LMIGuardianSvc.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
LogMeIn Guardian Service - monitors agent health and maintains persistent connectivity to LogMeIn servers.
LMIGuardianSvc.exe is the 202nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 70,553 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn\x64 and it is most often launched by LogMeIn.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn\x6499.89%
- C:\Users\...0.1%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\LogMeIn Ignition0.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ba63f94f564c3c7f3ce89b8d09bd63656f4c44d8a2c171318e1f3a1bd1f4998355.3%
- e90b937fedbc9a23f2e29f01eb9b10113db0d25b2c7a9d92fcbb5ef920a0625125.71%
- c86d3c3d43531db6c3e9b1e377cbf4c2d6ff181d3eb9afb472780943ac1f52c310.63%
- a985dc7d1e0b40fd7f9968fa222254a9d1b7a8c9337af05b776f5869fc9ff6ae5.87%
- 8073d791afc2f032d48ba2153c69654f53ff12d5d17e6d0c595425cda78f254f2.24%
- 1af8bcd673f56d2c064906b67c6bf10a181ee960d0ac0f7420ad06521f3deea20.1%
- b2cf609c766b857292eabdffe9e5a43a78eec89e19d802975754e0ed2c3be2460.09%
- 52e3f9a07b35b23910763e7ea76fe476632c828b3dd747b87fa1e2f0921295c70.03%
- 5aaca87020e9ef0435536ab151966c8ec054438fd26413d6cb39bb749668ffd10.02%
- ca1fa6006c88fafb2900fabc71fa5e1f06444666f08fc0aae336f6a5f9305e950.01%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- chrome.exe53.61%
- firefox.exe19.59%
- explorer.exe11.34%
- msiexec.exe6.19%
- wininit.exe3.09%
- services.exe1.03%
Top Parents
- LogMeIn.exe94.13%
- LMIGuardianSvc.exe4.01%
- LogMeInRC.exe0.63%
- services.exe0.19%
- msiexec.exe0.02%
- cacls.exe<0.01%
Security Analysis
What does LMIGuardianSvc.exe normally do?
Commercial remote access tool used by IT teams for remote support and administration. Maintains persistent connection to LogMeIn cloud infrastructure.
When is LMIGuardianSvc.exe suspicious?
Installation on systems not managed by IT. Running in environments that use a different remote access solution. Newly installed without IT approval.
How do attackers abuse LMIGuardianSvc.exe?
Remote access tools like LogMeIn can be installed by attackers as a persistent backdoor. Verify installations are authorized by IT.
Detection guidance
Maintain an inventory of authorized remote access tools. Alert on new LogMeIn installations.
False positive notes
Legitimate in organizations using LogMeIn for remote support.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
Related Processes
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