What is agent.exe?
agent.exe is part of Windows Agent and developed by N-able Technologies Inc. according to the agent.exe version information.
agent.exe's description is "Windows Agent"
agent.exe is digitally signed by Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC.
agent.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\N-able Technologies\Windows Agent\bin\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about agent.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on agent.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Windows Agent |
| Company name | N-able Technologies Inc. |
| File description | Windows Agent |
| Internal name | agent.exe |
| Original filename | agent.exe |
| Comments | Windows Agent that is used to monitor the local services |
| Legal copyright | Copyright© 1990-2015 N-able Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Product version | 12.1.1.365 |
| File version | 12.1.1.365 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Windows Agent |
| Company name | N-able Technologies Inc. |
| File description | Windows Agent |
| Internal name | agent.exe |
| Original filename | agent.exe |
| Comments | Windows Agent that is used to monito.. |
| Legal copyright | Copyright© 1990-2015 N-able Technol.. |
| Product version | 12.1.1.365 |
| File version | 12.1.1.365 |
Digital signatures [?]
agent.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC |
| Certificate issuer name | Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 75854970c4617a002acccadcb39b347c |
VirusTotal report
None of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the agent.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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"dll_loaded": [
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"SHLWAPI.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
"gdi32.dll"
],
"file_failed": [
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927.bin.config"
],
"regkey_opened": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
],
"file_exists": [
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
],
"file_opened": [
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927.bin"
],
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
],
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"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
]
}Generic
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"process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927.bin",
"process_name": "23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927.bin",
"pid": 2816,
"summary": {
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"SHLWAPI.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
"gdi32.dll"
],
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
],
"file_exists": [
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
],
"file_opened": [
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927.bin"
],
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
],
"directory_enumerated": [
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
]
},
"first_seen": 1573491185.5938,
"ppid": 2016
},
{
"process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"process_name": "lsass.exe",
"pid": 476,
"summary": {},
"first_seen": 1573491185.3281,
"ppid": 376
}
]Signatures
[
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"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "This executable has a PDB path",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
{
"category": "pdb_path",
"ioc": "c:\\rpmzszn\\BUILD\\agent-winnt-12.1.1.365\\Development\\n-central\\agent_win\\agents\\Windows Agent\\obj\\Release\\agent.pdb",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "has_pdb"
}
]Yara
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"author": "nex"
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"name": "vmdetect",
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"strings": [
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]Network
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"smtp": [],
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}Screenshots
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Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 1e881a1f1eb999d9f84aa07c61c1dfc2 |
| SHA256 | 23889f6a79b0a9ff4dc5597baf8ab57bc0eff04cce42c74faaa67d8e7c39e927 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to agent.exe:
agent.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
agent.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.
Windows Agent has stopped working.
End Program - agent.exe. This program is not responding.
agent.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
agent.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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