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citriosetup.exe

CatalinaGroup Update

Catalina Group Limited

The application citriosetup.exe, “CatalinaGroup Update Setup” 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. 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 catalinahub.com.
Publisher:
Catalina Group Ltd.  (signed by Catalina Group Limited)

Product:
CatalinaGroup Update

Description:
CatalinaGroup Update Setup

Version:
1.3.25.225

MD5:
ec4ab24b4c8b24e4b3c91e0cedaf8a84

SHA-1:
5afebb70c58b907dced9c5b9dd82d3e2dc4e2731

SHA-256:
59845212f3d1ed3b87ce0b688cf4be1c9a136ff3a8b89676ac0747c614fe8c7c

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:
4/16/2024 11:34:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Catalina (M)
17.3.16.13

File size:
709.7 KB (726,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.25.225

Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Catalina Group Ltd.

Original file name:
CatalinaUpdateSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\citriosetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Limited

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

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

Valid to:
2/17/2018 2:38:00 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:
3/2/2017 4:00:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x49AA

Entry point:
E8, FD, 15, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 75, 2A, 83, 78, 10, 03, 75, 24, 8B, 40, 14, 3D, 20, 05, 93, 19, 74, 15, 3D, 21, 05, 93, 19, 74, 0E, 3D, 22, 05, 93, 19, 74, 07, 3D, 00, 40, 99, 01, 75, 05, E8, 52, 16, 00, 00, 33, C0, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 68, B4, 49, 40, 00, FF, 15, 08, D0, 40, 00, 33, C0, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 57, BF, E8, 03, 00, 00, 57, FF, 15, 10, D0, 40, 00, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 0C, D0, 40, 00, 81, C7, E8, 03, 00, 00, 81, FF, 60, EA, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5819

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

The file citriosetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://catalinahub.com/.../install?app=92F8A219-E740-49D5-B785-B962AD819724&placement=default_landing

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