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Database Entry
AgentTesla
Vendor detections: 20
| SHA256 hash: | a23476654f047a2f4a160d61cc511a0b660952e18f38825ddbebcb2ef7a1be24 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | c8ea497d5672f3c9325866e43b41dfba36fd9dd58f583cb11438a2061ca066231e21a025c05c9ade2bdffa552184a74d |
| SHA1 hash: | 86602025d6ccf0e1592068a506b84b3e342c2470 |
| MD5 hash: | 2bcc47d6225fb1a7c717dea8f42a4852 |
| humanhash: | nine-romeo-purple-bluebird |
| File name: | Vessel_full_Main_Particulars_Q88.exe |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | AgentTesla |
| File size: | 1'014'420 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-04-25 05:42:21 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-05-04 12:10:45 UTC |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | 7d315419a8bf8d007177384cc586ea3d (1 x AgentTesla, 1 x AsyncRAT) |
| ssdeep | 24576:DmaUsUEwGxU+xvVC2+KucckBgf/D4jkWffzMPOzucuhU:DmacEJxUeucckBasjn/CcJ |
| Threatray | 3'602 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | T16125AE16A3E416B4E63BC278CBA64233E6B6B8451770ADCF0255D6152F33ED06B3B325 |
| TrID | 37.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 28.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 11.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 11.3% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3) 11.3% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1) |
| Magika | pebin |
| Reporter |  threatcat_ch |
| Tags: | AgentTesla exe |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
246
Origin country :
CHVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-04-25 05:43:27 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup stealer ultravnc rmm-tool evasion agenttesla
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
AgentTesla
Detection(s):
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
shellcode injection autorun obfusc
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Reading critical registry keys
Launching a service
Changing a file
Creating a window
Stealing user critical data
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Cerbu.Generic
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-04-25T02:22:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-27T03:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10000
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb VHO:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.adnq PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.sba Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.d Trojan.Win64.Agentb.sb Trojan.Win32.PostWorker.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Disco.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.sb VHO:Backdoor.Win32.Agent.gen Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.adnq VHO:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Agent.gen
Malware family:
Agent Tesla
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.adwa.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
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)
Drops PE files to the startup folder
Found malware configuration
Found Tor onion address
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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)
Sets debug register (to hijack the execution of another thread)
Suricata IDS alerts 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)
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses TOR for connection hidding
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
61%
Verdict:
Susipicious
File Type:
PE
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Detection:
agenttesla
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.AGENTTESLA
Threat name:
Win64.Spyware.Negasteal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-25 05:23:03 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
19 of 37 (51.35%)
Threat level:
2/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
agenttesla
Similar samples:
+ 3'592 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
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 WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Drops startup file
Family: AgentTesla
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a23476654f047a2f4a160d61cc511a0b660952e18f38825ddbebcb2ef7a1be24
MD5 hash:
2bcc47d6225fb1a7c717dea8f42a4852
SHA1 hash:
86602025d6ccf0e1592068a506b84b3e342c2470
Malware family:
AgentTesla
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
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 |
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| Author: | ClaudioWayne |
| Description: | AgentTeslaV5 infostealer payload |
| Rule name: | Agenttesla_type2 |
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| Author: | JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | detect Agenttesla in memory |
| Reference: | internal research |
| Rule name: | CP_Script_Inject_Detector |
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| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__API |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__MemoryWorkingSet |
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| Author: | Fernando Mercês |
| Description: | Anti-debug process memory working set size check |
| Reference: | http://www.gironsec.com/blog/2015/06/anti-debugger-trick-quicky/ |
| Rule name: | DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI |
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| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | DetectEncryptedVariants |
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| Author: | Zinyth |
| Description: | Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
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| Author: | Justin Cornwell |
| Description: | CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01 |
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| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detect packed .NET executables. Mostly AgentTeslaV4. |
| Rule name: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Author: | JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group |
| Description: | detect Agenttesla in memory |
| Reference: | internal research |
| Rule name: | meth_peb_parsing |
|---|---|
| Author: | Willi Ballenthin |
| Rule name: | NET |
|---|---|
| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | pe_detect_tls_callbacks |
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| Rule name: | pe_imphash |
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| Rule name: | RIPEMD160_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for RIPEMD-160 constants |
| Rule name: | SEH__vectored |
|---|---|
| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | SHA1_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for SHA1 constants |
| Rule name: | Skystars_Malware_Imphash |
|---|---|
| Author: | Skystars LightDefender |
| Description: | imphash |
| Rule name: | Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage |
|---|---|
| Author: | XiAnzheng |
| Description: | May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP) |
| Rule name: | ThreadControl__Context |
|---|---|
| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE |
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| Author: | CYFARE |
| Description: | Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments |
| Reference: | https://cyfare.net/ |
| Rule name: | VECT_Ransomware |
|---|---|
| Author: | Mustafa Bakhit |
| Description: | Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments. |
| 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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Malspam
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
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