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CPU Miner - Setup

The Group

The application cdn.exe by The Group has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by The Group)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.1

MD5:
61b46d19c1b705d5a3c63c012c1b3d72

SHA-1:
a72f6af0e969fbd86d9a156b1294048118253010

SHA-256:
812792d1ea399c1a03f79ff453ce3a609e1a0d6d6d90f67eb7219cf43f5e554c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:05:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CPUMiner.TheGroup.Installer (M)
16.2.15.8

File size:
4 MB (4,150,384 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

Copyright:
2015 - Open Source

Original file name:
cpuminer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\cdn.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/30/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=The Group, O=The Group, STREET="vul. Gagarina, 5", L=Khmelnytskyy, S=Khmelnytska obl, PostalCode=29000, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
47800CE335CF5196AC9AFB9061AA72E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 12:40:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:YWEH3pgF8V+jmdnC54bTgMfnoeoZILXB3vpcGn+G3lYIEAc3EG2+:z8TV+jmdnCO/onZcXl+G3mIE12+

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, B8, 37, 42, 00, E8, C0, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 04, 37, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B8, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, 00, 2F, 42, 00, E8, 6A, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 58, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cdn.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com/cdn.exe

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