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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae1a9131c9f7d3b5f261c4f95dc348076c1c0be47fcc1914a428e47576fb0b9e
SHA3-384 hash: e9ea36cd815f1c1da2ffc6418301f8e7d7d3832465f847e18bf09f79cd50b773c56887c04194a5340829d2294d53c323
SHA1 hash: 648c8acb981a2b3dae2bd535221586ff702f9397
MD5 hash: 46e19dc067159272d3c34e9206c0c4fa
humanhash: four-magazine-carolina-angel
File name:PRE ALERT NOTICE.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:16'384 bytes
First seen:2023-10-11 13:19:56 UTC
Last seen:2023-10-23 09:42:24 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'751 x AgentTesla, 19'657 x Formbook, 12'248 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 384:WznLTUyx2ozsynskMeFjEKzNbO+72k+qY/sgKwP6hm:3e2qsoMfyO+kpRJ
Threatray 348 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T13D720A04F66E592BCEFC4A3814A353579378E633BC83E3DE9ED4A5D666033C529012E6
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 James_inthe_box
Tags:AgentTesla exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
6
# of downloads :
306
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
PRE ALERT NOTICE.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-10-11 13:21:19 UTC
Tags:
agenttesla stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a window
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Stealing user critical data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
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:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Found malware configuration
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
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
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)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
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 Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1323738 Sample: PRE_ALERT_NOTICE.exe Startdate: 11/10/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 mail.amtechcards.com 2->39 41 amtechcards.com 2->41 43 3 other IPs or domains 2->43 51 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->51 53 Found malware configuration 2->53 55 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->55 57 12 other signatures 2->57 7 PRE_ALERT_NOTICE.exe 16 5 2->7         started        12 Duwyptuco.exe 14 5 2->12         started        14 Duwyptuco.exe 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 49 qu.ax 92.118.112.4, 443, 49746, 49749 GUDAEV-ASRU Russian Federation 7->49 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Duwyptuco.exe, PE32 7->37 dropped 69 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 7->69 71 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 7->71 73 Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function) 7->73 18 PRE_ALERT_NOTICE.exe 1 5 7->18         started        23 PRE_ALERT_NOTICE.exe 7->23         started        75 Antivirus detection for dropped file 12->75 77 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->77 79 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->79 25 Duwyptuco.exe 12->25         started        81 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 14->81 27 Duwyptuco.exe 14->27         started        29 My App.exe 16->29         started        31 My App.exe 16->31         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 45 amtechcards.com 64.188.2.244, 49748, 49754, 49755 ASN-QUADRANET-GLOBALUS United States 18->45 47 api4.ipify.org 64.185.227.156, 443, 49747, 49752 WEBNXUS United States 18->47 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\My App.exe, PE32 18->33 dropped 35 C:\Users\user\...\My App.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 18->35 dropped 59 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 18->59 61 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 18->61 63 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 18->63 65 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 25->65 67 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 29->67 file10 signatures11
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2023-10-11 10:32:48 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
AgentTesla
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae1a9131c9f7d3b5f261c4f95dc348076c1c0be47fcc1914a428e47576fb0b9e
MD5 hash:
46e19dc067159272d3c34e9206c0c4fa
SHA1 hash:
648c8acb981a2b3dae2bd535221586ff702f9397
Malware family:
AgentTesla.v4
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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information


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Malspam

AgentTesla

Executable exe ae1a9131c9f7d3b5f261c4f95dc348076c1c0be47fcc1914a428e47576fb0b9e

(this sample)

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