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saber.exe

Dening Hu

The application saber.exe by Dening Hu has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “winsaber”. This file is typically installed with the program yessearches Uninstall by ELEX which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-187-31.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1f2aca7632e2bdc4630c9515f360f592

SHA-1:
3fc09595f6ffda2c21e8f1f24b6ef70811e75bff

SHA-256:
1b07af086b810ce838d7853ee3f1d83921152181ba0e85a225d1720cb888fa24

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 9:08:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex (M)
16.8.1.9

File size:
510.3 KB (522,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\_sspm\saber.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dening Hu

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/25/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dening Hu, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
412D33FAF41BB40A577E42A03B72EF99

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2016 11:29:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:H40TgUzBiaG1EoD8VH9ooWO7SmIbB5MwDLXJZYFH4pd0UrPwFfqWxBpBjqTv:Y0kUzB6EYbLv3vYFYp6UTavxqTv

Entry address:
0x2A8A6

Entry point:
E8, 06, BE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, 0C, 3E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 34, 96, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E4, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 89, 30, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, D8, 3D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 30, 96, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, C8, 94, 46, 00, 74, 27, 40, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 05, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8D, 81, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8...
 
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Entropy:
5.9258

Code size:
330.5 KB (338,432 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsaber

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file saber.exe has been discovered within the following program.

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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-11.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-238.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.238:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-116.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.116:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-243.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.243:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-214.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.214:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-209.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.209:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-130.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-242.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.242:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-96.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-187-45.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.187.45:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-96-238.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.96.238:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-96-106.arn1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.96.106:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-187-53.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.187.53:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-187-48.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.187.48:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-187-220.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.187.220:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-132.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.132:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-93.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-92.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.92:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-23.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.23:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-195.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.195:80)

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