ie4uinit.exe

  • File Path: C:\windows\system32\ie4uinit.exe
  • Description: IE Per-User Initialization Utility

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 BBF8EE53B30855A956873F173068DB01
SHA1 A1BCE35BC6ACC786806EE39AE85BEAEF1D5FF38F
SHA256 ADFF353BDCEBBF38EE48A1255FBF1C7722758969F257188592538251D3BBB9B3
SHA384 7E3B102D1D2E4788CFC9072B57E41F8577F631317EEAB0E4148F2927486340C063BF119535F721C08F7455CDF745EB4B
SHA512 2DEE795D6DF7A7B7FE76DF2A8A3ADB2185C4F7386F56681F64849EB6A421BF044D0D1FF76A5DF14850E21D9CF689FAC6064D23B3A4804FE0E1208404A037B26D
SSDEEP 12288:hG3lgNCIQHgzZpIjfbOToMrEDL1FwhdFbjzlZXHFtlxJuZUQd3i/SmDtVvg8JANs:FCIlVpIbbO

Signature

  • Status: The file C:\windows\system32\ie4uinit.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: ``
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File Metadata

  • Original Filename: IE4UINIT.EXE.MUI
  • Product Name: Internet Explorer
  • Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
  • File Version: 11.00.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
  • Product Version: 11.00.9600.16384
  • Language: English (United States)
  • Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Possible Misuse

The following table contains possible examples of ie4uinit.exe being misused. While ie4uinit.exe is not inherently malicious, its legitimate functionality can be abused for malicious purposes.

Source Source File Example License
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml Name: Ie4uinit.exe  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml - Command: ie4uinit.exe -BaseSettings  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml Description: Executes commands from a specially prepared ie4uinit.inf file.  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml - Path: c:\windows\system32\ie4uinit.exe  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml - Path: c:\windows\sysWOW64\ie4uinit.exe  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml - IOC: ie4uinit.exe copied outside of %windir%  
LOLBAS Ie4uinit.yml - IOC: ie4uinit.exe loading an inf file (ieuinit.inf) from outside %windir%  
malware-ioc nukesped_lazarus .IE4UINIT.exe``{:.highlight .language-cmhg} © ESET 2014-2018

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