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expand.exe

LZ Expansion Utility · Microsoft Corporation

LOLBinWindowsSysmon-confirmedLOLBASSigma refs: 1

OriginalFilename

  • expand

Differs from file name

Gotchas

  • OriginalFilename doesn't match the file name: a rule using OriginalFileName: expand.exe never fires.

Query snippets

logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\expand.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'expand'
  condition: selection

process_creation logsource. Sigma string matching is case-insensitive.

Values across builds

OriginalFilenameBuildsArchFile versionWindows releasesSourceSysmon
expand24x64, x865.0.1.1 → 10.0.10586.0Win10 1507 → Win11 25H2 (19)Host scan, Winbindex✓ 2

InternalName: expand · Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

All 24 parsed builds
SHA256VersionArchOriginalFilenameWindows releasesSignatureSourceSysmon
a24696e1ac8f…10.0.10240.17146x64expandWin10 1507UnsignedWinbindex
8317a7e0d7d8…10.0.10240.17146x86expandWin10 1507UnsignedWinbindex
e5cd2d9536b0…5.0.1.1x64expandWin11 24H2, Win11 25H2Signed (Catalog file)Host scan, Winbindex✓
287a035d8dba…5.0.1.1x86expandWin11 24H2, Win11 25H2Signed (Catalog file)Host scan, Winbindex✓
f38740306642…5.0.1.1x86expandWin11 21H2UnsignedWinbindex
0a9f7cf6a6f2…5.0.1.1x64expandWin11 21H2UnsignedWinbindex
db26a164dfe7…5.0.1.1x86expandWin11 22H2, Win11 23H2Signed (Catalog file)Winbindex
51d762689471…5.0.1.1x64expandWin11 22H2, Win11 23H2Signed (Catalog file)Winbindex
dfc1709a2988…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 2004 … Win10 22H2 (5)UnsignedWinbindex
210a43646b58…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 2004 … Win10 22H2 (5)UnsignedWinbindex
fac091fdd81d…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1903, Win10 1909Signed (Catalog file)Winbindex
71d931442aa5…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1903, Win10 1909Signed (Catalog file)Winbindex
f8603f7e5e31…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1809UnsignedWinbindex
3d263df4d7ab…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1809UnsignedWinbindex
a6195fac0834…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1803UnsignedWinbindex
39ec40864c47…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1803UnsignedWinbindex
e4cdd94f52c1…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1709UnsignedWinbindex
863ef862cc46…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1709UnsignedWinbindex
c922cd2ae4d6…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1703UnsignedWinbindex
8cbff6bc4fd4…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1703UnsignedWinbindex
83ea7a5c7634…5.0.1.1x64expandWin10 1607UnsignedWinbindex
8082b8a2ce8d…5.0.1.1x86expandWin10 1607UnsignedWinbindex
f4bd491c1d76…10.0.10586.0x64expandWin10 1511UnsignedWinbindex
e30573775196…10.0.10586.0x86expandWin10 1511UnsignedWinbindex

Winbindex builds link to the Microsoft symbol server copy that was hashed and parsed.