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ACRStealer


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 26 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a2eed5c2f743f07399f70db53d2beeb1594b5842240e08d04adad40be58200bc
SHA3-384 hash: 0258486f4e119f086a3b19bace64c8635d2a3e84122315d00ce445d3591a52a26113ba59753b384890932b1a570c36b4
SHA1 hash: 3eb4bb383af77b3169b4c7a699ebb1970f7cd9dc
MD5 hash: a77fd3f28ebe56694feabe00b22d7085
humanhash: juliet-november-wyoming-mountain
File name:a2eed5c2f743f07399f70db53d2beeb1594b5842240e08d04adad40be58200bc
Download: download sample
Signature ACRStealer
File size:1'023'488 bytes
First seen:2025-08-27 07:28:54 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 24576:BWsnU5Snm8jIiiVCaVyWUYEGTnGyhJPyPJvIoi9:MSmkiyWPEipJKPJvIR
TLSH T1CF252308AB152231E37C653F2D281314D5A4E2013B66FBAFDE99608983977A77711EF3
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter Anonymous
Tags:ACRStealer ClearFake exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
60
Origin country :
NO NO
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
a2eed5c2f743f07399f70db53d2beeb1594b5842240e08d04adad40be58200bc
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-08-27 07:30:43 UTC
Tags:
stealer arch-exec hijackloader loader arcstealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
81.4%
Tags:
micro spawn sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
DNS request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Forced shutdown of a browser
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 obfuscated packed
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Acrstealer
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-27 08:27:07 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
amaterastealer
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
hijackloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hijackloader defense_evasion discovery loader spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies system certificate store
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Badlisted process makes network request
Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader)
HijackLoader
Hijackloader family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a2eed5c2f743f07399f70db53d2beeb1594b5842240e08d04adad40be58200bc
MD5 hash:
a77fd3f28ebe56694feabe00b22d7085
SHA1 hash:
3eb4bb383af77b3169b4c7a699ebb1970f7cd9dc
SH256 hash:
d6ef6def08c7329f412cfcde6e47a197925407c68b4c7dd22f5095a909db8541
MD5 hash:
70457541a8f8361c7e882d7d0354125a
SHA1 hash:
91ed71bac634b9193c5af7dfcdf15081e45e08e9
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Malware family:
GHOSTPULSE
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:HeavensGate
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Heaven's Gate: Switch from 32-bit to 64-mode
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:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETDLLMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
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: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_Exploit_Generic_008359cf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_ACRStealer_f9728d76
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:WIN_FileFix_Detection
Author:dogsafetyforeverone
Description:Detects FileFix social engineering technique that launches chained PowerShell and PHP commands from file explorer typed paths
Reference:FileFix social engineering with PowerShell and PHP commands

File information


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