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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ace149a232afd3aa170b48d79a32502f7b3ebfb1a82de8b4fa362ae2652859b2
SHA3-384 hash: f571b4a904f7491bf34da672065092fa7e2dd8efc3b8142943f926c150cc1aeba84250a15db68031d6ddfae5f0c839be
SHA1 hash: 18b978dfd02f47792719d5a8e5a8783a78b9aa7a
MD5 hash: 0efff1b9e6e5dea509415a3b56e959ca
humanhash: fanta-glucose-montana-ohio
File name:XFO-E2024-021.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:747'520 bytes
First seen:2024-06-21 11:58:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'652 x AgentTesla, 19'463 x Formbook, 12'205 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:WL+hEjkqxFTg8IsBzz6yU/MvSsLtHOXD/EWjMV8FjUtNz/XkWME:rqVzz6Hk62tHOXD/EGs8Sbz/XkW
Threatray 3'189 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T158F4128276A45A93C83C05B0B86A5257437A7C15FD80D68E3ECA3ADD5DF3F92210B61F
TrID 53.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
22.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
7.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
4.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
3.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon fefefff9d3dfc0c0 (5 x AgentTesla, 1 x RemcosRAT, 1 x AsyncRAT)
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:AgentTesla exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
364
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
ace149a232afd3aa170b48d79a32502f7b3ebfb1a82de8b4fa362ae2652859b2.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-06-21 12:00:00 UTC
Tags:
smtp evasion agenttesla stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
Banker Encryption Execution Generic Network Gensteal Dexter
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
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 with a hidden window
Launching a process
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Reading critical registry keys
Stealing user critical data
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed
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.
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
AI detected suspicious sample
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
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 network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: MSBuild connects to smtp port
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Silenttrinity Stager Msbuild Activity
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 schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1460691 Sample: XFO-E2024-021.exe Startdate: 21/06/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 42 mail.famas.vn 2->42 44 api.ipify.org 2->44 46 2 other IPs or domains 2->46 52 Found malware configuration 2->52 54 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->54 56 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->56 58 12 other signatures 2->58 8 XFO-E2024-021.exe 7 2->8         started        12 ERAwOGtyDDiAd.exe 5 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...RAwOGtyDDiAd.exe, PE32 8->34 dropped 36 C:\...RAwOGtyDDiAd.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->36 dropped 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp8EB2.tmp, XML 8->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\...\XFO-E2024-021.exe.log, ASCII 8->40 dropped 60 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 8->60 62 Writes to foreign memory regions 8->62 64 Allocates memory in foreign processes 8->64 72 2 other signatures 8->72 14 MSBuild.exe 14 2 8->14         started        18 powershell.exe 23 8->18         started        20 schtasks.exe 1 8->20         started        66 Antivirus detection for dropped file 12->66 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->68 70 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->70 22 MSBuild.exe 12->22         started        24 schtasks.exe 1 12->24         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 48 mail.famas.vn 210.245.86.58, 49737, 49739, 49747 FPT-AS-APTheCorporationforFinancingPromotingTechnolo Viet Nam 14->48 50 api.ipify.org 104.26.12.205, 443, 49734, 49738 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 14->50 74 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->74 76 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 18->76 26 WmiPrvSE.exe 18->26         started        28 conhost.exe 18->28         started        30 conhost.exe 20->30         started        78 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 22->78 80 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 22->80 82 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 22->82 84 2 other signatures 22->84 32 conhost.exe 24->32         started        signatures9 process10
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Negasteal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-06-21 11:59:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
34
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla execution keylogger spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
AgentTesla
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f1af92e24d26eea2786631e12525dc62f8b9be56a229db74cfcd45370fe96322
MD5 hash:
5920118107c877fe19eb797de858ef77
SHA1 hash:
544b1ae894732d12888a2fbe7313c70363a46d92
SH256 hash:
f2ea9052cef63777fb5bd88828692135be0046044130fda845d460d78ceca392
MD5 hash:
e8598177e2d9b359938f210a3e714692
SHA1 hash:
17dfeea8d3df21a547ab78044d4485f09048ea08
Detections:
AgentTesla win_agent_tesla_g2 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients Agenttesla_type2 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
SH256 hash:
9a577d31e2c9a641f75ddaed2b0c4009e283d51c005e3fbbca81786bff761f21
MD5 hash:
ed61a5aa0f4d1ce89382122fd40086cb
SHA1 hash:
12d91d13eec29f2fd66fa4884d26798ffb2e1b34
SH256 hash:
ace149a232afd3aa170b48d79a32502f7b3ebfb1a82de8b4fa362ae2652859b2
MD5 hash:
0efff1b9e6e5dea509415a3b56e959ca
SHA1 hash:
18b978dfd02f47792719d5a8e5a8783a78b9aa7a
Malware family:
AgentTesla
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: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: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_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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Windows_Generic_Threat_9f4a80b2
Author:Elastic Security
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

AgentTesla

Executable exe ace149a232afd3aa170b48d79a32502f7b3ebfb1a82de8b4fa362ae2652859b2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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 (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high

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