pspasswd64.exe
Local and remote password changer file version info
Program on Windows 1 known copy with hashes 3 Sigma rules name it
Is it the real pspasswd64.exe?
Original name
pspasswd.exe in the file’s header: a renamed copy still carries itInstalled in
C:\SysinternalsSuite\Signed byMicrosoft Corporation
ProductSysinternals PsPasswd, Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
DescriptionLocal and remote password changer
1 known copy
1.24 · C:\SysinternalsSuite\pspasswd64.exe · signed by Microsoft Corporation
b5a01628e544929e2dff9f7041359d80f037e1e6da8afb97abd6b2b2f67960c4From the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.
What detects it
mediumPotential Binary Impersonating Sysinternals Toolsfrack113, Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Sigma names pspasswd64.exe in 3 rules in all, for every kind of event; this is the process creation rule CmdID evaluates.