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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8486974c6cbfc68a56a4c5945a4b16b28776a5ac36fb16378001f7edd8319844
SHA3-384 hash: 28d40ac71eaf3174a079e612e05ec3c4f883387e379e5718bd4256d9410c22d222f01d8a4618c51267adca7d095ff728
SHA1 hash: 8c90c2220c879e946ddff1b956a1a07461ec4090
MD5 hash: e7d75f091b872f640a007f6c20847ce9
humanhash: fish-black-berlin-pennsylvania
File name:hPptsXoD.exe.bin
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:73'216 bytes
First seen:2025-04-11 04:24:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'666 x AgentTesla, 19'479 x Formbook, 12'209 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 1536:3U0kh8TE8LqMhYph97k9c2LqAY5N5723EXN1Y0mTpxznW:k0k6TphY97sQ5NVeEXN1Y0mTpxzW
Threatray 1 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1A263ED9D766072EFC857D472DEA82CA4EA5174BB831B4203A02716EDDE4D99BCF140F2
TrID 28.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
17.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
13.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
12.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
5.6% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:176-65-142-190 AgentTesla dropped exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
479
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Launching a process
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Reading critical registry keys
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Connection attempt to an infection source
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
confuser confuserex masquerade obfuscated obfuscated packed packed packer_detected
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Check if machine is in data center or colocation facility
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file contains section with special chars
PE file has nameless sections
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: RegAsm connects to smtp port
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1662789 Sample: hPptsXoD.exe.bin.exe Startdate: 11/04/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 20 mail.el-euphrates.com 2->20 22 el-euphrates.com 2->22 24 ip-api.com 2->24 32 Found malware configuration 2->32 34 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 9 other signatures 2->38 7 hPptsXoD.exe.bin.exe 15 3 2->7         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 26 176.65.142.190, 49689, 80 WEBTRAFFICDE Germany 7->26 18 C:\Users\user\...\hPptsXoD.exe.bin.exe.log, CSV 7->18 dropped 40 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->40 42 Writes to foreign memory regions 7->42 44 Allocates memory in foreign processes 7->44 46 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->46 12 RegAsm.exe 14 2 7->12         started        16 RegAsm.exe 7->16         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 28 el-euphrates.com 185.174.173.11, 49691, 587 ITLDC-NLUA Ukraine 12->28 30 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49690, 80 TUT-ASUS United States 12->30 48 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 12->48 50 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 12->50 52 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 12->52 60 2 other signatures 12->60 54 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 16->54 56 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 16->56 58 Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent) 16->58 signatures10
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-11 04:21:25 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla discovery keylogger spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
AgentTesla
Agenttesla family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
external_ip_lookup
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8486974c6cbfc68a56a4c5945a4b16b28776a5ac36fb16378001f7edd8319844
MD5 hash:
e7d75f091b872f640a007f6c20847ce9
SHA1 hash:
8c90c2220c879e946ddff1b956a1a07461ec4090
SH256 hash:
f561872dd861ad3159e4f8d5b52d5e23537fbd5955a27b4c7711ef7d170e8ee7
MD5 hash:
a3b4eb3574f218d3b8a8c001792c588d
SHA1 hash:
e22b081fea682b0a8a9009fc4fc3d4608739f93a
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:AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekshen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:AgentTeslaV5
Author:ClaudioWayne
Description:AgentTeslaV5 infostealer payload
Rule name:Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ConfuserEx
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables packed with ConfuserEx Mod
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect packed .NET executables. Mostly AgentTeslaV4.
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:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SandboxHookingDLL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing Windows vault credential objects. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:malware_Agenttesla_type2
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Agenttesla in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
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:ThreadControl__Context
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_AgentTesla_ebf431a8
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/attack-chain-leads-to-xworm-and-agenttesla

File information


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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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