| File name: | PaladinVPN.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/b6cf074f-c4e4-4999-995c-78fdff7694f6 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Metamorfo is a trojan malware family that has been active since 2018. It remains a top threat, focusing on stealing victims’ financial information, including banking credentials and other data. The malware is known for targeting users in Brazil. |
| Analysis date: | October 30, 2023, 08:45:22 |
| 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 11:07:19+01:00 |
| 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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 664 | "C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe" | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: HIGH Description: PaladinVPN Exit code: 0 Version: 2.1.3.102 Modules
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| 668 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-H1C4K.tmp\PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp" /SL5="$B01D0,31261592,497152,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN-Setup.exe" /advid=2 /silent | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-H1C4K.tmp\PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | PaladinVPN-Setup.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Setup/Uninstall Exit code: 0 Version: 51.1052.0.0 Modules
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| 1040 | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\driver\win732\uninstall.bat" " | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 1592 | "C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe" | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe | — | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: HIGH Description: PaladinVPN Exit code: 0 Version: 2.1.3.102 Modules
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| 1692 | tapinstall.exe remove tap0901 | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\driver\win732\tapinstall.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Windows (R) Win 7 DDK provider Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Setup API Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 built by: WinDDK Modules
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| 1824 | "C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\pldsvc.exe" | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\pldsvc.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: PaladinVPN Svc Exit code: 0 Version: 1.3.4 Modules
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| 2216 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PaladinVPN.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PaladinVPN.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: HIGH Description: PaladinVPN Exit code: 0 Version: 2.1.3.102 Modules
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| 2260 | "C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe" | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PaladinVPN Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 2.1.3.102 Modules
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| 2292 | C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe | C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe | — | services.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2556 | "C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\pldsvc.exe" uninstall | C:\Program Files\PaladinVPN\pldsvc.exe | — | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Ledger Media Ltd Integrity Level: HIGH Description: PaladinVPN Svc Exit code: 0 Version: 1.3.4 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (2216) PaladinVPN.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyBypass |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2216) PaladinVPN.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IntranetName |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2216) PaladinVPN.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2216) PaladinVPN.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (668) PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyBypass |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (668) PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IntranetName |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (668) PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (668) PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3824) tapinstall.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\178\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3824) tapinstall.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPublisher\Certificates\CBC64D0FC770B1694DF723BB18B5679CE09B61CA |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Blob |
Value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| |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\botva2.dll | executable | |
MD5:EF899FA243C07B7B82B3A45F6EC36771 | SHA256:DA7D0368712EE419952EB2640A65A7F24E39FB7872442ED4D2EE847EC4CFDE77 | |||
| 2920 | PaladinVPN-Setup.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-H1C4K.tmp\PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | executable | |
MD5:C8DBBC89E2D555089D5D148F7F521C18 | SHA256:1FA76FE3AFAC1AE99EED99FE764DFD376C4868C714BDB7044B8D579D0369C5E2 | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll | executable | |
MD5:92DC6EF532FBB4A5C3201469A5B5EB63 | SHA256:9884E9D1B4F8A873CCBD81F8AD0AE257776D2348D027D811A56475E028360D87 | |||
| 2216 | PaladinVPN.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PaladinVPN\PaladinVPN-Setup.exe | executable | |
MD5:70E8824804889C0ECB5CB39F43FA7B57 | SHA256:22DEBE5D556524212917C192AA53CE08B0CD8B2F49DEB7F60776580E19D16AF5 | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\image_wizardform_logo_100.png | image | |
MD5:76C591DFB87DB6918487FB93B9BA5394 | SHA256:0014651B4F475013B1D685DCCF6C8725123DDDE2FA1445C11F8E9DF725049699 | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\background_wizardform_normal_100.png | image | |
MD5:744C8B1D8B4182EBC978A6C49EAEAD35 | SHA256:2D884CDBF455D35D6465D931EEBC4FC5CD59722D986F9B86375D0B5AED202A5A | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\button_minimize_100.png | image | |
MD5:7DFED1EAA0DD8B0EB3A4E8DF56FB2E5A | SHA256:569AAC3759FB4192A04739B97B2477D11EFD461820935478EECADE255BC07FBB | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\background_wizardform_normal_nolabel_100.png | image | |
MD5:62874F5ED8188A5CF499F0141C434240 | SHA256:D532AC9B9CD05DAA81A3ABD8CFE98598A4D47555EB9DAAE24ED158C5E6B0D600 | |||
| 668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FG2UQ.tmp\button_install_100.png | image | |
MD5:BB87AD3D079B3C6F44C9FE6773B9DB4B | SHA256:A14730EFC439D1A165344D4AC384F7939C0E413479C58E4ADD8A5993F6BEC47B | |||
| 2216 | PaladinVPN.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PaladinVPN\ssleay32.dll | executable | |
MD5:68522D94DD6C93945EF1E5202783FA8D | SHA256:60120E783DD8A27E62014C7FD1AEE33703F051EE9DE984B993C6706F8CC6F08B | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | POST | 200 | 66.55.93.12:80 | http://net.paladinvpn.org/api/install | unknown | text | 2 b | unknown |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2656 | svchost.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1088 | svchost.exe | 224.0.0.252:5355 | — | — | — | unknown |
2216 | PaladinVPN.exe | 66.55.93.12:443 | net.paladinvpn.org | ASN-GIGENET | US | unknown |
2216 | PaladinVPN.exe | 52.222.250.157:443 | d2mx18paokc6p3.cloudfront.net | AMAZON-02 | US | unknown |
1824 | pldsvc.exe | 66.55.93.12:443 | net.paladinvpn.org | ASN-GIGENET | US | unknown |
664 | PaladinVPN.exe | 66.55.93.12:443 | net.paladinvpn.org | ASN-GIGENET | US | unknown |
1824 | pldsvc.exe | 198.16.62.186:500 | — | CNSERVERS | US | unknown |
668 | PaladinVPN-Setup.tmp | 66.55.93.12:80 | net.paladinvpn.org | ASN-GIGENET | US | unknown |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
net.paladinvpn.org |
| unknown |
d2mx18paokc6p3.cloudfront.net |
| unknown |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |