sqlbrowser.exe
by Microsoft
Database
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
SQL Server Browser service — instance discovery
sqlbrowser.exe is the 2115th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 271 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared and it is most often launched by services.exe.
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2115th
most commonly executed Windows program
271
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 6c291cf9c9205d6f9ba43156e1ebb370ca11dd1656694f1b434e2e7f8afbc6a440.23%
- beb715404b799f3181c699e233f98b2a913beb677e94abe8e2872499fc75538524.52%
- baeff806f656fa252d1dbc1e21603cf5f7d54c5afb3fc91f2723729a7740df8a22.61%
- 93de4541ae3ea6fec2a45ed367108b74c2d50f2ebce95d667c1612ef514c6bd93.83%
- 95941ea71efa519db2f0f905c76439c0ac25e83d183c08d725420c2e34c140392.3%
- 6f9363fd2f471e30e388adeb854ddf4f534b647288989f52ca0f545be8dbfc9f1.92%
- fcd13771c17d134684370bf333396a7c3615a4202999e4f6438517314ea362ab1.15%
- 29fb8c7e1f5d328558d4308b6a540d6b2a8fde55ea3568737fcce98b2fd5d5a40.77%
- 689ad83a498596a9f7b0eabbc69199a3dcf0a6d183a94695c874e53f87f607fd0.77%
- 98d28f77349ee17006f21d441d13df0f643e95b31a5ad859a75462daec5cbc2e0.77%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Top Children
- cacls.exe100%
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