What is firefox.exe?

firefox.exe is part of Firefox and developed by Mozilla Corporation according to the firefox.exe version information.

firefox.exe's description is "Firefox"

firefox.exe is digitally signed by Mozilla Corporation.

firefox.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on firefox.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionFirefox
Internal nameFirefox
Original filenamefirefox.exe
Legal copyright©Firefox and Mozilla Developers; available under the MPL 2 license.
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.
Product version74.0
File version74.0

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

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionFirefox
Internal nameFirefox
Original filenamefirefox.exe
Legal copyright©Firefox and Mozilla Developers; av..
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozill..
Product version74.0
File version74.0

Digital signatures [?]

firefox.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMozilla Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0b1f8cd59e64746beae153ecca21066b

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the firefox.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the firefox.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1585716785.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 710,
            "time": 1.077031135559082,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1038,
            "time": -0.09142398834228516,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1366,
            "time": 1.11273193359375,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "4a16a03b6db67ec0f328e3f8b533204c390f77eac387e43647eca34208a63300",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "3cff1f99d3b928be9b6f68fb71461b7cd5c17663764aeb73aac5aa17d0b400c4",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD578428825719d89dca9b2f866ce9e6bb3
SHA256b1b1d42d9491ade354eec1ca89e2c70605ae1ae1e6eec9c89b708b2c2221c240

Error Messages

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

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

firefox.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.

Firefox has stopped working.

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

firefox.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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