What is SP_CertMND.exe?

SP_CertMND.exe is part of SP Daemon3.2 and developed by Watchdata according to the SP_CertMND.exe version information.

SP_CertMND.exe's description is "SP Daemon3.2"

SP_CertMND.exe is digitally signed by Beijing Watchsmart Technologies Co.,Ltd.

SP_CertMND.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Watchdata\PROXKey CSP India V2.0\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SP_CertMND.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSP Daemon3.2
Company nameWatchdata
File descriptionSP Daemon3.2
Internal nameWDCertM
Original filenameWDCertM.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyRight (C) 2007
Product version3, 2, 0, 0
File version3, 2, 0, 0

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

Product nameSP Daemon3.2
Company nameWatchdata
File descriptionSP Daemon3.2
Internal nameWDCertM
Original filenameWDCertM.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyRight (C) 2007
Product version3, 2, 0, 0
File version3, 2, 0, 0

Digital signatures [?]

SP_CertMND.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBeijing Watchsmart Technologies Co.,Ltd
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number1c4b77a23d0d2dd99768b73f8bb13d75

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SP_CertMND.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the SP_CertMND.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\WatchSafe.ini"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Watchdata\\WD PROXKey\\SPPKCSUtil.exe"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Defaults\\Provider\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Mozilla\\Mozilla Thunderbird\\"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Defaults\\Provider\\Image Path"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "TokenMgr.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1998aa7c4ac5752cce091137ad710b3064dfdb7f3417ade86b023ad1376b6e78.bin",
        "process_name": "1998aa7c4ac5752cce091137ad710b3064dfdb7f3417ade86b023ad1376b6e78.bin",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\WatchSafe.ini"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Watchdata\\WD PROXKey\\SPPKCSUtil.exe"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Defaults\\Provider\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Mozilla\\Mozilla Thunderbird\\"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Cryptography\\Defaults\\Provider\\Image Path"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "TokenMgr.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1578340385.6875,
        "ppid": 2504
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1578340385.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Armadillo v1.71",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "One or more processes crashed",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "__notification__",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "raw": [
                        "stacktrace"
                    ],
                    "api": "__exception__",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "stacktrace": "1\n9\n9\n8\na\na\n7\nc\n4\na\nc\n5\n7\n5\n2\nc\nc\ne\n0\n9\n1\n1\n3\n7\na\nd\n7\n1\n0\nb\n3\n0\n6\n4\nd\nf\nd\nb\n7\nf\n3\n4\n1\n7\na\nd\ne\n8\n6\nb\n0\n2\n3\na\nd\n1\n3\n7\n6\nb\n6\ne\n7\n8\n+\n0\nx\n6\ne\nb\nf\n \n@\n \n0\nx\n4\n0\n6\ne\nb\nf\n\n\nB\na\ns\ne\nT\nh\nr\ne\na\nd\nI\nn\ni\nt\nT\nh\nu\nn\nk\n+\n0\nx\n1\n2\n \nV\ne\nr\ni\nf\ny\nC\no\nn\ns\no\nl\ne\nI\no\nH\na\nn\nd\nl\ne\n-\n0\nx\nb\n3\n \nk\ne\nr\nn\ne\nl\n3\n2\n+\n0\nx\n1\n3\n3\nc\na\n \n@\n \n0\nx\n7\n5\nb\nc\n3\n3\nc\na\n\n\nR\nt\nl\nI\nn\ni\nt\ni\na\nl\ni\nz\ne\nE\nx\nc\ne\np\nt\ni\no\nn\nC\nh\na\ni\nn\n+\n0\nx\n6\n3\n \nR\nt\nl\nA\nl\nl\no\nc\na\nt\ne\nA\nc\nt\ni\nv\na\nt\ni\no\nn\nC\no\nn\nt\ne\nx\nt\nS\nt\na\nc\nk\n-\n0\nx\na\n1\n \nn\nt\nd\nl\nl\n+\n0\nx\n3\n9\ne\nd\n2\n \n@\n \n0\nx\n7\n7\nb\nc\n9\ne\nd\n2\n\n\nR\nt\nl\nI\nn\ni\nt\ni\na\nl\ni\nz\ne\nE\nx\nc\ne\np\nt\ni\no\nn\nC\nh\na\ni\nn\n+\n0\nx\n3\n6\n \nR\nt\nl\nA\nl\nl\no\nc\na\nt\ne\nA\nc\nt\ni\nv\na\nt\ni\no\nn\nC\no\nn\nt\ne\nx\nt\nS\nt\na\nc\nk\n-\n0\nx\nc\ne\n \nn\nt\nd\nl\nl\n+\n0\nx\n3\n9\ne\na\n5\n \n@\n \n0\nx\n7\n7\nb\nc\n9\ne\na\n5",
                        "registers": {
                            "esp": 1638072,
                            "edi": 4244272,
                            "eax": 0,
                            "ebp": 1638104,
                            "edx": 4235396,
                            "ebx": 4294967295,
                            "esi": 4244272,
                            "ecx": 0
                        },
                        "exception": {
                            "symbol": "",
                            "exception_code": "0xc0000005",
                            "address": "0x0"
                        }
                    },
                    "time": 1578340387.5935,
                    "tid": 2816,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2800,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 28
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "raises_exception"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 6,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00011360",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002e8"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000116a0",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000042"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000116a0",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000042"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_STRING",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00011a90",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000004a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00011648",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 1 icon, 32x32, 16 colors",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000014"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x000116e8",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000340"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.0754189491271973,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3346,
            "time": 3.031635046005249,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3674,
            "time": 1.043708086013794,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4002,
            "time": 3.0420351028442383,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4330,
            "time": 1.5498640537261963,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4658,
            "time": -0.09843587875366211,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4986,
            "time": 1.5626299381256104,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 11456,
            "time": 1.0647549629211426,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15648,
            "time": 3.117345094680786,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "0080493901219a25e445ddef0ba7db5b88fca6d5c79be6e316fa18df325fbc3c",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "84eb28dd333382ef274e01f0c148858465f77a6a12e817414a06c1f7fe2a267f",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c01eb80054cf82c2bb72b276ee6d7cd0
SHA2561998aa7c4ac5752cce091137ad710b3064dfdb7f3417ade86b023ad1376b6e78

Error Messages

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

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

sp_certmnd.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.

SP Daemon3.2 has stopped working.

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

sp_certmnd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with SP_CertMND.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SP_CertMND.exe. 54% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 13 users.

User vote results: There were 7 votes to remove and 6 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SP_CertMND.exe. Only 13 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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