ssh-keyscan.exe

  • File Path: C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-keyscan.exe

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 C086D5B994B17F0602F5FA8F5CDBE70D
SHA1 C374387D5B55E3283CD72EB56B2993D539D7B6E7
SHA256 2BA00213F3E384CDC396DCCD5A58F17A9DADA923AE8DB5104ECF4AF972FE8FFE
SHA384 D521201F730317EE3824B85380E3753A4DB2F027F8B7403A1B3DF2B2A4B91E61B70398001CE28AADF9DC83582C34921D
SHA512 509B49EC44DB3E8AD96E3262310F0FE7CCA92ED1B91681103750556889E56799AB7CDE8B1DAD3D38345E075715DD07B49AD0C7EE523914CADC97EC7FF8C27DB0
SSDEEP 6144:TCQYoUvES8zncmaAKwtBWkla/f2bR2przpmaDb2O7fcCnDtmaTBF7z77aH++:FXUcIdAFtEkY/mgFzRoaT37zz+
IMP 4A0F801AC222681F5D8400903EE8A39D
PESHA1 A9F7A15C87ADC24503C81AAA0CBD3E07857309FF
PE256 03A20C9C2D58C580D06A1830D6D4E6FA9CFAAA75D68C8E8C53C386DA1843A678

Runtime Data

Usage (stderr):

unknown option -- h
usage: ssh-keyscan [-46cDHv] [-f file] [-p port] [-T timeout] [-t type]
		   [host | addrlist namelist]

Child Processes:

conhost.exe

Open Handles:

Path Type
(RW-) C:\Users\user File
\BaseNamedObjects\C:*ProgramData*Microsoft*Windows*Caches*{6AF0698E-D558-4F6E-9B3C-3716689AF493}.2.ver0x0000000000000002.db Section
\BaseNamedObjects\C:*ProgramData*Microsoft*Windows*Caches*{DDF571F2-BE98-426D-8288-1A9A39C3FDA2}.2.ver0x0000000000000002.db Section
\BaseNamedObjects\C:*ProgramData*Microsoft*Windows*Caches*cversions.2 Section
\BaseNamedObjects\NLS_CodePage_1252_3_2_0_0 Section
\BaseNamedObjects\NLS_CodePage_437_3_2_0_0 Section

Loaded Modules:

Path
C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL
C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-keyscan.exe

Signature

  • Status: Signature verified.
  • Serial: 33000002ED2C45E4C145CF48440000000002ED
  • Thumbprint: 312860D2047EB81F8F58C29FF19ECDB4C634CF6A
  • 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:
  • Product Name: OpenSSH for Windows
  • Company Name:
  • File Version: 8.1.0.1
  • Product Version: OpenSSH_8.1p1 for Windows
  • Language: English (United States)
  • Legal Copyright:
  • Machine Type: 64-bit

File Scan

  • VirusTotal Detections: 0/72
  • VirusTotal Link: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2ba00213f3e384cdc396dccd5a58f17a9dada923ae8db5104ecf4af972fe8ffe/detection

File Similarity (ssdeep match)

File Score
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.3\resources\app\git\usr\bin\ssh-add.exe 32
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.3\resources\app\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe 32
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources\app\git\usr\bin\ssh-add.exe 35
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-2.5.4\resources\app\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe 32
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-add.exe 32
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-add.exe 30
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-add.exe 33
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe 36
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe 35
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe 36
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-keygen.exe 25
C:\Windows\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-keyscan.exe 36
C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenSSH\ssh-keyscan.exe 97

Possible Misuse

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

Source Source File Example License
malware-ioc sshdoor \|c4070d1ad35070c8df2914bf56ad554e18af4961 \|ssh-keyscan \|"/usr/share/man/man0/.cache" \|176.9.47.34:28739 \|N/A © ESET 2014-2018
malware-ioc sshdoor.yar description = "Signature to match the clean (or not) OpenSSH keyscan (ssh-keyscan)" © ESET 2014-2018

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