What is wdboot.sys?

wdboot.sys is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the wdboot.sys version information.

wdboot.sys's description is "Microsoft antimalware boot driver"

wdboot.sys is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Early Launch Anti-malware Publisher.

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on wdboot.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft antimalware boot driver
Internal nameWdBoot
Original filenameWdBoot.sys
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version4.18.2006.10
File version4.18.2006.10 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft antimalware boot driver
Internal nameWdBoot
Original filenameWdBoot.sys
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version4.18.2006.10
File version4.18.2006.10 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Digital signatures [?]

wdboot.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Early Launch Anti-malware Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA 2010
Certificate serial number330000030a0a72fdc0852e226900000000030a

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wdboot.sys file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the wdboot.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": 1596988385.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "WdBoot.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "PAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "GFIDS",
                "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": "MSELAMCERTINFOID",
                "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": 710,
            "time": 1.0163629055023193,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1038,
            "time": -0.08511519432067871,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1366,
            "time": 1.0444798469543457,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b52e28e11b4ebf791644287f10aff4cc9af16c75c51e04ef833a2b05363a856a",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "37801c41f973caf912e78a0ef2a9d070b5cfaf318f8bdc5367f77c845d967ccd",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5954b44aa11095a886877385430ce1916
SHA2560d6ae3565ede28e3174a63bf4ba38fbe1e207274f3f0fdd7131bf8ab92f3a6bf

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