What is CxAudioSvc.exe?

CxAudioSvc.exe is part of Conexant SmartAudio and developed by Conexant Systems LLC. according to the CxAudioSvc.exe version information.

CxAudioSvc.exe's description is "CxAudioSvc"

CxAudioSvc.exe is digitally signed by Conexant Systems LLC.

CxAudioSvc.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\System32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about CxAudioSvc.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CxAudioSvc.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	Conexant SmartAudio
Company name	Conexant Systems LLC.
File description	CxAudioSvc
Internal name	CxAudioSvc.exe
Original filename	CxAudioSvc.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © Conexant Systems LLC. 2019
Product version	1.0.45.0
File version	1.0.45.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	Conexant SmartAudio
Company name	Conexant Systems LLC.
File description	CxAudioSvc
Internal name	CxAudioSvc.exe
Original filename	CxAudioSvc.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © Conexant Systems LLC. 2..
Product version	1.0.45.0
File version	1.0.45.0

Digital signatures [?]

CxAudioSvc.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Conexant Systems LLC
Certificate issuer name	VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number	5d79705fbf306c85642bb86f3fc82031

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CxAudioSvc.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin.config",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin",
        "process_name": "aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin",
        "pid": 2124,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29.bin.config",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1582829584.578125,
        "ppid": 2504
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1582829584.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Conexant\\Projects\\Application_Components\\CxAudioSvc-AUDBP\\trunk\\obj\\Release\\CxAudioSvc.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.185754060745239,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2134,
            "time": 6.144466876983643,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2462,
            "time": 4.139688014984131,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
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            "dport": 5355,
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            "dport": 1900,
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        },
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "632cf89acab89883c6e22353c6ebfac64f3d07250b75c278c58c9815c92d381f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fe00d8b2f939302f4a5660c10c5657a0c44f87bc40ed9dff9462010efb18fc20",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	80c249a3cec4d09881b534d0a08d9e70
SHA256	aabb7094ea21fccf72ce4c07066f58db3c9d3a0a645f5f495ab7f1e71052af29

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to cxaudiosvc.exe:

cxaudiosvc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

cxaudiosvc.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

CxAudioSvc has stopped working.

End Program - cxaudiosvc.exe. This program is not responding.

cxaudiosvc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

cxaudiosvc.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What is CxAudioSvc.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

Other files also named CxAudioSvc.exe

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with CxAudioSvc.exe?

Malware or legitimate?

And now some shameless self promotion ;)

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