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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bb677ab79485ce6a96408eeab34427508dcf5ddf8f545e4405c71558b9a2016a
SHA3-384 hash: 1514156942abf076d55a77ea70964cc6d4750a7f5fe7d9905226276e0f3ee88dd11e279e10cdcec207cbab1666d87997
SHA1 hash: 0c1839d90509d1e2ba20c5eee4ceb80ff1b4d787
MD5 hash: 4186fa280e157aab6df2133db5be4843
humanhash: one-delta-alabama-zulu
File name:SIM-0112025s-I002.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:1'060'864 bytes
First seen:2025-02-26 08:09:18 UTC
Last seen:2025-03-10 12:13:35 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash afcdf79be1557326c854b6e20cb900a7 (1'102 x FormBook, 936 x AgentTesla, 399 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:2u6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6Fa7uU+SdZJEGkSWY:Yu0c++OCvkGs9Fa7XvKY
TLSH T18735BE22B3DEC3A0CB679173BF6977016F7B78660630B85B2F980D79A950171122D7A3
TrID 63.7% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
11.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 74e4d4d4ecf4d4d4 (23 x GuLoader, 20 x LummaStealer, 19 x AgentTesla)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:AgentTesla exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
457
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
SIM-0112025s-I002.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-02-26 08:32:45 UTC
Tags:
evasion exfiltration smtp stealer agenttesla

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
autorun autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
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
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 autoit compiled-script fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc msiexec obfuscated packed packed packer_detected
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.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Drops VBS files to the startup folder
Found malware configuration
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 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: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
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)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1624396 Sample: SIM-0112025s-I002.exe Startdate: 26/02/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 30 smtp.yandex.ru 2->30 32 smtp.yandex.com 2->32 34 api.ipify.org 2->34 40 Found malware configuration 2->40 42 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 46 6 other signatures 2->46 8 SIM-0112025s-I002.exe 6 2->8         started        12 wscript.exe 1 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\unhelp.exe, PE32 8->26 dropped 60 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 8->60 14 unhelp.exe 3 8->14         started        62 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 12->62 18 unhelp.exe 2 12->18         started        signatures6 process7 file8 28 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\unhelp.vbs, data 14->28 dropped 64 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 14->64 66 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 14->66 68 Drops VBS files to the startup folder 14->68 70 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 14->70 20 RegSvcs.exe 15 2 14->20         started        72 Writes to foreign memory regions 18->72 74 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 18->74 24 RegSvcs.exe 2 18->24         started        signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 36 smtp.yandex.ru 77.88.21.158, 49705, 49709, 49978 YANDEXRU Russian Federation 20->36 38 api.ipify.org 172.67.74.152, 443, 49704, 49706 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 20->38 48 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 20->48 50 Installs a global keyboard hook 20->50 52 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 24->52 54 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 24->54 56 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 24->56 58 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 24->58 signatures12
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Strab
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-26 03:15:25 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
27
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unknown_loader_036 agenttesla
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla discovery keylogger spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Looks up external IP address via web service
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
AgentTesla
Agenttesla family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan external_ip_lookup
YARA:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
bb677ab79485ce6a96408eeab34427508dcf5ddf8f545e4405c71558b9a2016a
MD5 hash:
4186fa280e157aab6df2133db5be4843
SHA1 hash:
0c1839d90509d1e2ba20c5eee4ceb80ff1b4d787
SH256 hash:
4ec0efc1ce9f13bf27aa26f47ff4df8328afab446480351f4e80fae0af1a96db
MD5 hash:
13bf51bcafce7de31bddb3798ed0054c
SHA1 hash:
1af13ddc133ed17526a4a41588728b234d85f4f6
Detections:
win_agent_tesla_g2 AgentTesla 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
Malware family:
AgentTesla
Verdict:
Malicious
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: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: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: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:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
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:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
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


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

Malspam

AgentTesla

Executable exe bb677ab79485ce6a96408eeab34427508dcf5ddf8f545e4405c71558b9a2016a

(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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