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AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 980572025579ff98c1ab84aa8c0c045e075d174bc5bb166e2694590c98f90a54
SHA3-384 hash: f5b0cb14489c8e1442294f15f627691c2c42568eafc0792ec60676fe9d4f2e78ae470558b8b18b536cebb8e7b584b774
SHA1 hash: 17aca36e82674bd55a48684acc4eef6cd02696b1
MD5 hash: ce3718f0a5cd81530496e4724857b0cb
humanhash: oranges-north-ack-table
File name:HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe
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Signature AgentTesla
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File size:1'025'536 bytes
First seen:2022-12-23 04:25:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'661 x AgentTesla, 19'474 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:bZ+2iN1/Sr+pGrnU9xmh873NdbE9QJKQZdF+LHZnbNFphh26mdOAH8c+9epf+mDG:Q1e+gnU9cOrjEw5Zupbxhh26mlH80q
Threatray 5'721 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T18F25481353C4C513E4625A3B0587EF8740A0DE4F7EA2DB6C662BF93BF6F16825A80D16
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla exe HSBC Telegram

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
179
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
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ID:
1
File name:
HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-12-23 04:29:25 UTC
Tags:
agenttesla
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/f05a2032-495a-477c-95bf-bee5f3c6fd2e

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.MSIL.Kryptik.WZA.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Verdict:
No Threat
Threat level:
  2/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/63a52ddc32185f3aef0dca86/reports/da3b4e7b-5e55-40c1-9c75-580b7f81c55c/overview
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
Agent Tesla
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/60a83332-aa13-4e95-b023-bf264f35ee14
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1139786
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted 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: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
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)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 772515 Sample: HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe Startdate: 23/12/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 api.telegram.org 2->61 65 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->65 67 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->67 69 Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location 2->69 71 10 other signatures 2->71 8 HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe 7 2->8         started        12 JxkFp.exe 2->12         started        14 TBcRbJIkEv.exe 5 2->14         started        16 JxkFp.exe 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 file5 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\TBcRbJIkEv.exe, PE32 8->53 dropped 55 C:\Users\...\TBcRbJIkEv.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpD2CE.tmp, XML 8->57 dropped 59 C:\Users\user\...\HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe.log, ASCII 8->59 dropped 85 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->85 87 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->87 89 Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook 8->89 97 2 other signatures 8->97 18 HSBC_Swift_Copy.pdf.exe 17 6 8->18         started        23 powershell.exe 21 8->23         started        25 powershell.exe 21 8->25         started        27 schtasks.exe 1 8->27         started        91 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->91 93 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->93 95 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->95 29 JxkFp.exe 12->29         started        31 schtasks.exe 12->31         started        33 JxkFp.exe 12->33         started        35 TBcRbJIkEv.exe 14->35         started        37 schtasks.exe 14->37         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 63 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49716, 49719 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 18->63 49 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\JxkFp.exe, PE32 18->49 dropped 51 C:\Users\user\...\JxkFp.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 18->51 dropped 73 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 18->73 75 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 18->75 77 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->77 39 conhost.exe 23->39         started        41 conhost.exe 25->41         started        43 conhost.exe 27->43         started        79 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 29->79 81 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 29->81 83 Installs a global keyboard hook 29->83 45 conhost.exe 31->45         started        47 conhost.exe 37->47         started        file9 signatures10 process11
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/980572025579ff98c1ab84aa8c0c045e075d174bc5bb166e2694590c98f90a54/
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-12-22 07:22:59 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
17
AV detection:
27 of 40 (67.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=tacxeasvph7zrqnlqsviydaelydv2f2lyw5rm3rgsrmqzghzbjka._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
agenttesla
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Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/221223-e2k83sfg98/
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
AgentTesla
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot5934477911:AAFE-T4zPYFg9j3dne3DNo28zBQV6eiIuEY/
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
fc6485350cf55dc14ecbfd9b91b7a9979f61023b4104101e9f351caa6c73abaa
MD5 hash:
6c3fdb2b5d93cf814ea1b6ca05a0efcf
SHA1 hash:
f8ae5f9fa1c9b6b0e47b2f0873d2ee3373e0ebf5
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
SH256 hash:
1a0dd19b4241f1ad8fb2fc76c5ef7d1aecf095c80ab109d632bd8c2bb3dc544b
MD5 hash:
b734f896cbad984edba1fc2fd36c5e67
SHA1 hash:
e39af660e096e35c66a020b933571304b65002e6
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
SH256 hash:
82bc85562bc566b55ab2015f52a579b50dd8d9346b7def7e4d7604e7df0423e3
MD5 hash:
42fb5d3d78a6309936e6fe585e3482d1
SHA1 hash:
c748fff385549b9edbc0c5f2447c47cacfda62f5
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
SH256 hash:
32ae30f5785f14d5bf206c2bff82c030c18d4aec171736dc076409b2162f2bce
MD5 hash:
aa28c90275a99c06e0551bbf419eacd0
SHA1 hash:
939f1df758d647b518877cda43e01fa830934c47
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
SH256 hash:
ff1b42ea7d56a37eae801adbddb7116f52a4664c0b41302736f522852edc2747
MD5 hash:
89ac57478044c57c7195943116a521e0
SHA1 hash:
1ff2bafeed795423e3538d810bda8e1e3fcdcfa5
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
SH256 hash:
980572025579ff98c1ab84aa8c0c045e075d174bc5bb166e2694590c98f90a54
MD5 hash:
ce3718f0a5cd81530496e4724857b0cb
SHA1 hash:
17aca36e82674bd55a48684acc4eef6cd02696b1
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0b8520a8-f28b-4e84-a9fd-b4c50709b1cf/
Malware family:
AgentTesla.v3
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/980572025579/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/980572025579ff98c1ab84aa8c0c045e075d174bc5bb166e2694590c98f90a54

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:pe_imphash
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Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
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Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information

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Malspam

AgentTesla

Executable exe 980572025579ff98c1ab84aa8c0c045e075d174bc5bb166e2694590c98f90a54

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Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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