recover.exe

File Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\recover.exe
Description: Recover Files Utility

Hashes

Type	Hash
MD5	`959C34797C8B15E7B66B8D9609D162C4`
SHA1	`4A60EE2EABE93261F73474B152A7DADA0AE46B90`
SHA256	`C058763D70DA19240090335942BF92BA038129D88D033994548526FA7B44367A`
SHA384	`D95C720A1FC28DC3FF04FC7E3CE814536F81EFFA83517D30F63F68285D475A906E4B853A3C97E67891865E2C57313AF2`
SHA512	`6FF0A02ACBE8BCCE45EC5C7B8D412AE3792745964D746A41B97A1F97A49559AF871E96DE84216176F7366BA0842B8FE3827C828629E334BF72F0DA8AFF42DD15`
SSDEEP	`192:bcqaHcXL7QQkgIEzY1aDfN0WCOZjwqnG0Vc2gSm2TWlnWVh:4qJL717lEEDmWhhhjc2TWlnW`

Runtime Data

Usage (stdout):

Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges or
the disk may be locked by another process.
You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode
and make sure the disk is unlocked.

Signature

Status: Signature verified.
Serial: 3300000266BD1580EFA75CD6D3000000000266
Thumbprint: A4341B9FD50FB9964283220A36A1EF6F6FAA7840
Issuer: CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Subject: CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

File Metadata

Original Filename: Recover.Exe.MUI
Product Name: Microsoft Windows Operating System
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 10.0.18362.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Product Version: 10.0.18362.1
Language: English (United States)
Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

File Similarity (ssdeep match)

File	Score
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\recover.exe	30

Possible Misuse

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

Source	Source File	Example	License
sigma	azure_keyvault_key_modified_or_deleted.yml	`- MICROSOFT.KEYVAULT/VAULTS/KEYS/RECOVER/ACTION`	DRL 1.0
sigma	azure_keyvault_secrets_modified_or_deleted.yml	`- MICROSOFT.KEYVAULT/VAULTS/SECRETS/RECOVER/ACTION`	DRL 1.0
sigma	proc_creation_win_sqlcmd_veeam_dump.yml	`- https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/recover-esxi-password-in-veeam-t34630.html`	DRL 1.0
atomic-red-team	T1048.003.md	3. Once the data is received, use the below command to recover the data.	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary
atomic-red-team	T1110.002.md	<blockquote>Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained. OS Credential Dumping is used to obtain password hashes, this may only get an adversary so far when Pass the Hash is not an option. Techniques to systematically guess the passwords used to compute hashes are available, or the adversary may use a pre-computed rainbow table to crack hashes. Cracking hashes is usually done on adversary-controlled systems outside of the target network.(Citation: Wikipedia Password cracking) The resulting plaintext password resulting from a successfully cracked hash may be used to log into systems, resources, and services in which the account has access.</blockquote>	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary
atomic-red-team	T1485.md	RansomEXX malware removes all deleted files using windows built-in cipher.exe to prevent forensic recover.	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary

Additional Info*

*The information below is copied from MicrosoftDocs, which is maintained by Microsoft. Available under CC BY 4.0 license.

recover

Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk. This command reads a file, sector-by-sector, and recovers data from the good sectors. Data in bad sectors is lost. Because all data in bad sectors is lost when you recover a file, you should recover only one file at a time.

Bad sectors reported by the chkdsk command were marked as bad when your disk was prepared for operation. They pose no danger, and recover does not affect them.

Syntax

recover [<drive>:][<path>]<filename>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`[<drive>:][<path>]<filename>`	Specifies the file name (and the location of the file if it is not in the current directory) you want to recover. Filename is required and wildcards aren’t supported.
/?	Displays help at the command prompt.

Examples

To recover the file story.txt in the \fiction directory on drive D, type:

recover d:\fiction\story.txt

Additional References

Command-Line Syntax Key