safwaf.exe

Dening Hu

The application safwaf.exe by Dening Hu has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 “winsaber”. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-52-85-83-123.lax1.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c99416581e33e84aa5edef47a345d07d

SHA-1:
f8121217564e78785e6bc04f0a025d54dee8b62b

SHA-256:
e1cb2a770a5af01f598282200e9f576f2c8ff0637284bda1b485c3df1105b01d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:07:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex
16.9.27.6

File size:
464.7 KB (475,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\{random}.tmp\tools\safwaf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Subject:
CN=Dening Hu, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Serial number:
7986DA5F93A0A631551A2F4F1B1666BF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2016 5:37:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4bPSUJBpGttImeBlDZ4sER6mooDc7+ZZ7:4bP3BrDZ4skhn7

Entry address:
0x39DF7

Entry point:
E8, 86, C0, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E8, F9, 49, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 3C, D2, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E4, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08, 51, 89, 08, E8, 20, 00, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F0, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 89, 30, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, C5, 49, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 38, D2, 46, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, D0, D0, 46, 00, 74, 27, 40, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 05, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8D, 81, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8...
 
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Code size:
353 KB (361,472 bytes)

Service
Display name:
winsaber

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-42.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-159.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.159:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-221.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.221:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-208.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.208:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-163-167.jax1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.163.167:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-246-149.sfo20.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.246.149:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-162.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.162:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-119.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.119:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-240-186-216.mad50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.240.186.216:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-240-186-188.mad50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.240.186.188:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-34.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-92.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.92:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-133.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.133:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-35.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-44.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-229.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.229:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-54.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.54:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-203-200.fra50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.203.200:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-14-72.ams1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.14.72:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-116.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.116:80)

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