What is EFRService.exe?

EFRService.exe is part of End Point Security and developed by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. according to the EFRService.exe version information.

EFRService.exe's description is "Check Point Endpoint Forensic Recorder service"

EFRService.exe is digitally signed by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd..

EFRService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\CheckPoint\Endpoint Security\EFR\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on EFRService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameEnd Point Security
Company nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
File descriptionCheck Point Endpoint Forensic Recorder service
Internal nameEFRService.exe
Original filenameEFRService.exe
Legal copyright 2009 Copyright Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Product versionR80
File version860059511

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

Product nameEnd Point Security
Company nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
File descriptionCheck Point Endpoint Forensic Record..
Internal nameEFRService.exe
Original filenameEFRService.exe
Legal copyright 2009 Copyright Check Point Softwar..
Product versionR80
File version860059511

Digital signatures [?]

EFRService.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCheck Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number02f21f17a0fa8cc542c89f77c6507b33

VirusTotal report

1 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the EFRService.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Ransom]/Win32.RobbinHood.a
1 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the EFRService.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1585371186.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "F:\\ckp\\src\\EFR\\E82_10_ZA\\CMPUB\\Release\\x86\\EFRService.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "None",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

[
    {
        "meta": {
            "description": "Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques",
            "author": "nex"
        },
        "name": "vmdetect",
        "offsets": {
            "vmware24": [
                [
                    2662569,
                    0
                ],
                [
                    2682659,
                    0
                ],
                [
                    2705424,
                    0
                ]
            ]
        },
        "strings": [
            "Vk13YXJl"
        ]
    }
]

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0782430171966553,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.015105962753296,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0178539752960205,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0244860649108887,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.665205955505371,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09468388557434082,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5798289775848389,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15396,
            "time": 1.0478169918060303,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 19588,
            "time": 3.125581979751587,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "08836c43076a2a18f20b3caced132f0db49996c9e7ee320e0c6dddba587f3ed5",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "109f8a00d079d42b44735d2f6b3622b982438109fff00abc54b70079166dc066",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e8bc6fd9973e73817cb900186925aab5
SHA2562171e32ff737ad437a23f18ba575f9084f664d99fe58e029f709d3d9d8da28c1

Error Messages

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

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

efrservice.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.

Check Point Endpoint Forensic Recorder service has stopped working.

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

efrservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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