agenttesla | cc92146cb6e5e514c4bae54ced9f4bf6724b6b8b370f2f6d219aa5b0f95390ba

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
147s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
submitted
15-09-2024 17:56

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General

Target

Stellar.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

d68dba883125d1a3408e13b84a3524e1
SHA1

b613717517240829d8c28242a3b2ec7c6576b3f3
SHA256

cc92146cb6e5e514c4bae54ced9f4bf6724b6b8b370f2f6d219aa5b0f95390ba
SHA512

bad82130be599397e7a58a80d8301618fd35787c8d7bf5c1ae0d2cd00f92613265cabd9678c7dcd3e4fe8251a2636b14bdc7d0c0f29e383ae54b5dcf08b30de3
SSDEEP

49152:vMkygnW2WnCzXzf7UPrn2Xb0ThRyUB1CP/yOuUaL4EgfGs3:t7nW2eCzjf7EnNvyCCZeLOG4

Score

10^/10

agenttesla xworm discovery execution keylogger persistence rat spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Attributes

Install_directory
%ProgramData%
install_file
USB.exe
pastebin_url
https://pastebin.com/raw/LsuynkUz

Signatures

AgentTesla
Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware agenttesla

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000100000002aab2-19.dat	family_xworm
behavioral1/memory/3356-28-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000036000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm

AgentTesla payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000200000002aab0-36.dat	family_agenttesla
behavioral1/memory/5000-39-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000006132000-memory.dmp	family_agenttesla

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4124	powershell.exe
1488	powershell.exe
3268	powershell.exe
1428	powershell.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\AdobeIPC.lnk	AdobeIPC.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\AdobeIPC.lnk	AdobeIPC.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5000	Stellar Generator.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
1968	AdobeIPC
1228	AdobeIPC

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5000	Stellar Generator.exe
5000	Stellar Generator.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-242286936-336880687-2152680090-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AdobeIPC = "C:\\ProgramData\\AdobeIPC"	AdobeIPC.exe

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
1	pastebin.com
2	pastebin.com
4	pastebin.com

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Stellar Generator.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS	Stellar Generator.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer	Stellar Generator.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemVersion	Stellar Generator.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
956	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 19 IoCs

pid	Process
1488	powershell.exe
1488	powershell.exe
3268	powershell.exe
3268	powershell.exe
1428	powershell.exe
1428	powershell.exe
4124	powershell.exe
4124	powershell.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe
3356	AdobeIPC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3356	AdobeIPC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1488	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3268	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1428	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5000	Stellar Generator.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4124	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3356	AdobeIPC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1968	AdobeIPC
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1228	AdobeIPC

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3356	AdobeIPC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 5000	3372	Stellar.exe	79
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 5000	3372	Stellar.exe	79
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 5000	3372	Stellar.exe	79
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 3356	3372	Stellar.exe	80
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 3356	3372	Stellar.exe	80
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 1488	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	81
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 1488	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	81
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 3268	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	83
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 3268	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	83
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 1428	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	85
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 1428	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	85
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 4124	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	87
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 4124	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	87
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 956	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	89
PID 3356 wrote to memory of 956	3356	AdobeIPC.exe	89

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stellar.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stellar.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3372
- C:\ProgramData\Stellar Generator.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\Stellar Generator.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5000
- C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC.exe"
  2⤵
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3356
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1488
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'AdobeIPC.exe'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3268
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1428
- - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'AdobeIPC'
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4124
- - C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "AdobeIPC" /tr "C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC"
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:956

C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC
C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1968

C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC
C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1228

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\AdobeIPC.exe

Filesize
65KB

MD5
1f1441f1cc6080cf821cfda93bd05e97

SHA1
8949a0762d9b68247d52209653b95f649470deee

SHA256
c2b08bb76ce8bbb8d85504b6725bd33e473a591af9bd358286c407b280d07440

SHA512
84eeda4e49ceacb5ecc8017e95893d70d52176f973a0e0b1ea1e18098d65164f4a40aeceb17b17a091b288aee0284b60b4cca934cc513039e8736573210133d9

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C:\ProgramData\Guna.UI2.dll

Filesize
2.1MB

MD5
c97f23b52087cfa97985f784ea83498f

SHA1
d364618bec9cd6f8f5d4c24d3cc0f4c1a8e06b89

SHA256
e658e8a5616245dbe655e194b59f1bb704aaeafbd0925d6eebbe70555a638cdd

SHA512
ecfa83596f99afde9758d1142ff8b510a090cba6f42ba6fda8ca5e0520b658943ad85829a07bf17411e26e58432b74f05356f7eaeb3949a8834faa5de1a4f512

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C:\ProgramData\Stellar Generator.exe

Filesize
247KB

MD5
6b7fce17300b729ca1c919ae47db6c7d

SHA1
2e49381b6a922bfaafd040883b04e6a8ab6148b6

SHA256
132ee3a204736259c89a6ae74d5c43e832409fa331e39686c6910936a9c7989f

SHA512
e9ee8a63e72d6d11d6396a790c61b803df3f20d326cf5279afb4cf88e0838d393f8e0e9d06f27627ad8bdaeddbdb41f996eab6f1a2e2b91c26405e4c1c242f27

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\AdobeIPC.log

Filesize
654B

MD5
2cbbb74b7da1f720b48ed31085cbd5b8

SHA1
79caa9a3ea8abe1b9c4326c3633da64a5f724964

SHA256
e31b18f21621d9983bfdf1ea3e53884a9d58b8ffd79e0e5790da6f3a81a8b9d3

SHA512
ecf02d5240e0c1c005d3ab393aa7eff62bd498c2db5905157e2bf6d29e1b663228a9583950842629d1a4caef404c8941a0c7799b1a3bd1eb890a09fdb7efcff9

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
2KB

MD5
627073ee3ca9676911bee35548eff2b8

SHA1
4c4b68c65e2cab9864b51167d710aa29ebdcff2e

SHA256
85b280a39fc31ba1e15fb06102a05b8405ff3b82feb181d4170f04e466dd647c

SHA512
3c5f6c03e253b83c57e8d6f0334187dbdcdf4fa549eecd36cbc1322dca6d3ca891dc6a019c49ec2eafb88f82d0434299c31e4dfaab123acb42e0546218f311fb

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
944B

MD5
d0a4a3b9a52b8fe3b019f6cd0ef3dad6

SHA1
fed70ce7834c3b97edbd078eccda1e5effa527cd

SHA256
21942e513f223fdad778348fbb20617dd29f986bccd87824c0ae7f15649f3f31

SHA512
1a66f837b4e7fb6346d0500aeacb44902fb8a239bce23416271263eba46fddae58a17075e188ae43eb516c841e02c87e32ebd73256c7cc2c0713d00c35f1761b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
944B

MD5
051a74485331f9d9f5014e58ec71566c

SHA1
4ed0256a84f2e95609a0b4d5c249bca624db8fe4

SHA256
3f67e4ba795fd89d33e9a1fe7547e297a82ae50b8f25eedc2b33a27866b28888

SHA512
1f15fd8ca727b198495ef826002c1cbcc63e98eecb2e92abff48354ae668e6c3aaf9bd3005664967ae75637bacee7e730ce36142483d08ae6a068d9ae3e0e17d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
944B

MD5
9fe02a19db183cbe69c8d87c0f89d375

SHA1
2b4a654c0737c5b57b5ce554f2287425f3598f7c

SHA256
cb09b3f417a451a348671d01b81b91bb6142270e7d16934bda6598102c3107d9

SHA512
b334642b57fe8fb476c99c939b2a7d81e8fd091157f534b973e6f88cf21e71dd06bb510901debb8ec33388b3bd8f0be19471db3a2b75dc58d1f357ac1a024070

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_a1ifud1l.yuz.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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memory/1488-48-0x0000026E31BB0000-0x0000026E31BD2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3356-28-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000036000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/3356-89-0x0000000002120000-0x0000000002130000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3356-86-0x00007FFEFBC50000-0x00007FFEFC712000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3356-85-0x0000000002120000-0x0000000002130000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3356-29-0x00007FFEFBC50000-0x00007FFEFC712000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3372-1-0x0000000000070000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.4MB

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memory/3372-0-0x00007FFEFBC53000-0x00007FFEFBC55000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/5000-33-0x00000000053C0000-0x0000000005452000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/5000-31-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A54000-memory.dmp

Filesize
272KB

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memory/5000-32-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005F16000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/5000-35-0x0000000074490000-0x0000000074C41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5000-39-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000006132000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/5000-87-0x000000007449E000-0x000000007449F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5000-88-0x0000000074490000-0x0000000074C41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5000-30-0x000000007449E000-0x000000007449F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5000-34-0x0000000005570000-0x000000000557A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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