What is pmapd.exe?

pmapd.exe is part of haneWIN SunRPC Portmap Daemon and developed by Dr. Hanewinkel -- www.haneWIN.de according to the pmapd.exe version information.

pmapd.exe's description is "SunRPC Portmapper"

pmapd.exe is usually located in the 'D:\Program Files\nfsd\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pmapd.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namehaneWIN SunRPC Portmap Daemon
Company nameDr. Hanewinkel -- www.haneWIN.de
File descriptionSunRPC Portmapper
Internal namepmapd
Original filenamepmapd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2013 Dr. Herbert Hanewinkel
Product version1, 3, 0, 0
File version1, 3, 0, 0

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

Product namehaneWIN SunRPC Portmap Daemon
Company nameDr. Hanewinkel -- www.haneWIN.de
File descriptionSunRPC Portmapper
Internal namepmapd
Original filenamepmapd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2013 Dr. Herbert H..
Product version1, 3, 0, 0
File version1, 3, 0, 0

Digital signatures [?]

pmapd.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pmapd.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the pmapd.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "rpcrt4.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1578937985.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f69d745e17291806536beb69f153f35c86ed99504f68db60f3c39ed20c99a8e0.bin",
        "process_name": "f69d745e17291806536beb69f153f35c86ed99504f68db60f3c39ed20c99a8e0.bin",
        "pid": 2924,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\MaxRpcSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\SystemSetupInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\Setup\\OOBEInProgress",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ActiveComputerName\\ComputerName"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "rpcrt4.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1578937985.515625,
        "ppid": 3040
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Queries for the computername",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GetComputerNameA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "computer_name": "CUCKPC"
                    },
                    "time": 1578937556.190896,
                    "tid": 2016,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2924,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 84
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GetComputerNameW",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "computer_name": "CUCKPC"
                    },
                    "time": 1578937556.190896,
                    "tid": 2016,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2924,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 85
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_queries_computername"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "GlobalMemoryStatusEx",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {},
                    "time": 1578937556.174896,
                    "tid": 2016,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2924,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 72
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "antivm_memory_available"
    }
]

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": 1262,
            "time": 3.053359031677246,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1426,
            "time": 1.094491958618164,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1754,
            "time": 3.089414119720459,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1918,
            "time": 1.4903020858764648,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2246,
            "time": -0.04077005386352539,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 2574,
            "time": 1.5975470542907715,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5902,
            "time": 1.103187084197998,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b9a6fcab4add2cb801d65835dfc52667cb7e53fb6947216da0b773c108b397fe",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b48d4303ef7c0ddbf9def5c321da8240b7260ea896dff6fdfdd533c76ef410b8",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

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

PortProtocol# Occurrences
111TCP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cf8e12661422f6a856a73cfb399b33ef
SHA256f69d745e17291806536beb69f153f35c86ed99504f68db60f3c39ed20c99a8e0

Error Messages

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

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

pmapd.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.

SunRPC Portmapper has stopped working.

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

pmapd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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