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CPU Miner - Setup

SEIL SOFT, TOV

The application cdn.exe by SEIL SOFT, TOV has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn-14b7.kxcdn.com.
Publisher:
Open Source  (signed by SEIL SOFT, TOV)

Product:
CPU Miner - Setup

Version:
1.1

MD5:
9759263a6e781ddf563a1b526d0f62a1

SHA-1:
ff85cbc23a973ae6cca88b2022e7c7d1ac418255

SHA-256:
565aeea2260f95b1b6fd375732bd5a25ddb0ae59409fd6c6e29b4dd7513d66db

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The program will mine for BitCoins using the computer's GPU in the background and may be installed and run without the user's knowledge.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 8:40:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
611

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.BitCoinMiner
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BitCoinMiner.2402816
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150603

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.BitCoinMiner
4.0.3.1563

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
1.0.20.770

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
8.15.06.03.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11690

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BitCoinMiner
6/3/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
11.2015-03-06_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
15.6.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16037

Malwarebytes
Riskware.BitcoinMiner
v2015.06.03.11

McAfee
Artemis!B1B96CA37992
5600.6745

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.187607
16.0.0.462

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.BitCoinMiner.dqgttf
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Troj_Generic_2.SVCX
11.20150603

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.14510916
15.05.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.06.03.11

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.41E64941
7.2.154

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.F0E25927
10.465.03

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40588

File size:
3.9 MB (4,105,392 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\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\cdn.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SEIL SOFT, TOV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/7/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="SEIL SOFT, TOV", O="SEIL SOFT, TOV", STREET="Bud. 11 kv. 106, vul.Malynovskogo", L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=04212, C=UA

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

Serial number:
0095763363F9FC73188565050F489D9878

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 6:40:10 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Ebz/IfdTLkXVE+z6hlcgD58UGRDctTnM4p4fVnu2hrcv86l/5ubfdZz:0/I1TwXVEDhlc1U+DgTMw4fVnuTk6l/i

Entry address:
0x30B6

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 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, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 52, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 40, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9984

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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