What is atashost.exe?

atashost.exe is part of WebEx Support Center and developed by Cisco WebEx LLC according to the atashost.exe version information.

atashost.exe's description is "WebEx Host for Support Center"

atashost.exe is digitally signed by Cisco WebEx LLC.

atashost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on atashost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWebEx Support Center
Company nameCisco WebEx LLC
File descriptionWebEx Host for Support Center
Internal nameatashost.exe
Original filenameatashost.exe
Comments10/11/2016 T31(Unicode)
Legal copyright©1997-2020 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Product version4008.3.2007.2300
File version4008.3.2007.2300

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

Product nameWebEx Support Center
Company nameCisco WebEx LLC
File descriptionWebEx Host for Support Center
Internal nameatashost.exe
Original filenameatashost.exe
Comments10/11/2016 T31(Unicode)
Legal copyright©1997-2020 Cisco and/or its affilia..
Product version4008.3.2007.2300
File version4008.3.2007.2300

Digital signatures [?]

atashost.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCisco WebEx LLC
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number01993e38970de6088de6b6cb39bbee24

VirusTotal report

1 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the atashost.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Cybereason malicious.265527
1 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the atashost.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\EnableLUA"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "wbxtrace.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\890a09a5b997fe274d39c71046343ad2b7982b93223ad32b12c6efd1d1e82f15.bin",
        "process_name": "890a09a5b997fe274d39c71046343ad2b7982b93223ad32b12c6efd1d1e82f15.bin",
        "pid": 1268,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System\\EnableLUA"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "wbxtrace.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1598633587.6875,
        "ppid": 2308
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1598633587.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "O:\\webex-applicationshare\\output\\maps\\Release\\atashost.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.1109778881073,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5226,
            "time": 9.1883518695831,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7070,
            "time": 3.018373966217,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7398,
            "time": 1.0147337913513,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7726,
            "time": 3.0628018379211,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8054,
            "time": 1.5171749591827,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8382,
            "time": -0.092279195785522,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8710,
            "time": 1.0778210163116,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28120,
            "time": 1.0430948734283,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36504,
            "time": 3.1120278835297,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8f58852b29f40d245a48f34cd03fc6cf4ae1e26fa5b14ad7e0d9ada0df8eec9c",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "6665072215eafb22ae0cdfcc578671e29e1317000b244e1d31ff7b1ce1c7c238",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ebadd96265527c46bcc349104aa749f4
SHA256890a09a5b997fe274d39c71046343ad2b7982b93223ad32b12c6efd1d1e82f15

Error Messages

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

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

atashost.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.

WebEx Host for Support Center has stopped working.

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

atashost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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