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Database Entry



RedLineStealer


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae98d3796fbb5cd1b5c856411f1e31858dc6e0334e82b2a54bc752ea26b82896
SHA3-384 hash: 7a12f412eea2e8efea4fa26d1572b43c23b48da21ba6bbd551cc65dd96bd9aaa7e9e7bea65da50273460728230bd92a8
SHA1 hash: 53ab9ca50b90019f827fddf285614065dccfcbf5
MD5 hash: 41c21ee03c2e1ef739ad1266ec5e5553
humanhash: sierra-three-fifteen-berlin
File name:Datasheet.pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature RedLineStealer
File size:1'259'008 bytes
First seen:2025-04-02 01:54:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash afcdf79be1557326c854b6e20cb900a7 (1'102 x FormBook, 936 x AgentTesla, 399 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:5u6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaR4H444tjCfCHdAif9212KcWY:7u0c++OCvkGs9FaR4H444tjvHdvwxY
TLSH T10145CF227BDD8370C766A933BF19B311AE7F3C610630B9572E841D79A9901A1372E763
TrID 32.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
20.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
15.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
13.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
6.2% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 36c29292b2e88c82 (54 x AgentTesla, 33 x RedLineStealer, 11 x Formbook)
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe RedLineStealer

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
599
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
Datasheet.pdf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-04-02 01:55:10 UTC
Tags:
evasion stealer ultravnc rmm-tool exfiltration smtp agenttesla netreactor

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
underscore autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Reading critical registry keys
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla, PureLog Stealer
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Suspicious Double Extension File Execution
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
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 an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected PureLog Stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1654190 Sample: Datasheet.pdf.exe Startdate: 02/04/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 24 smtp.yandex.ru 2->24 26 api.ipify.org 2->26 36 Found malware configuration 2->36 38 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->40 42 10 other signatures 2->42 8 Datasheet.pdf.exe 2 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 44 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 8->44 46 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 8->46 11 Datasheet.pdf.exe 1 8->11         started        14 RegSvcs.exe 8->14         started        process6 signatures7 48 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 11->48 50 Writes to foreign memory regions 11->50 52 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 11->52 16 RegSvcs.exe 15 2 11->16         started        54 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->54 process8 dnsIp9 20 smtp.yandex.ru 77.88.21.158, 49723, 49735, 49736 YANDEXRU Russian Federation 16->20 22 api.ipify.org 104.26.12.205, 443, 49722 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 16->22 28 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 16->28 30 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 16->30 32 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 16->32 34 2 other signatures 16->34 signatures10
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.Negasteal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-04-02 01:55:12 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
22
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unc_loader_036 agenttesla unc_loader_001
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan external_ip_lookup
YARA:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae98d3796fbb5cd1b5c856411f1e31858dc6e0334e82b2a54bc752ea26b82896
MD5 hash:
41c21ee03c2e1ef739ad1266ec5e5553
SHA1 hash:
53ab9ca50b90019f827fddf285614065dccfcbf5
SH256 hash:
ccd6ac75085e686ad43e981e7acf165e4a757fd09f6db9e294aef321051d6ac8
MD5 hash:
a86f4248c2a2b52b0d8d69e3303e580a
SHA1 hash:
744f98399c92fa76ebf6647f5842842226545d39
Detections:
win_samsam_auto SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Native_Stub_Jan24 MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1 MetaStealer_NET_Reactor_packer MALWARE_Win_RedLine
SH256 hash:
947077f774402d9e0b0d7663fcba250156fc1b67ea3e220134ff05c4188ab498
MD5 hash:
1c461c3734e6079a6ba0f1e513b74c4e
SHA1 hash:
8e6484759147df35567b6b34d847758ca3abe430
Detections:
AgentTesla SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24 RedLine_Campaign_June2021 Agenttesla_type2 INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
SH256 hash:
988bae7a066583843a63f863350eb4c49ead3c996a83947097ed69d0a7da5dc5
MD5 hash:
651734c032ea2dda933a9e1fb9b5f12a
SHA1 hash:
df2f2fe0fa0d4253fb3321edfc1bbe776835b70d
Detections:
AgentTesla SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24 Agenttesla_type2 INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01 INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Messaging_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_VaultSchemaGUID
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:AutoIT_Compiled
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies compiled AutoIT script (as EXE). This rule by itself does NOT necessarily mean the detected file is malicious.
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_RedLine
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects RedLine infostealer
Rule name:MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1
Author:Arnim Rupp
Description:Detects malware by known bad imphash or rich_pe_header_hash
Reference:https://yaraify.abuse.ch/statistics/
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Author:Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)
Description:Detects imphash often found in malware samples (Maximum 0,25% hits with search for 'imphash:x p:0' on Virustotal) = 99,75% hits
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:win_samsam_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

File information


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

Malspam

RedLineStealer

Executable exe ae98d3796fbb5cd1b5c856411f1e31858dc6e0334e82b2a54bc752ea26b82896

(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
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::AllocateAndInitializeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::CopySid
ADVAPI32.dll::FreeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetLengthSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetTokenInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAce
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CLSIDFromProgID
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstanceEx
ole32.dll::CoInitializeSecurity
ole32.dll::CreateStreamOnHGlobal
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::mciSendStringW
WINMM.dll::timeGetTime
WINMM.dll::waveOutSetVolume
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AddAce
ADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
ADVAPI32.dll::CheckTokenMembership
ADVAPI32.dll::DuplicateTokenEx
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAclInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetSecurityDescriptorDacl
SHELL_APIManipulates System ShellSHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteExW
SHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteW
SHELL32.dll::SHFileOperationW
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessAsUserW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessW
ADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessWithLogonW
KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenThreadToken
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::SetSystemPowerState
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDriveTypeW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::CopyFileW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkW
IPHLPAPI.DLL::IcmpCreateFile
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::GetUserNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::LogonUserW
ADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetAddConnection2W
MPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegConnectRegistryW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::BlockInput
USER32.dll::CloseDesktop
USER32.dll::CreateMenu
USER32.dll::EmptyClipboard
USER32.dll::FindWindowExW
USER32.dll::FindWindowW

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