CABTOOL.EXE, Prevx

Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:

Cloaked Malware
Malicious Software

File Behavior

CABTOOL.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
Adds products to the system registry
Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
This process creates other processes on disk
Executes a Process
Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
Creates new folders in the file system
Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes

CABTOOL.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

Executed as a Process
Created as a process on disk
Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Terminated as a Process
Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Deleted as a process from disk

Country Of Origin

The filename CABTOOL.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Europe on May 31 2007
Chile on May 31 2007
Italy on Sep 1 2007
Belgium on Sep 1 2007
Slovenia on Jun 11 2008
The United Kingdom on Dec 2 2009
Indonesia on Jul 29 2010
India on May 6 2012

File Name Aliases

CABTOOL.EXE can also use the following file names:

CABTOOL_SETUP.EXE
CAB TOOL.EXE
21716749.EXE
82987862.EXE

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

28,672 bytes
82,432 bytes
21,504 bytes
17,408 bytes
49,664 bytes
20,992 bytes

File Type

The filename CABTOOL.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.

File Activity

One or more files with the name CABTOOL.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:

Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\TMP4351$.TMP
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CABTOOL.EXE
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CABTOOL.INF
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CHANGE.LOG
create folder C:\WINDOWS\LastGood\INF
create folder C:\Program Files\JDoe Tools
create folder C:\Program Files\JDoe Tools\CAB Tool
Moves c:\windows\lastgood\TMP1D.tmp to c:\windows\lastgood\inf\oem15.inf
Moves c:\windows\lastgood\TMP1F.tmp to c:\windows\lastgood\inf\oem15.PNF
Deletes c:\windows\inf\oem15.inf
Moves c:\windows\lastgood\TMP24.tmp to c:\windows\lastgood\inf\CABTOOL.INF
Moves c:\windows\lastgood\TMP26.tmp to c:\windows\lastgood\inf\CABTOOL.PNF
Deletes c:\windows\inf\SET2A.tmp
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CABTOOL.INF to c:\windows\inf\SET2A.tmp
Deletes c:\windows\inf\CABTOOL.INF
Moves c:\windows\inf\SET2A.tmp to c:\windows\inf\CABTOOL.INF
Deletes c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET2F.tmp
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CABTOOL.EXE to c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET2F.tmp
Deletes c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\CABTOOL.EXE
Moves c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET2F.tmp to c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\CABTOOL.EXE
Deletes c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET34.tmp
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ixp000.tmp\CHANGE.LOG to c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET34.tmp
Deletes c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\CHANGE.LOG
Moves c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\SET34.tmp to c:\program files\jdoe tools\cab tool\CHANGE.LOG
Creates c:\documents and settings\user\sendto\CAB Tool.lnk

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