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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cache-default04g.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:
e92c8a7499b31765a3494bcd1cbaac09

SHA-1:
88f60b7d6c42832d27a8c1cc8c3315d54c29568b

SHA-256:
c1b1cc6a05bf40fa30c3d27b1cf7614dea8d4a4ec26a8b647d7d38b8bfb183ff

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 8:03:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
3.1 MB (3,245,920 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)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/25/2015 7:44:52 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2017 7:44:52 PM

Subject:
E=pki@yandex-team.ru, CN=YANDEX LLC, O=YANDEX LLC, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11210FF6462B63D55AFBAA81F9C734A7AA94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 5:39:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:o1+lwRD79CNoRf7GuifTks8TlN96C9A+w7cJ7kkJkTe/b:oJ9NibksjZIZ

Entry address:
0x31A32

Entry point:
E8, 10, 71, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 45, 08, 0F, 84, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 56, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, E5, F5, FF, FF, 8B, 75, EC, 8B, 86, A8, 00, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4D, 08, 8D, 41, BF, 66, 83, F8, 19, 77, 04, 66, 83, C1, 20, 0F, B7, C1, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 1F, BA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 66, 39, 55, 08, 73, 2A, FF, 75, 08, E8, 87, 75, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 09, 0F, B7, 45, 08, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 0E, 0F, B7, 4D, 08, 8B, 86, 94, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6...
 
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Code size:
244.5 KB (250,368 bytes)

The file yandexpacksetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://cache-default04g.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kiev02.cdn.yandex.net/download.yandex.ru/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kz01.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default04f.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-default03e.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kiev08.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

http://cache-kz02.cdn.yandex.net/downloader.yandex.net/yandex-pack/.../YandexPackSetup.exe

Latest 30 of 67 download URLs

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