What is aesm_service.exe?

aesm_service.exe is part of Intel® Software Guard Extensions and developed by Intel Corporation according to the aesm_service.exe version information.

aesm_service.exe's description is "Intel® SGX Application Enclave Services Manager"

aesm_service.exe is digitally signed by Intel(R) Software Development Products.

aesm_service.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\sgx_psw.inf_amd64_bff7913eb62bbf90\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on aesm_service.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameIntel® Software Guard Extensions
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel® SGX Application Enclave Services Manager
Internal nameAESM
Original filenameaesm_service.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation
Product version2.7.100.2
File version2.7.100.2

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

Product nameIntel® Software Guard Extensions
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel® SGX Application Enclave Serv..
Internal nameAESM
Original filenameaesm_service.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation
Product version2.7.100.2
File version2.7.100.2

Digital signatures [?]

aesm_service.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIntel(R) Software Development Products
Certificate issuer nameIntel External Issuing CA 7B
Certificate serial number5600000aeab955b2657824555b000000000aea

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the aesm_service.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": 1594921986.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\SGXWindows\\src_Release\\windows-trunk\\psw\\ae\\aesm_service\\source\\build\\x64\\HW_Release\\onecore\\bin\\RelWithDebInfo\\aesm_service.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": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Microsoft Visual C++ V8.0 (Debug)",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "WEVT_TEMPLATE",
                "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": 6.191704034805298,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.142675161361694,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.158496141433716,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5090,
            "time": 6.154592990875244,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.7866270542144775,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 3.0097830295562744,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
            "time": 4.6929121017456055,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14756,
            "time": 4.179829120635986,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18948,
            "time": 6.239742040634155,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "5b576c230668905c8bda8a6c9f7293f9f640b895f01da84c7a004101040866ed",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "a30fa7291440a4f4770324502699b88b2221fcf94d61ffce5eb1f376c0545eb8",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD574b003b7821ceaedd99069c1872f59bf
SHA256123da944efc42e25541898e297201954212410967b1bde064fe291f05ea26726

Error Messages

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

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

aesm_service.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.

Intel® SGX Application Enclave Services Manager has stopped working.

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

aesm_service.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

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Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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