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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cc141b7289cd7f46f00dec52019353138badf3df643c6d056b296257221016cc
SHA3-384 hash: 6c1abc72404a9b810b3d88cd4b68afb328acd83a36357d9c59e8fa68e17ac17165eafb26dbdb23832758cfc786884863
SHA1 hash: 713c663eed7cadeb40bbbea1e56efa2829260350
MD5 hash: ebe0c0bf3c56fc2f6dccddda8ff93dcd
humanhash: social-monkey-edward-november
File name:expressvpn_windows_12.59.0.42_release.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:204'288 bytes
First seen:2023-09-30 18:10:08 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 3072:4rUoqpuiUFHAakH+LGP34o7KerVUzeeDXbwa21DX9ua/aHyvNUUd2mg:4rUoQHUBbdbwv
Threatray 1'215 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T179141949B7F44909F8BEAB3248754C1A6774B4925923EB0D4FC184E92E73340CD9BBA7
TrID 60.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.8% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
8.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
5.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 44e8b2d4ccccccd0 (1 x AgentTesla)
Reporter stealerkiller
Tags:32 AgentTesla exe


Avatar
stealerkiller
url : hxxps://anonymfile.com/2QN1/expressvpn-windows1259042release.exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
341
Origin country :
GB GB
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
expressvpn_windows_12.59.0.42_release.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-09-30 20:13:11 UTC
Tags:
evasion agenttesla stealer opendir loader

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
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Searching for synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a process from a recently created file
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
Moving of the original file
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control crypto evasive fingerprint fingerprint infostealer keylogger lolbin packed packed phishing replace shell32 stealer stealer
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:
Agent Tesla, AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Contains functionality to capture screen (.Net source)
Detected Agent Tesla keylogger
Downloads files with wrong headers with respect to MIME Content-Type
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Moves itself to temp directory
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 ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1317329 Sample: expressvpn_windows_12.59.0.... Startdate: 30/09/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 38 dispatchweekly.com 2->38 60 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->60 62 Found malware configuration 2->62 64 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->64 66 12 other signatures 2->66 8 expressvpn_windows_12.59.0.42_release.exe 18 23 2->8         started        13 JavaUpdate.exe 2->13         started        15 JavaUpdate.exe 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 40 checkip.dyndns.org 8->40 42 checkip.dyndns.com 193.122.6.168, 49782, 80 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 8->42 52 5 other IPs or domains 8->52 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\JavaUpdate.exe, PE32 8->32 dropped 34 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.exe, PE32 8->34 dropped 36 C:\Users\...\JavaUpdate.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->36 dropped 90 Detected Agent Tesla keylogger 8->90 92 May check the online IP address of the machine 8->92 94 Moves itself to temp directory 8->94 96 Installs a global keyboard hook 8->96 19 Update.exe 14 3 8->19         started        44 checkip.dyndns.org 13->44 46 158.101.44.242, 49802, 80 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 13->46 98 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 13->98 100 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 13->100 102 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 13->102 22 Update.exe 13->22         started        104 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->104 106 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->106 108 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 15->108 48 checkip.dyndns.org 17->48 50 132.226.8.169, 49803, 80 UTMEMUS United States 17->50 file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 68 Antivirus detection for dropped file 19->68 70 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->70 72 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 19->72 80 2 other signatures 19->80 24 aspnet_compiler.exe 2 19->24         started        74 Detected Agent Tesla keylogger 22->74 76 Writes to foreign memory regions 22->76 78 Allocates memory in foreign processes 22->78 28 aspnet_compiler.exe 22->28         started        30 aspnet_compiler.exe 22->30         started        process10 dnsIp11 54 smtp.capalle-distrib.com 24->54 56 us2.smtp.mailhostbox.com 208.91.199.223, 49801, 49812, 587 PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRYUS United States 24->56 82 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 24->82 84 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 24->84 86 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 24->86 58 smtp.capalle-distrib.com 28->58 88 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 28->88 signatures12
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Spyware.Negasteal
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-09-30 18:11:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
7
AV detection:
19 of 23 (82.61%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Downloads MZ/PE file
AgentTesla
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
cc141b7289cd7f46f00dec52019353138badf3df643c6d056b296257221016cc
MD5 hash:
ebe0c0bf3c56fc2f6dccddda8ff93dcd
SHA1 hash:
713c663eed7cadeb40bbbea1e56efa2829260350
Detections:
win_agent_tesla_g1
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:AgentTesla
Author:kevoreilly
Description:AgentTesla Payload
Rule name:AgentTeslaV2
Author:ditekshen
Description:AgenetTesla Type 2 Keylogger payload
Rule name:AgentTesla_mod_tough_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Reference:https://app.any.run/tasks/3b5d409c-978b-4a95-a5f1-399f0216873d/
Rule name:agent_tesla
Author:Stormshield
Description:Detecting HTML strings used by Agent Tesla malware
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
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_GENInfoStealer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifcats observed in infostealers
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV2
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgenetTesla Type 2 Keylogger payload
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:Multifamily_RAT_Detection
Author:Lucas Acha (http://www.lukeacha.com)
Description:Generic Detection for multiple RAT families, PUPs, Packers and suspicious executables
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETDLLMicrosoft
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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Web download

AgentTesla

Executable exe cc141b7289cd7f46f00dec52019353138badf3df643c6d056b296257221016cc

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
AgentTesla
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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