certmgr.exe

File Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64\certmgr.exe
Description: ECM Certificate Manager

Hashes

Type	Hash
MD5	`564D9F5DBD12AA4123156ED32A78F409`
SHA1	`944971D62DB020E0D0FD180348F973F49A8623F0`
SHA256	`4CE851375F7A0CD135A3148EFEA34CFDB8A9E584E9D179653A142F3640701EDD`
SHA384	`4791F33BBD92FECD5306AE124041C8BB4ECB2B8E58AF8E75800F112DB923874EDC077A7C66DA14E3AD49C1C765E2DACA`
SHA512	`2FCD31877141C4AEC436DE46CF24B9C4EADB8272260981A077152B1F81E3C03E4072D01DE3B0A51D3EC5910391C0DF93FEE8F6AA8C7DCD6F5AB53891BB397F50`
SSDEEP	`1536:VrgQs8OivXyUtiB8JFtY/OT5oNuRGx8UBYw+WXsA9i9vY4u2:3FfvXyUto0qeyHKUBt+WXsNI2`
IMP	`288C77221EE9A27F869B542320D273EF`
PESHA1	`B77D7F16DFD77FBDAB303A3EC7E491E9509D8BC0`
PE256	`D461B1DE52943920018DBACB46209ADE2F651F1ED5D0D89F568F1C5CF7E7D3AC`

Runtime Data

Usage (stdout):

Usage: CertMgr [options][-s [-r <location>][SourceStoreName]
                        [-s [-r <location>][DestinationStoreName]
Options: 
 -add               Add certificates/CRLs/CTLs to a storeFile or a system store
 -del               Delete certificates/CRLs/CTLs from a storeFile or 
                    a system store
 -put               Put an encoded certificate/CRL/CTL from a storeFile or
                    a system store to a file.  The file will be saved in X.509
                    format. -7 can be used to save the file in PKCS #7 format
 -s                 Indicate the store is a system store 
 -r    <location>   The system store location 
                        <currentUser|localMachine> Default to 'currentUser' 
 -c                 Certificates in the store
 -crl               Certificates revocation lists(CRLs) in the store
 -ctl               Certificates trust lists(CTLs) in the store
 -v                 Verbose display of the certificates/CRLs/CTLs 
 -all               All certificates/CRLs/CTLs in the store
 -n    <name>       Common name of the certificate 
 -sha1 <thumbPrint> The sha1 hash of the certificate/CRLs/CTLs 
 -7                 Save the destination store in PKCS #7 format
 -e    <encode>     Certificate/CRL/CTL encoding type.  
                    Default to X509_ASN_ENCODING
 -f    <flag>       CertStore open flags.  Meaningful only if -y is set
 -y    <provider>   CertStore provider name

Loaded Modules:

Path
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64\certmgr.exe
C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

Signature

Status: Signature verified.
Serial: 33000002CF6D2CC57CAA65A6D80000000002CF
Thumbprint: 1A221B3B4FEF088B17BA6704FD088DF192D9E0EF
Issuer: CN=Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2010, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Subject: CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

File Metadata

Original Filename: CERTMGR.EXE
Product Name: Microsoft Windows Operating System
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Product Version: 10.0.19041.1
Language: English (United States)
Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Machine Type: 64-bit

File Scan

VirusTotal Detections: Unknown

File Similarity (ssdeep match)

File	Score
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\arm64\certmgr.exe	46
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x86\certmgr.exe	44

Possible Misuse

The following table contains possible examples of certmgr.exe being misused. While certmgr.exe is not inherently malicious, its legitimate functionality can be abused for malicious purposes.

Source	Source File	Example	License
sigma	proc_creation_win_root_certificate_installed.yml	`Image\\|endswith: '\CertMgr.exe' # Example: CertMgr.exe /add CertificateFileName.cer /s /r localMachine root /all`	DRL 1.0