What is NortonSecurity.exe?

NortonSecurity.exe is part of Norton Security and developed by Symantec Corporation according to the NortonSecurity.exe version information.

NortonSecurity.exe's description is "Norton Security"

NortonSecurity.exe is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation.

NortonSecurity.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\22.20.5.39\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on NortonSecurity.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNorton Security
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security
Internal nameccSvcHst
Original filenameccSvcHst.exe.mui
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2020 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version22.20.5.39
File version0.0.0.0

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

Product nameNorton Security
Company nameSymantec Corporation
File descriptionNorton Security
Internal nameccSvcHst
Original filenameccSvcHst.exe.mui
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2020 Symantec Corporat..
Product version22.20.5.39
File version0.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

NortonSecurity.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSymantec Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number040036d3e2d96c766a1c65a00d54043d

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the NortonSecurity.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": 1604580785.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\jenkins7\\workspace\\STAR_CommonClient_17.2.3\\BIN\\vc15\\BIN64.IRU\\ccSvcHst.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "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": "SYMPRO",
                "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": 662,
            "time": 6.241491079330444,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3462,
            "time": 6.178117990493774,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3790,
            "time": 4.175528049468994,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4118,
            "time": 6.188205003738403,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4446,
            "time": 4.696444034576416,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4774,
            "time": 3.0754740238189697,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5102,
            "time": 4.257562160491943,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12720,
            "time": 4.224218130111694,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16912,
            "time": 6.256874084472656,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "95e8fd005d73e20f7d0b0eb9e6253212061bc130cd08f788e56523a8598d4f63",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "1eb8aa60b6995a139c7b069b2fa6640ce5c0b1b82a379e76576469c0b1a33446",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

NortonSecurity.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
49757TCP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cf07c7129f59b71b1f98d9457d0763b2
SHA256f73d3ebbd55166febbcf967cfcce3409a3fb06f1b8d7d8f29af8bb47a10a04a4

Error Messages

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

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

nortonsecurity.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.

Norton Security has stopped working.

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

nortonsecurity.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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