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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:
1.0.5757.3105

MD5:
6c1012852b1f00e478cccdc1694de657

SHA-1:
fd6bc287b99a419012714d80ab99975abd90259e

SHA-256:
8b716e1870e187926fcac698a0b2be52b3c437bfbaef9b01383836ff4d5f5fd1

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 3:37:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.GoldenDock (M)
15.10.6.14

File size:
1022.7 KB (1,047,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5757.3105

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:
7/9/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 7:59:59 AM

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:
10/6/2015 4:43:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2s0H6z7DmwsuvSsfgPiiu+c79AMohsoZlVD8CiN:30H4DVsYSsi2O/ZlF8Z

Entry address:
0x6FC55

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 74, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 34, 00, 4D, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 7D, 08, 85, F6, 74, 13, F6, 06, 10, 74, 0E, 8B, 0F, 83, E9, 04, 51, 8B, 01, 8B, 70, 18, FF, 50, 20, 89, 7D, F8, 89, 75, FC, 85, F6, 74, 0C, F6, 06, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 24, C1, 4C, 00, 5F, 5E, 8B, E5, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51...
 
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Entropy:
6.6398

Code size:
809.5 KB (828,928 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr ResultsHub

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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