utilgatesnapper.exe

Venturium

The application utilgatesnapper.exe by Venturium 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 “Util gate snapper”.
Publisher:
Venturium  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6241.19406

MD5:
8fd22c0a004fb14f99530a3ed0a63e85

SHA-1:
f2ee3dedb8b404b43cf71801757ace4ef3a15c45

SHA-256:
3af315784a87ad814d3473960763da48d3b5cce4f944e8e7ab00b458b0d99a4f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 11:01:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.1.19

File size:
638.4 KB (653,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6241.19406

Original file name:
gatesnapper2017020118.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gate snapper\bin\utilgatesnapper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/21/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Venturium, O=Venturium, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4383CEB82E18A96B6E6EBA7B768938CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2017 8:46:58 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x9F6A2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1564

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
630 KB (645,120 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util gate snapper

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-51-126-168.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.51.126.168:80)

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