What is DPAgent.exe?

DPAgent.exe is part of HP Client Security Manager and developed by Crossmatch, Inc. according to the DPAgent.exe version information.

DPAgent.exe's description is "DigitalPersona Local Agent"

DPAgent.exe is digitally signed by DigitalPersona, Inc..

DPAgent.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP ProtectTools Security Manager\Bin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on DPAgent.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHP Client Security Manager
Company nameCrossmatch, Inc.
File descriptionDigitalPersona Local Agent
Internal nameDPPRAgnt
Original filenameDPPRAgnt.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2019 HID Global
Legal trademarkDigitalPersona® U.are.U® One Touch®
Product version9.4.1.118
File version9.4.1.118

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameHP Client Security Manager
Company nameCrossmatch, Inc.
File descriptionDigitalPersona Local Agent
Internal nameDPPRAgnt
Original filenameDPPRAgnt.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2019 HID Global
Legal trademarkDigitalPersona® U.are.U® One Tou..
Product version9.4.1.118
File version9.4.1.118

Digital signatures [?]

DPAgent.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDigitalPersona, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number3027cef44c6e320edba230b9bab66634

VirusTotal report

1 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the DPAgent.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.fnatr
1 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the DPAgent.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "mutex": [
        "DigitalPersona Pro5.x Agent"
    ],
    "guid": [
        "{9cd095ec-adf5-47fc-8d4e-a82dd10f1692}",
        "{89e0e724-e8db-4c86-8028-8488c0b431a4}"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Kiosk\\Logon",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\CLSID\\{A24611C3-A363-4950-B931-720A1618D98A}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Tracing",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\DigitalPersona\\Altus",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Branding\\Common",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\BFE"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\MachineThrottling",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\RemoteRpcDll",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaxSxSHashCount",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32\\(Default)",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledProcesses\\BEC6DD53",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\NdrOleExtDLL",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\GlobalSession"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "RpcRtRemote.dll",
        "CRYPTSP.dll",
        "CLBCatQ.DLL",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\dpappver.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8578f3f2dfc3ab2ae0b6eb1aa2de5dfb0cda63e58bb6d273251115d7209265f5.bin",
        "process_name": "8578f3f2dfc3ab2ae0b6eb1aa2de5dfb0cda63e58bb6d273251115d7209265f5.bin",
        "pid": 856,
        "summary": {
            "mutex": [
                "DigitalPersona Pro5.x Agent"
            ],
            "guid": [
                "{9cd095ec-adf5-47fc-8d4e-a82dd10f1692}",
                "{89e0e724-e8db-4c86-8028-8488c0b431a4}"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Kiosk\\Logon",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\CLSID\\{A24611C3-A363-4950-B931-720A1618D98A}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Tracing",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\DigitalPersona\\Altus",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\DigitalPersona\\Branding\\Common",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\BFE"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\MachineThrottling",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\RemoteRpcDll",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaxSxSHashCount",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32\\(Default)",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledProcesses\\BEC6DD53",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\NdrOleExtDLL",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\GlobalSession"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "RpcRtRemote.dll",
                "CRYPTSP.dll",
                "CLBCatQ.DLL",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\dpappver.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1604613191.640625,
        "ppid": 2132
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1604613191.40625,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks if process is being debugged by a debugger",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 0,
                    "nt_status": -1073741772,
                    "api": "IsDebuggerPresent",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1604613192.124625,
                    "tid": 2968,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 856,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 160
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "checks_debugger"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\BuildAgent\\work\\10840d30d135b4bd\\bin\\Win32\\Release\\apps\\DPAgent.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "MUI",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "XML",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.078199863433838,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3130,
            "time": 3.0401268005371094,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3458,
            "time": 1.0190207958221436,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3786,
            "time": 3.0515048503875732,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4114,
            "time": 1.5714168548583984,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4442,
            "time": -0.09880399703979492,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4770,
            "time": 1.5547399520874023,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 9246,
            "time": 1.0476269721984863,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13438,
            "time": 3.09377384185791,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "bfbb55c41bec6ced3e3c0b4ef4df39613ab2f29efc96bcc677f691ac2c84ce6b",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fd01cc850c9830d8146830e86e3b7f6e707dca3fbbcc86e5c463b5154be2d973",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

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DPAgent.exe (13 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f09180042a07f03fd54797107efe6315
SHA2568578f3f2dfc3ab2ae0b6eb1aa2de5dfb0cda63e58bb6d273251115d7209265f5

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to dpagent.exe:

dpagent.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

dpagent.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

DigitalPersona Local Agent has stopped working.

End Program - dpagent.exe. This program is not responding.

dpagent.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

dpagent.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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