What is upgrade_launcher.exe?

upgrade_launcher.exe is part of Upgrade launcher and developed by AO Kaspersky Lab according to the upgrade_launcher.exe version information.

upgrade_launcher.exe's description is "Kaspersky Upgrade Launcher"

upgrade_launcher.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab.

upgrade_launcher.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AV\Kaspersky Lab\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected upgrade_launcher.exe.

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VirusTotal report

1 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the upgrade_launcher.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare/Win32.Unwaders

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\KasperskyLab\\UpgradeLauncher"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1566723185.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\dec07d3bcfc5cff2956f9c4bed8c215909bb5796eccd14b8f2ccad4d9c766716.bin",
        "process_name": "dec07d3bcfc5cff2956f9c4bed8c215909bb5796eccd14b8f2ccad4d9c766716.bin",
        "pid": 2660,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\KasperskyLab\\UpgradeLauncher"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1566723185.5625,
        "ppid": 1624
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\b\\14\\b\\upgrade_launcher.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Attempts to identify installed AV products by registry key",
        "severity": 3,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "registry",
                "ioc": "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\KasperskyLab\\UpgradeLauncher",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antiav_detectreg"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2203478813171,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2134,
            "time": 6.1796078681946,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2462,
            "time": 4.1593949794769,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2790,
            "time": 6.1942858695984,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3118,
            "time": 4.6597089767456,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3446,
            "time": 3.0568509101868,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3774,
            "time": 4.6762380599976,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7102,
            "time": 4.1793739795685,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11294,
            "time": 6.251247882843,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "58771b195c347a22b55a41a76e879f8aac489127d5869c0ee6b0a1d440e5a446",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4190dcc89890206fddc148fd22637ba6710a92343668ade1530378f4f23bccb3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Error Messages

Malware or legitimate?

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