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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: de9d415f8380055c8fc1a2239b7e1e85f29f0f1ba780c7bb2b9e2921dad93123
SHA3-384 hash: 208454ca7904a0a58659cf5ced68088c9edb16d4edbd400dde9103721493c52fef0245793bd6eaea21ee81d44ea52394
SHA1 hash: b2be8aec9ac3358a4d8d34f2771b74d16de3a910
MD5 hash: 05308f4a7eade713ad7bf35ccbf085a7
humanhash: april-pluto-carpet-paris
File name:attached Products with photos.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:227'840 bytes
First seen:2021-02-04 11:34:04 UTC
Last seen:2021-02-04 13:47:45 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:nk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+W4LxlnAyIHtjQADMOfSRFvkf3OsQaoNVwTpNGc3:pNjQSNfS3veOQ2eTX+S
TLSH 5524015BB1A7C982D90A07749AB18B22B71FFC252F9743027309F72C29BEDD48943957
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AgentTesla xls


Avatar
abuse_ch
Malspam distributing AgentTesla:

HELO: 107-174-142-107-host.colocrossing.com
Sending IP: 107.174.142.107
From: akhtar@elogistics.ae
Subject: Enquiry from Rajiv Sarkar (INDIA)
Attachment: attached Products with photos.xls

AgentTesla payload URL:
http://185.215.150.204/file/dog.exe

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: 5
Application name is Microsoft Excel
Office document is in OLE format
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1288 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
2224 bytesSummaryInformation
3222789 bytesWorkbook
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
AutoExecAuto_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
SuspiciousEXECMay run an executable file or a system
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
104
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
attached_Products_with_photos.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-02-04 09:51:15 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40 loader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Office File
Document image
Document image
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Excel 4.0 Macro
Document contains Excel 4.0 macros (XLM). A valid, albeit dated feature, this document should be treated with suspicion.
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0 AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found obfuscated Excel 4.0 Macro
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Powershell drops PE file
Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Powershell downloading file from url shortener site
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM_3
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 348626 Sample: attached Products with photos.xls Startdate: 04/02/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 api.telegram.org 2->44 54 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->54 56 Sigma detected: Powershell downloading file from url shortener site 2->56 58 Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location 2->58 60 14 other signatures 2->60 10 EXCEL.EXE 83 29 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 66 Obfuscated command line found 10->66 68 Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit) 10->68 13 cmd.exe 10->13         started        16 cmd.exe 10->16         started        18 cmd.exe 10->18         started        process6 signatures7 70 Obfuscated command line found 13->70 20 powershell.exe 7 13->20         started        22 powershell.exe 16 9 16->22         started        27 powershell.exe 7 18->27         started        process8 dnsIp9 29 me.exe 3 20->29         started        46 cutt.ly 172.67.8.238, 443, 49167 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 22->46 48 185.215.150.204, 49169, 80 UNREAL-SERVERSUS Netherlands 22->48 38 C:\Users\user\Documents\me.exe, PE32 22->38 dropped 62 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 22->62 64 Powershell drops PE file 22->64 file10 signatures11 process12 file13 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\uUiAOcIvpdJXpY.exe, PE32 29->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpAC66.tmp, XML 29->42 dropped 72 Writes to foreign memory regions 29->72 74 Allocates memory in foreign processes 29->74 76 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 29->76 33 RegSvcs.exe 2 29->33         started        36 schtasks.exe 29->36         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 50 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 33->50 52 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 33->52
Threat name:
Document-Office.Downloader.EncDoc
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-02-04 09:18:37 UTC
AV detection:
18 of 29 (62.07%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
macro ransomware xlm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Blocklisted process makes network request
Executes dropped EXE
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://cutt.ly/WkhzNqw
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:ach_AgentTesla_20200929
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects AgentTesla PE
Rule name:ach_ZLoader_xls_20201029
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects ZLoader XLS
Rule name:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:INDICATOR_OLE_Excel4Macros_DL2
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects OLE Excel 4 Macros documents acting as downloaders
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
Author:John Lambert @JohnLaTwC
Description:Detects Excel4 macro use with auto open / close
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria
Rule name:win_agent_tesla_v1
Author:Johannes Bader @viql
Description:detects Agent Tesla
Rule name:ZloaderXLSBehavior

File information


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

Malspam

AgentTesla

Excel file xls de9d415f8380055c8fc1a2239b7e1e85f29f0f1ba780c7bb2b9e2921dad93123

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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