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citriosetup.exe

CatalinaGroup Update

Catalina Group Limited

The application citriosetup.exe, “CatalinaGroup Update Setup” by Catalina Group Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from catalinahub.com.
Publisher:
Catalina Group Ltd.  (signed by Catalina Group Limited)

Product:
CatalinaGroup Update

Description:
CatalinaGroup Update Setup

Version:
1.3.25.219

MD5:
d4af3de687efbe373bdec46532f7bc81

SHA-1:
3b6e227b9d7a9c58724f26c658afd71513280482

SHA-256:
51593bae77cf732dc797330f22b6f556d3741cb49006016b4de47b98e4e275cf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 4:55:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Catalina (M)
16.8.9.15

File size:
711 KB (728,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.25.219

Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Catalina Group Ltd.

Original file name:
CatalinaUpdateSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\citriosetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Limited

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2015 3:36:38 AM

Valid to:
9/26/2016 6:56:54 PM

Subject:
CN=Catalina Group Limited, O=Catalina Group Limited, L=Kwun Tong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
1855136D47C1A483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2015 10:35:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Xl/xLny2AVu4pLZEg0KokU1R9an73ptBq0ZaaNW1GA0GXLL:XtJy2szpLZloJ29tQ0Z8zF

Entry address:
0x49AA

Entry point:
E8, FD, 15, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 75, 2A, 83, 78, 10, 03, 75, 24, 8B, 40, 14, 3D, 20, 05, 93, 19, 74, 15, 3D, 21, 05, 93, 19, 74, 0E, 3D, 22, 05, 93, 19, 74, 07, 3D, 00, 40, 99, 01, 75, 05, E8, 52, 16, 00, 00, 33, C0, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 68, B4, 49, 40, 00, FF, 15, 08, D0, 40, 00, 33, C0, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 57, BF, E8, 03, 00, 00, 57, FF, 15, 10, D0, 40, 00, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 0C, D0, 40, 00, 81, C7, E8, 03, 00, 00, 81, FF, 60, EA, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5832

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

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

http://catalinahub.com/.../install?app=92F8A219-E740-49D5-B785-B962AD819724&subId=MTIzNTl8OTEwNTF8SVF8MXwxfHw|14e934e7013c33478dcd571a583e5778-9118-34884|5d35c530-0b12-11e5-9c67-f8bc12538e48&channelId=1&placement=4sh_outdate

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