yandexpacksetup.exe

Windows Installer XML

YANDEX LLC

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application yandexpacksetup.exe, “Software Installer” by YANDEX has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-default05g.cdn.yandex.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by YANDEX LLC)

Product:
Windows Installer XML

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
3.0.5419.0

MD5:
1d913a3e7510a00824c6ba4025098c86

SHA-1:
600934c3acf27e97a4c7166a4f6e66cf7535efaa

SHA-256:
2124fe296668e90c6b30fe4fe61986d3a198b40853f9119c0228bdcbc4bb3089

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 1:53:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yandex.Pack.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.7.0

File size:
40.4 MB (42,331,448 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.5419.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/15/2013 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2016 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=YANDEX LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=YANDEX LLC, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

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:
3667E158B524C8FFBFE538172786F1E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 12:02:41 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:2lOOnjBG8Uzy1fAsMaRzAl33Uq9Ud/mVi33iV6E6TtLTMb1j/YN3tLRBA:2404yIccl0q9bYCVZ6TxMb2Nd/A

Entry address:
0x1613E

Entry point:
E8, 1A, B1, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 04, 73, 43, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, B1, 8C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, C4, 62, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04...
 
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Entropy:
7.9439  (probably packed)

Code size:
168.5 KB (172,544 bytes)

The file yandexpacksetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 20 URLs.

http://cache-default05g.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default01f.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default02e.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

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