What is ruby.exe?

ruby.exe is part of Ruby interpreter 1.9.3p551 [i386-mswin32_90] and developed by http://www.ruby-lang.org/ according to the ruby.exe version information.

ruby.exe's description is "Ruby interpreter (CUI) 1.9.3p551 [i386-mswin32_90]"

ruby.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Ruby19\bin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ruby.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameRuby interpreter 1.9.3p551 [i386-mswin32_90]
Company namehttp://www.ruby-lang.org/
File descriptionRuby interpreter (CUI) 1.9.3p551 [i386-mswin32_90]
Internal nameruby.exe
Original filenameruby.exe
Comments2014-11-13
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1993-2014 Yukihiro Matsumoto
Product version1.9.3p551
File version1.9.3p551

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

Product nameRuby interpreter 1.9.3p551 [i386-msw..
Company namehttp://www.ruby-lang.org/
File descriptionRuby interpreter (CUI) 1.9.3p551 [i3..
Internal nameruby.exe
Original filenameruby.exe
Comments2014-11-13
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1993-2014 Yukihiro Mat..
Product version1.9.3p551
File version1.9.3p551

Digital signatures [?]

ruby.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the ruby.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": 1562773983.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\cygwin\\home\\lisak\\v3.0\\Next\\BuildRuby\\ruby-1.9.3-p551\\ruby.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": 3.0785641670227,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3346,
            "time": 3.0131330490112,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3674,
            "time": 1.0164370536804,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4002,
            "time": 3.0203330516815,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4330,
            "time": 1.5186190605164,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4658,
            "time": -0.092743873596191,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4986,
            "time": 1.5471880435944,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11456,
            "time": 1.0500020980835,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15648,
            "time": 3.1254849433899,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "627663064423a1899dcf1b4110ca87a2584f877af6df2647da735e0d0402292f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "781f5cf87a69356e612026cf8856fd2d817914b0b909ef3aa244d58bb59ddd1e",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Other files also named ruby.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d4004e4b746706919945ee5633ff67e4
SHA25630518031ace9398ea0774dbc4985e3fdd20ad5d510047bd66d96de357ea2d509

Error Messages

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

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

ruby.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.

Ruby interpreter (CUI) 1.9.3p551 [i386-mswin32_90] has stopped working.

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

ruby.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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