microsoft-office-publisher-2013.exe

Program lite

Bibado Investments, S.L.

The application microsoft-office-publisher-2013.exe, “Program lite Setup ” by Bibado Investments, S.L has been detected as adware 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 Bibado Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.vaultssignstag.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Bibado Investments, S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Program lite

Description:
Program lite Setup

MD5:
cade50658ea0bf6b408590f5ee0004ae

SHA-1:
289525c1f345ba8ed6118cc602bb64ccfa6397ef

SHA-256:
8f632758417e989080c6d11b128effab11d0a1618f94d27002a621f930de6cd4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 6:00:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bibado.BibadoInvestments.Bundler (M)
16.1.23.1

File size:
995 KB (1,018,840 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bibado Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\microsoft-office-publisher-2013.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/12/2016 8:57:03 AM

Valid to:
4/2/2017 4:32:01 AM

Subject:
CN="Bibado Investments, S.L.", O="Bibado Investments, S.L.", L=Alcorcon, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121212301396FAE08B19C17F8D9578163C9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/4e2h0lI9AaG0ag78xGvA3nTcWNQF2vzSuN1pKm/Qvj:/1g9AahalJTcWNE2vzSM1pKm/Q7

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file microsoft-office-publisher-2013.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

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