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Database Entry



AgentTesla


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ef2ef9c4bbc252a65d09f98c7dfe0c89a004bf4df3ccc3dcf65230cfcadf580f
SHA3-384 hash: d845048119189d85ecd350e6f5b3aaf9c164d60c63dbcc6f1a863540babc811f80e85a12e643e03e2a3f2952a35f56a7
SHA1 hash: ce184dd29dca1f40aa907cd9d2b0de32286755a0
MD5 hash: ee965815c95155b742ea36dc868dd6a3
humanhash: kilo-coffee-lamp-bluebird
File name:MCPO2501424.exe
Download: download sample
Signature AgentTesla
File size:745'480 bytes
First seen:2025-11-10 09:39:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'740 x AgentTesla, 19'597 x Formbook, 12'241 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:oSp9eRPAuSSJQ67EKO+qtH2EMl3AdfcfLyGuJrZGgqzfAR+Ai1kuBtkWyZVmeBkR:19+VSWQ67xaNPEmkfuGuJFqzfA8+e
Threatray 352 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T167F4E19C7654B18EC553DA728AA4ED34A6213CBB530BC20394E75DAFB90C6E7CE141F2
TrID 71.1% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter cocaman
Tags:AgentTesla exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
155
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
agenttesla
ID:
1
File name:
MCPO2501424.7z
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-11-10 09:42:14 UTC
Tags:
arch-exec stealer ultravnc rmm-tool auto-sch-xml agenttesla

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
ransomware virus micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Adding an access-denied ACE
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Reading critical registry keys
Launching a service
Changing a file
Stealing user critical data
Adding an exclusion to Microsoft Defender
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-07T13:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-12T06:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Agent.sb Trojan-Spy.Agent.SMTP.C&C Trojan-PSW.Agensla.TCP.C&C Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.gen HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Disco.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.sb Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.g Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.d Trojan.MSIL.Inject.sb Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.sb
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Contains functionality to log keystrokes (.Net Source)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
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 schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1811224 Sample: MCPO2501424.exe Startdate: 10/11/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 50 mail.am-pek.com 2->50 54 Found malware configuration 2->54 56 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->56 58 Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location 2->58 60 6 other signatures 2->60 8 MCPO2501424.exe 7 2->8         started        12 loTQaVFQxUbWF.exe 5 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\loTQaVFQxUbWF.exe, PE32 8->42 dropped 44 C:\...\loTQaVFQxUbWF.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp4BE4.tmp, XML 8->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\MCPO2501424.exe.log, ASCII 8->48 dropped 62 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 8->62 64 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 8->64 66 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 8->66 14 MCPO2501424.exe 2 8->14         started        18 powershell.exe 23 8->18         started        20 powershell.exe 22 8->20         started        22 schtasks.exe 1 8->22         started        68 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->68 70 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->70 24 loTQaVFQxUbWF.exe 12->24         started        26 schtasks.exe 12->26         started        28 loTQaVFQxUbWF.exe 12->28         started        30 2 other processes 12->30 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 52 mail.am-pek.com 5.252.153.82, 25 WORLDSTREAMNL Russian Federation 14->52 72 Loading BitLocker PowerShell Module 18->72 32 conhost.exe 18->32         started        34 WmiPrvSE.exe 18->34         started        36 conhost.exe 20->36         started        38 conhost.exe 22->38         started        74 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 24->74 76 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 24->76 78 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 24->78 80 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 24->80 40 conhost.exe 26->40         started        signatures9 process10
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
12 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.75 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Kepavll
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-08 01:51:56 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
10
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
agenttesla
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla discovery execution keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
SmartAssembly .NET packer
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
AgentTesla
Agenttesla family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ef2ef9c4bbc252a65d09f98c7dfe0c89a004bf4df3ccc3dcf65230cfcadf580f
MD5 hash:
ee965815c95155b742ea36dc868dd6a3
SHA1 hash:
ce184dd29dca1f40aa907cd9d2b0de32286755a0
SH256 hash:
7e79dbd3b3b926ef4bec71946f05efdc3be2fa3400359ec5327a1c1d484ba3d3
MD5 hash:
181938c96328b28a35eafb98155f1802
SHA1 hash:
0f2c2a3c60e38a135e9597a92943626732938225
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24 SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
SH256 hash:
e6a8d52561b96729aa2a297a95bc9e8d12802aca1ddaf83025f37fa8f85b767a
MD5 hash:
dcb3f0d3f7aa0fc5d8a6209f7dd96ace
SHA1 hash:
2ab785ff98c70c547fcc6934a9a42ad8669fd9ae
Detections:
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
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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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_GEN01
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect packed .NET executables. Mostly AgentTeslaV4.
Rule name:INDICATOR_KB_CERT_7c1118cbbadc95da3752c46e47a27438
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables signed with stolen, revoked or invalid certificates
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:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(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


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Malspam

AgentTesla

Executable exe ef2ef9c4bbc252a65d09f98c7dfe0c89a004bf4df3ccc3dcf65230cfcadf580f

(this sample)

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