4E08B9364FC22CEC46A573244BB1F58B8AD4D6237EB
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla cve-2017-0199 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: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 21 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2236 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD000AECE4/CompObj
562 bytesMBD000AECE4/Ole
620909 bytesMBD000AECE4/CONTENTS
799 bytesMBD000AECE5/CompObj
811617 bytesMBD000AECE5/Package
994 bytesMBD000AECE6/CompObj
1020 bytesMBD000AECE6/Ole
1131606 bytesMBD000AECE6/CONTENTS
12506 bytesMBD000AECE7/Ole
13140608 bytesWorkbook
14523 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
15104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
16977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
17977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
18977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
19985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
202644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
21553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
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
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 :
364
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://192.3.176.142/ugcu/Microsoftaianterioerdesigntrackingnewproteocoltoentireprocessupdationcompletewithnewofficeup.doC
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit macros shellcode
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
1.4/10
Score Malicious:
14%
Score Benign:
86%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs new ROOT certificates
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Microsoft Office drops suspicious files
Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
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 equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor establishes network connection
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Office viewer loads remote template
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Equation Editor Network Connection
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1388046 Sample: SOA.xls Startdate: 07/02/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->66 68 Found malware configuration 2->68 70 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->70 72 23 other signatures 2->72 7 EXCEL.EXE 58 51 2->7         started        11 taskeng.exe 2->11         started        process3 dnsIp4 64 192.3.176.142, 49160, 49161, 49162 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 7->64 48 Microsoftaianterio...hnewofficeup[1].doc, ISO-8859 7->48 dropped 13 conhost.exe 5 7->13         started        17 WINWORD.EXE 345 37 7->17         started        19 AcroRd32.exe 27 7->19         started        21 oExzSqzAbiA.exe 11->21         started        file5 process6 file7 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\oExzSqzAbiA.exe, PE32 13->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpB73E.tmp, XML 13->52 dropped 88 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->88 90 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 13->90 92 Writes to foreign memory regions 13->92 23 RegSvcs.exe 13->23         started        26 powershell.exe 4 13->26         started        28 powershell.exe 4 13->28         started        30 schtasks.exe 13->30         started        54 C:\Users\user\...\ugcu on 192.3.176.142.url, MS 17->54 dropped 56 Microsoftaianterio...newofficeup.doC.url, MS 17->56 dropped 58 ~WRF{8BAA814D-3991...0-4852425677E8}.tmp, Composite 17->58 dropped 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\FCF594C5.doc, ISO-8859 17->60 dropped 94 Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV) 17->94 96 Office viewer loads remote template 17->96 98 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 17->98 32 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 17->32         started        35 RdrCEF.exe 19->35         started        100 Allocates memory in foreign processes 21->100 102 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 21->102 104 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 21->104 37 RegSvcs.exe 21->37         started        40 powershell.exe 21->40         started        42 2 other processes 21->42 signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 74 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 23->74 76 Installs new ROOT certificates 26->76 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\conhost.exe, PE32 32->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\conhost[1].exe, PE32 32->46 dropped 78 Office equation editor establishes network connection 32->78 80 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 32->80 62 api.ipify.org 64.185.227.156, 443, 49170 WEBNXUS United States 37->62 82 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 37->82 84 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 37->84 86 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 37->86 file11 signatures12
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-02-06 08:07:03 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
53
AV detection:
6 of 38 (15.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_getEIP_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:SEH__vba
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Malspam

AgentTesla

Excel file xls 5e7d8d0aad0039653bf2162e9b3f7bcb6d25eb4e44ac2b21c6642cdd70d5e921

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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