saber.exe

Dening Hu

The application saber.exe by Dening Hu has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. 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-52-84-126-91.iad16.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d8ed3a590458ece0b8040e428c16621d

SHA-1:
9cf258701fb2eacd5b1363fd1d2464ffb1a03d57

SHA-256:
1fff810eb8572b5e37c6f43baa8821e29f6b81aa3ad0c45fb8b7b8b25eddd7e4

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 5:23:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1120

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex (M)
16.8.1.9

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
50690

File size:
412.3 KB (422,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\tools\saber.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/8/2017 6:59:59 PM

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:
6536AD1733B2480C63AA20E64192E760

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2016 10:41:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:YrupY91bSXwaEQB0gOWHDKlhPmQXm2u6e2pf/SFhKV4XfSHctzGuq5UWYBMf:YrKwmWPmQX7eQOhKV4XfSHctzJWvf

Entry address:
0x20364

Entry point:
E8, E5, BD, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, 0E, 3E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 34, 36, 45, 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, DA, 3D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 30, 36, 45, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, C8, 34, 45, 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:
5.9506

Code size:
258.5 KB (264,704 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsaber

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-228.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.228:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-207.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.207:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-171.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.171:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-83.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.83:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-198.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.198:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-10.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-216.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.216:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-173.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.173:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-139.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.139:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-50.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-25-246.sea32.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.25.246:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-181.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.181:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-240-186-197.mad50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.240.186.197:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-240-186-108.mad50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.240.186.108:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-252.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.252:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-232.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.232:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-183.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.183:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-162.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.162:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-102.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.102:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-161.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.161:80)

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