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winsaber.exe

Dening Hu

The application winsaber.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-52-85-83-93.lax1.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dening Hu  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4b53814071824bd5720451ca4b35e201

SHA-1:
9612a8bee70147ae680e69d9060f5c014ce24ef7

SHA-256:
a2f2cbfb41eb4de67bf96b15838ec4940086bc557cd2429262e5044078407e00

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/5/2026 8:08:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Elex (M)
16.9.14.9

File size:
509.3 KB (521,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\winsaber\winsaber.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dening Hu

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/14/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2017 5:29:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2F5BFEFC22D886A91FE5A031BD432EDA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/14/2016 7:46:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:29Kdzob5baq/attGgjflJrGoKy7C3Il8vUBEH4JEE5+3B5U:29KaptQzGoJ7CSEHaET3B5U

Entry address:
0x361DB

Entry point:
E8, 8B, 04, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5D, D6, FD, FF, C7, 06, C8, 4E, 46, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 83, 61, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 61, 08, 00, C7, 41, 04, D0, 4E, 46, 00, C7, 01, C8, 4E, 46, 00, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 2A, D6, FD, FF, C7, 06, E4, 4E, 46, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 83, 61, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 83, 61, 08, 00, C7, 41, 04, EC, 4E, 46, 00, C7, 01, E4, 4E, 46, 00, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 0C, 8D, 4D, F4, E8, DA, FF, FF, FF, 68, 5C...
 
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Entropy:
6.4588

Code size:
373.5 KB (382,464 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-54-230-141-237.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.237:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-77-85.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.77.85:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-93.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-226.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.226:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-208.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.208:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-0-181.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.0.181:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-0-14.lhr5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.0.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-47.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.47:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-44.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-242.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.242:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-121.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-83-10.lax1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.83.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-57.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-246-91.sfo20.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.246.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-239-132-13.sfo9.r.cloudfront.net  (54.239.132.13:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-215.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.215:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-95-180.fra2.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.95.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-44.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-96.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.96:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-86.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.86:80)

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