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youtube-dl.exe

Catalina Group Limited

The application youtube-dl.exe by Catalina Group Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address edge-star-mini-shv-01-gru2.facebook.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Catalina Group Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
172df1071ac18005e08f2c8ddcfc20ab

SHA-1:
239795111a5554e32116e4a2694a548f5a5004a3

SHA-256:
c2a8d68d39596d11bcbeed79d4539c314a2b683bf9bacf48b032a51bf10caef4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:08:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Catalina (M)
17.2.20.15

File size:
3 MB (3,172,744 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\catalinagroup\citrio\user data\default\extensions\dcagnhpbnggmbihndfkkhfjojgbaaedo\1.2.40_0\binaries\win\youtube-dl.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Limited

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
2/17/2017 12:38:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2018 12:38:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Catalina Group Limited, O=Catalina Group Limited, S=Kowloon, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00D1F54DBD687BD33F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2015 6:24:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.23

Entry address:
0x1500

Entry point:
83, EC, 0C, C7, 05, F8, 20, 41, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, DE, 77, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, FC, FF, FF, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 57, 83, EA, 58, 56, 53, 89, C3, 83, EC, 10, C7, 44, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 54, 24, 04, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, E8, 3F, 7F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 40, 8B, 03, 8D, 73, 10, C7, 44, 24, 08, 01, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 04, 58, 00, 00, 00, 89, 34, 24, 89, 44, 24, 0C, E8, 22, 7F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 1B, BF, 5C, B0, 40, 00, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, F3, A6, 0F, 95, C0, 83, C4, 10, 0F, B6, C0, 5B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9925  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-gru2.facebook.com  (31.13.85.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-02-gru2.facebook.com  (157.240.12.35:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-52-149-131.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.52.149.131:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-frt3.facebook.com  (31.13.92.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-fra3.facebook.com  (31.13.93.36:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-52-177-192.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.52.177.192:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-mxp1.facebook.com  (31.13.86.36:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 186-192-90-11.prt.globo.com  (186.192.90.11:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-1-94-156.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.1.94.156:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-z-m-mini-shv-01-sin6.facebook.com  (157.240.7.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-cdg2.facebook.com  (179.60.192.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to static.khi77.pie.net.pk  (221.120.207.39:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-mad1.facebook.com  (31.13.83.36:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-kut2.facebook.com  (157.240.10.35:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-amt2.facebook.com  (31.13.64.35:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 186-192-81-16.prt.globo.com  (186.192.81.16:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-02-gru2.facebook.com  (157.240.12.13:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to cache.google.com  (177.36.3.177:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 200-147-99-164.static.uol.com.br  (200.147.99.164:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to 187.115.146.44.static.host.gvt.net.br  (187.115.146.44:443)

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