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Golden Dock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugincontainer.exe by Golden Dock has been detected as adware 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 “Service Mgr ResultsHub”.
Publisher:
Golden Dock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5811.6106

MD5:
67c3beb063f94d3a9d730ec00339d7af

SHA-1:
3df2cb5d3d30031bc238b17bbb0212f73e2310ec

SHA-256:
6cb269b6969c267aaad42ce02c121415c4db850ba4b370eac07d3a9440ae56fb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:16:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.GoldenDock (M)
15.11.29.13

File size:
623.2 KB (638,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5811.6106

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\3929cb63-cbbd-4b9c-8b92-a50fbd04e656\plugincontainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Dock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Golden Dock, O=Golden Dock, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

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:
0B58D134BC7841B7C3E6D5FE14474DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2015 6:23:42 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+uH6KfoOOCjLdzRkifUevVWMmJ6+uEwaNZ8zUNWD8VLTbV:+I6KfoOOCjLgiflkTw+dHZBWD8VnbV

Entry address:
0x3DA91

Entry point:
E8, 85, F6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, F0, 7F, 49, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 27, 49, 00, 01, 0F, 82, BF, F7, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.6540

Code size:
461.5 KB (472,576 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr ResultsHub

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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