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winsaber.exe

Dening Hu

The application winsaber.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-54-192-19-133.iad12.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0090066ff1fb8f657d1e7f0e9ddf848e

SHA-1:
c65e38e855569130c8e54055abde7cb149458b17

SHA-256:
8e46c4d9ad32b3edec94d7e9630833b37083598d1829ca609b612722dc593ffc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 3:31:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex (M)
16.8.1.9

File size:
411.2 KB (421,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\winsaber\winsaber.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dening Hu

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/27/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2017 2:59:59 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:
103042E2534359ABAC3B375E85A962BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2016 6:44:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:iLrOYnTbF3Q+odTYoEDOjh0Q0J9fQBzvaF5AOg+ZZFb0nAHYq+8M0l8qJYjt7f:iLHQ+iY2wfQtaQkZZFb0AHYq+8/Ix7f

Entry address:
0x202C4

Entry point:
E8, D5, 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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Code size:
258 KB (264,192 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsaber

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file winsaber.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-54-230-141-229.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.229:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-30.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.30:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-173-211.fra6.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.173.211:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-157.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-83.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.83:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-157.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.157:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-177.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.177:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-115.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.115:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-225.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.225:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-75.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.75:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-132.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.132:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-166.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.166:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-247.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.247:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-50.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-112.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.112:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-161.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.161:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-229.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.229:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-130.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-126.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.126:80)

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