What is coreServiceShell.exe?

coreServiceShell.exe is part of AMSP and developed by Trend Micro Inc. according to the coreServiceShell.exe version information.

coreServiceShell.exe's description is "Trend Micro Anti-Malware Solution Platform"

coreServiceShell.exe is digitally signed by Trend Micro, Inc..

coreServiceShell.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\AMSP\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on coreServiceShell.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAMSP
Company nameTrend Micro Inc.
File descriptionTrend Micro Anti-Malware Solution Platform
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkCopyright (C) Trend Micro Inc.
Private buildBuild 1143 - 07/29/2019
Product version6.5
File version6.5.0.1143
Special build1143

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

Product nameAMSP
Company nameTrend Micro Inc.
File descriptionTrend Micro Anti-Malware Solution Pl..
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2019 Trend Micro Inc..
Legal trademarkCopyright (C) Trend Micro Inc.
Private buildBuild 1143 - 07/29/2019
Product version6.5
File version6.5.0.1143
Special build1143

Digital signatures [?]

coreServiceShell.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTrend Micro, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0ea0fe4dfb74cc64bc32143103c27c8b

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the coreServiceShell.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": 1571691186.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "c:\\ci-jenkins\\workspace\\AMSP\\job\\AMSP-BUILDJOB-6.5\\a\\src\\framework\\core\\coreServiceShell\\x64\\Release\\coreServiceShell.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": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

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": 6.2224011421204,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.1829919815063,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.1560640335083,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5090,
            "time": 6.1947820186615,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.6623990535736,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
            "time": 3.046108007431,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
            "time": 4.6749739646912,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14756,
            "time": 4.1764681339264,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18948,
            "time": 6.2690560817719,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "a98fbe0f955d1f35c55e0a3dc86a4f90ba862b9b83053a9e864606200b935b56",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8fd8c79abe8bdd4633f98a94c4eb904ded58fae802d8d4e24b3f9d22f773e4c3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

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

PortProtocol# Occurrences
37848TCP v42

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f973cfc54dc529041ebd3fae2038d4ae
SHA256c7bc36b521bc3f30f6639b8457b5897f2ba91a5400ee9a75ce5f9e82954e343f

Error Messages

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

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

coreserviceshell.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.

Trend Micro Anti-Malware Solution Platform has stopped working.

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

coreserviceshell.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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