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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9daa1156237e076b6b8c2c8572ee0e9700b8d5a11998e906523b0518cd04adb9
SHA3-384 hash: df5b618f2722d22c118daa280b60f33689fb415e02cb09d50614b8fc9a431b987926729bfbeb89106248c20b3c7ae114
SHA1 hash: f9c988f5d32b393772c31ecf1f807d39a43d87b1
MD5 hash: 98ca631b42204901486844c04bf82224
humanhash: failed-football-ohio-oven
File name:FPG2401001.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:308'736 bytes
First seen:2024-01-17 14:26:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:7aBBSHBMixiMK6G+ZFrTUvCp4sJg1as74Gof55h4i:7aBBQpozwjTqCfgQs79ofDh
TLSH T14A641321375EC72AC49360320EC1D4DB3752FC229E5238AF7498775E1EBB640C9B2A5A
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 18 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD00035C90/CompObj
562 bytesMBD00035C90/Ole
67284 bytesMBD00035C90/CONTENTS
799 bytesMBD00035C91/CompObj
8186865 bytesMBD00035C91/Package
9624 bytesMBD00035C92/Ole
1096914 bytesWorkbook
11527 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
12104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
13977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
14977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
15977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
16985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
172644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
18553 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 :
1
# of downloads :
336
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://107.175.243.133/hcb/hc/microbiolagicalthingshappeneingaroundtheworldforentireprocesstostartfromthefirsttonowforev.doC
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.0/10
Score Malicious:
4%
Score Benign:
6%
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.
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
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 a global keyboard hook
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)
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
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)
Yara detected AgentTesla
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1376068 Sample: FPG2401001.xls Startdate: 17/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->50 52 Found malware configuration 2->52 54 14 other signatures 2->54 7 EXCEL.EXE 58 48 2->7         started        process3 dnsIp4 42 107.175.243.133, 49160, 49161, 49162 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 7->42 32 microbiolagicalthi...sttonowforev[1].doc, ISO-8859 7->32 dropped 11 WINWORD.EXE 345 39 7->11         started        15 conhost.exe 2 7->15         started        17 AcroRd32.exe 27 7->17         started        file5 process6 file7 34 microbiolagicalthi...ttonowforev.doC.url, MS 11->34 dropped 36 C:\Users\user\...\hc on 107.175.243.133.url, MS 11->36 dropped 38 ~WRF{129A310E-1E3B...7-068070800705}.tmp, Composite 11->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\FEB0BDDB.doc, ISO-8859 11->40 dropped 68 Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV) 11->68 70 Office viewer loads remote template 11->70 72 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 11->72 19 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 11->19         started        74 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 15->74 76 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 15->76 78 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 15->78 80 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 15->80 23 conhost.exe 12 2 15->23         started        26 RdrCEF.exe 2 17->26         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\conhost.exe, PE32 19->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\conhost[1].exe, PE32 19->30 dropped 56 Office equation editor establishes network connection 19->56 58 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 19->58 44 api4.ipify.org 173.231.16.75, 443, 49167 WEBNXUS United States 23->44 46 api.ipify.org 23->46 60 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 23->60 62 Installs new ROOT certificates 23->62 64 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 23->64 66 2 other signatures 23->66 file11 signatures12
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-0199
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-01-17 04:45:43 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
44
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla keylogger spyware stealer trojan
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 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
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
AgentTesla
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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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/

File information


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

Malspam

AgentTesla

Excel file xls 9daa1156237e076b6b8c2c8572ee0e9700b8d5a11998e906523b0518cd04adb9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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