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Edge Essence

The application mp.exe by Edge Essence 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.splendorsearch.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Edge Essence  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5870.1462

MD5:
f6de9c65469ec6cd1dbfe4e0b2596db9

SHA-1:
d16988a84706f9cbf64248f65c9f3ea4b89f3c4c

SHA-256:
0de5d38ea02e486ea1b8403628a9ba0dba15c76723fae72a916e4c19ee211b6c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 10:49:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.EdgeEssence.Installer (M)
16.1.27.19

File size:
60.1 KB (61,496 bytes)

Product version:
2016.01.27

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\wgh6tep0\mp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Edge Essence

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/18/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Edge Essence, O=Edge Essence, L=Escondido, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B5B5CC0375A6C1BD02CF72D65AF5E45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2014 12:58:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:nfnsOk/cIDnj8F/oBSeCeggZ+bL0isZTjvwlEL:fn3AcILRBSeCUZ+bx0L

Entry address:
0x31E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 6C, 44, 00, E8, 1B, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 6B, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2B, 44, 00, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 57, E8, FB, 23, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.2881

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file mp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://cdn.splendorsearch.com/.../mp?mpt=8&v=1.0.5864.35625

http://cdn.splendorsearch.com/.../mp?mpt=64&v=1.0.5870.1462

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