What is LinksysWirelessManager.exe?

LinksysWirelessManager.exe is part of Linksys Wireless Manager and developed by Cisco Systems, Inc. according to the LinksysWirelessManager.exe version information.

LinksysWirelessManager.exe's description is "Linksys Wireless Manager"

LinksysWirelessManager.exe is digitally signed by Cisco-Linksys LLC.

LinksysWirelessManager.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Linksys\Linksys Wireless Manager\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about LinksysWirelessManager.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on LinksysWirelessManager.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameLinksys Wireless Manager
Company nameCisco Systems, Inc.
File descriptionLinksys Wireless Manager
Internal nameLinksysWirelessManager.exe
Original filenameLinksysWirelessManager.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version4.9.09189.0
File version4.9.09189.0

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

Product nameLinksys Wireless Manager
Company nameCisco Systems, Inc.
File descriptionLinksys Wireless Manager
Internal nameLinksysWirelessManager.exe
Original filenameLinksysWirelessManager.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2009 Cisco Systems..
Product version4.9.09189.0
File version4.9.09189.0

Digital signatures [?]

LinksysWirelessManager.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCisco-Linksys LLC
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number1bcd9da240bb20dfb0c9aa38224b02ea

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the LinksysWirelessManager.exe file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the LinksysWirelessManager.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\config.xml",
        "C:\\ProgramData\\Pure Networks\\Platform\\config.xml",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Adapter\\adapter.xml"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "Global\\{96469047-04A3-471e-BF2E-847C8ED2FC62}-1",
        "Global\\{CD22E2E4-9E22-47ad-9615-BD696FD7C6DF}:a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13_bin"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\Network Magic",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\Adapter Setup",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "advapi32.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "rpcrt4.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1566856385.2969,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13.bin",
        "process_name": "a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13.bin",
        "pid": 2308,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\config.xml",
                "C:\\ProgramData\\Pure Networks\\Platform\\config.xml",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Adapter\\adapter.xml"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "Global\\{96469047-04A3-471e-BF2E-847C8ED2FC62}-1",
                "Global\\{CD22E2E4-9E22-47ad-9615-BD696FD7C6DF}:a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13_bin"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\Network Magic",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\Adapter Setup",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Pure Networks\\a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "advapi32.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "rpcrt4.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1566856385.6562,
        "ppid": 1624
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "d:\\builds\\Stable.DS\\DeviceSetup.4.9.09189.0\\targets\\bin.shp\\nmasetupna.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1566856385.7812,
                    "tid": 1664,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2308,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 79
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    },
    {
        "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": ".PUI",
                "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

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2327868938446,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.176050901413,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
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            "offset": 2678,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3006,
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3334,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "time": 3.0649919509888,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
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        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.6860229969025,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8466,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12658,
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "ff8dbb0a6d9c6a27296e9f41c4675e146f0f38461105f3a19503bb361d748880",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "ff408939dcb4a6d38106d00a6fb897433f75f38d3a71182fee6fb70e2cf2a229",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56ff1042e4f74b5d411bab65e82b44d12
SHA256a96e074be5d8e8a924d2a1d9a0d77c10cacfd428784975b3711c88ac7647bd13

Error Messages

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

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

linksyswirelessmanager.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.

Linksys Wireless Manager has stopped working.

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

linksyswirelessmanager.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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