What is vstxraid.sys?

vstxraid.sys is part of VIA StorX RAID Controller Driver and developed by VIA Corporation according to the vstxraid.sys version information.

vstxraid.sys's description is "VIA StorX RAID Controller Driver"

vstxraid.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows.

vstxraid.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about vstxraid.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on vstxraid.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameVIA StorX RAID Controller Driver
Company nameVIA Corporation
File descriptionVIA StorX RAID Controller Driver
Internal namevstxraid.sys
Original filenamevstxraid.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2008 VIA Corporation
Product version8.0.9200.8110
File version8.0.9200.8110

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

Product nameVIA StorX RAID Controller Driver
Company nameVIA Corporation
File descriptionVIA StorX RAID Controller Driver
Internal namevstxraid.sys
Original filenamevstxraid.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2008 VIA Corporation
Product version8.0.9200.8110
File version8.0.9200.8110

Digital signatures [?]

vstxraid.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Production PCA 2011
Certificate serial number330000023241fb59996dcc4dff000000000232

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vstxraid.sys file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the vstxraid.sys 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": 1596822786.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "vstxraid.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": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "MOFDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

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": 866,
            "time": 1.0213489532470703,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1194,
            "time": -0.09848403930664062,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1522,
            "time": 1.0433690547943115,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "9eff6b0f1659a07d5dc9868978c6a7d2001879a1d4ac6fb2d8bc829fc24c8bb6",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "6ea9415b7656c9b3bcd863b9b8e85abc7c1c95fc378e7762620d47fc07d35a05",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56e0092973e35be6a1f5ed5cbdd202036
SHA25633daf53c81d5baf9337192a84df50c108bae9b8a858081e2208939ccff2622f8

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Votes
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0
Remove100 %
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Comments

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