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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d4ce99bddbf7352ad97482052b01754e5aca502213aaa3c06242982fd5a42c34
SHA3-384 hash: a9bb8698bf987d731eadafe46a75c5cf06b6b94f69ef8656590abfdc991cf04a408b820f66897fad42b899b93b7af5c7
SHA1 hash: 8857eb9a9fff7788b022ed9f7daa092c2a198b5c
MD5 hash: 84a3c4f22249f767729d1a1ac60d5ec2
humanhash: august-eight-east-zebra
File name:Remittance Advice.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:348'160 bytes
First seen:2024-01-29 10:47:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:m5funCBC6QREchwS+wcMtNpW6OXhsYOeChb3BfhDy0BFWQB:m56CBC6uEkrPcMtPW6a7O/htfFy0W
TLSH T10D74120AB499E15EC46F5A7C0DFB52CE0296FC125F88630F38A4BB0D01797D7851A7AB
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla xls

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id
Maldoc score: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 21 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD00076110/CompObj
562 bytesMBD00076110/Ole
620909 bytesMBD00076110/CONTENTS
799 bytesMBD00076111/CompObj
822231 bytesMBD00076111/Package
994 bytesMBD00076112/CompObj
1062 bytesMBD00076112/Ole
1164357 bytesMBD00076112/CONTENTS
12628 bytesMBD00076113/Ole
13221484 bytesWorkbook
14523 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
15104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
16977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
17977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
18977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
19985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
202644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
21553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
341
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://192.3.176.145/hcb/microsoftupdationgoingformicrosoftofficeupgradingtonewmsofficeprotoecoltoreducethesystemwrkiss.doC
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit macros shellcode sload
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
2.1/10
Score Malicious:
22%
Score Benign:
78%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Found malware configuration
Installs new ROOT certificates
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Microsoft Office drops suspicious files
Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor establishes network connection
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Office viewer loads remote template
Powershell uses Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1382600 Sample: Remittance_Advice.xls Startdate: 29/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->61 63 Found malware configuration 2->63 65 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->65 67 14 other signatures 2->67 7 EXCEL.EXE 58 58 2->7         started        11 taskeng.exe 1 2->11         started        process3 dnsIp4 59 192.3.176.145, 49162, 49163, 49164 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 7->59 45 microsoftupdationg...systemwrkiss[1].doc, ISO-8859 7->45 dropped 13 WINWORD.EXE 345 41 7->13         started        17 conhost.exe 5 7->17         started        19 AcroRd32.exe 7->19         started        21 bgGYPWp.exe 4 11->21         started        file5 process6 file7 47 microsoftupdationg...ystemwrkiss.doC.url, MS 13->47 dropped 49 C:\Users\user\...\hcb on 192.3.176.145.url, MS 13->49 dropped 51 ~WRF{F69C1FFD-E76F...5-87E6131ADCAD}.tmp, Composite 13->51 dropped 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\140F86D4.doc, ISO-8859 13->53 dropped 77 Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV) 13->77 79 Office viewer loads remote template 13->79 81 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 13->81 23 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 13->23         started        55 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\bgGYPWp.exe, PE32+ 17->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp9A8B.tmp, XML 17->57 dropped 83 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 17->83 85 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 17->85 87 Writes to foreign memory regions 17->87 27 powershell.exe 4 17->27         started        29 schtasks.exe 17->29         started        31 RegSvcs.exe 17->31         started        33 RdrCEF.exe 19->33         started        89 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 21->89 91 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 21->91 35 powershell.exe 21->35         started        37 schtasks.exe 21->37         started        39 RegSvcs.exe 21->39         started        signatures8 process9 file10 41 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\conhost.exe, PE32+ 23->41 dropped 43 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\conhost[1].exe, PE32+ 23->43 dropped 69 Office equation editor establishes network connection 23->69 71 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 23->71 73 Installs new ROOT certificates 27->73 75 Powershell uses Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 27->75 signatures11
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Drops file in System32 directory
Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/

File information


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

Malspam

AgentTesla

Excel file xls d4ce99bddbf7352ad97482052b01754e5aca502213aaa3c06242982fd5a42c34

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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