| File name: | PaladinVPN.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/7f4f6c04-fd8a-4109-8c12-ce8c188b8e6a |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 01, 2024, 08:18:18 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed |
| MD5: | 25E627A9A583F08FFBBD60CBC276F87E |
| SHA1: | C9A4C96B3CCE1CF690774A0A5EFFAD54000C617B |
| SHA256: | AFC82CCE49B6BEE26340B55D5A9E8A9B08406878F7CFAFE69D6C7FD04DC132D1 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:7AvRWFz8uXEgmykK7QEw6MjmLuRST1bDUiN/br+2V1v6Lao+pDR7SAg03z++EDTF:/MGtb4is |
| .exe | | | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (71.8) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (11.9) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (5.5) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (5.3) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2023:02:19 10:07:19+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 1994752 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 372736 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 9457664 |
| EntryPoint: | 0xaebe70 |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 2.1.3.102 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2.1.3.102 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| CompanyName: | Ledger Media Ltd |
| FileDescription: | PaladinVPN |
| FileVersion: | 2.1.3.102 |
| InternalName: | PaladinVPN_Mini_Setup.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2022 Ledger Media Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFileName: | PaladinVPN_Mini_Setup.exe |
| ProductName: | PaladinVPN |
| ProductVersion: | 2.1.3.102 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 596 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1124 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 724 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2020 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 744 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3692 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 964 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1588 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 996 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "--disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OptimizationHints" | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 1080 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=16 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3128 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 2284 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3144 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 2400 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4036 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 2424 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --use-gl=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1388 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| 2460 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=520 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,18397161064315687035,4780329061961930289,131072 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 109.0.5414.120 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty |
| Operation: | write | Name: | StatusCodes |
Value: 01000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | dr |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UsageStatsInSample |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (996) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | metricsid |
Value: | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF62964.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:456D3EF989973A7C218E338A6CFFAD25 | SHA256:75631D994431F254B94255C50038A3657BFC45D76FCE9D794D514E57CA678872 | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:825B582C78EC88D54C215EFDF1EAD639 | SHA256:367995D01A8F13E5C30C79499F86B034775BFD009D83DC97635DE438D47DFA37 | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF62964.TMP | text | |
MD5:358570F689377CE6838812643E03734B | SHA256:5B41FCC2E1A843AEAB9437B06E27B798870FF10D86A51B163BF48862BCD32590 | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat | binary | |
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A | SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787 | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Version | text | |
MD5:9F941EA08DBDCA2EB3CFA1DBBBA6F5DC | SHA256:127F71DF0D2AD895D4F293E62284D85971AE047CA15F90B87BF6335898B0B655 | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF629a3.TMP | text | |
MD5:ECD3386BCC950E73B86EB128A5F57622 | SHA256:C9A068EAFBC587EDFC89392F64DDD350EEB96C5CF195CDB030BAB8F6DD33833B | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\f424675b-39da-4b59-a60c-00260a1169e8.tmp | binary | |
MD5:5058F1AF8388633F609CADB75A75DC9D | SHA256:— | |||
| 996 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Variations | binary | |
MD5:961E3604F228B0D10541EBF921500C86 | SHA256:F7B24F2EB3D5EB0550527490395D2F61C3D2FE74BB9CB345197DAD81B58B5FED | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 304 | 23.50.131.200:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?33775f6043c93e33 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
1372 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | unknown |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.156:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | unknown |
1060 | svchost.exe | GET | 304 | 23.50.131.216:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?fbe613066ac7852b | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvZjQwNTJmYzgtMzk5Yi00OTMxLTk0ZTQtMDlmZDM1MDk0MDM5/1.0.0.16_llkgjffcdpffmhiakmfcdcblohccpfmo.crx | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvZjQwNTJmYzgtMzk5Yi00OTMxLTk0ZTQtMDlmZDM1MDk0MDM5/1.0.0.16_llkgjffcdpffmhiakmfcdcblohccpfmo.crx | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acf5iuk6pnjlc6lnxtqm5ki6eoqq_112.300.200/gkmgaooipdjhmangpemjhigmamcehddo_112.300.200_win_aclnpjhtsv44pze3qmxsxb7fq66q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acf5iuk6pnjlc6lnxtqm5ki6eoqq_112.300.200/gkmgaooipdjhmangpemjhigmamcehddo_112.300.200_win_aclnpjhtsv44pze3qmxsxb7fq66q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acf5iuk6pnjlc6lnxtqm5ki6eoqq_112.300.200/gkmgaooipdjhmangpemjhigmamcehddo_112.300.200_win_aclnpjhtsv44pze3qmxsxb7fq66q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
844 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/acf5iuk6pnjlc6lnxtqm5ki6eoqq_112.300.200/gkmgaooipdjhmangpemjhigmamcehddo_112.300.200_win_aclnpjhtsv44pze3qmxsxb7fq66q.crx3 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1060 | svchost.exe | 224.0.0.252:5355 | — | — | — | unknown |
1372 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2564 | svchost.exe | 239.255.255.250:3702 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1372 | svchost.exe | 23.50.131.200:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | unknown |
1372 | svchost.exe | 23.48.23.156:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | unknown |
1372 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
3204 | PaladinVPN.exe | 103.41.71.252:443 | net.paladinvpn.org | Akamai International B.V. | US | unknown |
1060 | svchost.exe | 23.50.131.216:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | unknown |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
net.paladinvpn.org |
| unknown |
clientservices.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
accounts.google.com |
| shared |
www.google.com |
| whitelisted |
update.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
chrome.google.com |
| whitelisted |