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What is WUDFHost.exe?

Part of Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process by Microsoft

What is it?

Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) is a set of Microsoft tools that aid in the creation of device drivers for Windows. The User-Mode Driver Framework, for writing certain classes of driver that can run in user-mode.
Description of wudfhost.exe from Microsoft
“WDF implements the fundamental features of a Windows driver and enables you to focus on the specific details of your hardware or filter. WDF defines a single driver model that you can use to create object-oriented, event-driven drivers for either kernel mode or user mode. ”
(wudfhost.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)
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How does wudfhost.exe run?

Process - WUDFHost.exe is an instance of a running program. This program executes under the LOCAL SERVICE account within Windows with minimum privileges on the local computer and presents anonymous credentials on the network. WUDFHost.exe is executed by the process svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft).

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.2% of all Boost users have the wudfhost.exe process running.Of the 0.2% of wudfhost.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.
How stable is Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     wudfhost.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
How resource intensive is WUDFHost.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00079% CPU7858.6%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
          2.61 MB RAM12.1%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
 2 /min0.1%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
     8 context switches/sec8.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Windows\System32\wudfhost.exe

Are there other versions of Windows Driver Foundation - Us...?

wudfhost.exe - version 6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)
wudfhost.exe - version 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) (this)
wudfhost.exe - version 6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)
wudfhost.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
wudfhost.exe - version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)
wudfhost.exe - version 6.0.5716.32 (winmain(wmbla).060928-1756)

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process.
portabledeviceapi.dll (Windows Portable Device API Components by Microsoft)
propsys.dll (Windows® Search by Microsoft)
mdnsnsp.dll (Bonjour by Apple)
winhttp.dll (Windows HTTP Services by Microsoft)
tcwbf.dll (AuthenTec Fingerprint Driver by AuthenTec)
wbf_vfs_0018.dll (Fingerprint Sensor Software Suite. by Validity Sensors)
lsm303dlh7.dll (STM 6-Axis Accelerometer/Magnetometer by STMicroelectronics)
fjals8666.dll (FJALS8666 Driver by Fujitsu Ltd)
ntrigdigi.dll (UMDF Multitouch Driver Programed by The N-Trig Team by N-trig)
sensorinterfacetrackcoredll.dll (N-Trig SensorInterfaceTracker Dll Programed by Ntrig Programers Team by N-trig)
lenovovhid.dll (Lenovo Virtual Hid Minidriver by Lenovo)
vcsapiforwbf.dll (Fingerprint Sensor Software Suite. by Validity)
lgssbw.dll (Logitech GamePanel Software by Logitech)
lglcdapi.dll (Logitech GamePanel Software by Logitech)
lgssqvga.dll (Logitech GamePanel Software by Logitech)
kb9xradiobtn.dll (KB9X by WDKTestCert fly)
geosensesensor.dll (Geosense for Windows by Within Network LLC)
wbf_vfs_0050.dll (Fingerprint Sensor Software Suite. by Validity Sensors)
vcsapiforwbf.dll (Fingerprint Sensor Software Suite. by Validity Sensors)
asmbsw.dll (Windows (R) Win 7 DDK driver by Windows (R) Win 7 DDK provider)

What else is related?

wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)
prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)
mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)
msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)
rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)
dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)
bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)
msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)
workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)
appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)
ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)
microsoft.biztalk.brmacontrols.dll (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)
ssoconfig.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)
webfarmservice.exe (Microsoft IIS Extensions by Microsoft)
tfsjobagent.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)
tfsbuildservicehost.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)
ruleengineupdateservice.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)
entsso.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)
btsntsvc.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)
drmstor.dll (Microsoft® Windows Media Services by Microsoft)
themeui.dll (API de tema do Windows by Microsoft)

Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process Stability

wudfhost.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Driver host process failed a critical operation (WUDFHostProblem)
Details: The Windows User-Mode Driver Framework detected that a driver host-process incorrectly failed a critical operation. /nThis report contains information about the process and the drivers running within and will be used to improve the quality of these
Occurred: over 3 months ago
2.  
Error: Handlingen blev afbrudt (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago
3.  
Error: Handlingen blev afbrudt (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7600.0)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7600.0)
Microsoft Windows XP (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Enterprise (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Basic (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Home Premium N (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 8 (6.2.9200.0)
Windows 8 Enterprise (6.2.9200.0)

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File details

File name: WUDFHost.exe
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process
Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Version: 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version: 6.2.9200.16384
Size: 224.5 KB
Original file name: WUDFHost.exe.mui
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0021282628%
Privileged CPU: 0.0013424043%
User CPU: 0.00078585843762%
Privileged CPU time: 2290518.78 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 21 ms
CPU cycle count: 189,026,614
CPU cycle count /min: 7,165,413
Context switches /sec: 8
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 51.64 MB
Peak committed memory: 81.74 MB
Paged memory: 2.61 MB
Peak paged memory: 3.58 MB
Paged system memory: 89.93 KB
Non-paged system memory: 11 KB
Working set memory: 4.65 MB
Peak working set memory: 6.97 MB
Min working set memory: 4.14 MB
Private memory: 2.61 MB
Page faults: 7,491
Page faults /min: 10
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 4,243
Read operations /min: 1
Total read transfer: 16.86 MB
Read transfer /min: 1.19 KB
Total write operations: 126
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 716 KB
Write transfer /min: 336 Bytes
Total other operations: 54,023
Other operations /min: 4
Total other transfer: 12.32 MB
Other Transfer /min: 935 Bytes
Resources
Handle count average: 249
Thread count average: 8
Thread resource averages
ntdll.dll
ntdll.dll
combase.dll
msvcrt.dll
tcwbf.dll
wpdfs.dll
msvcr80.dll
wpdfs.dll
ntdll.dll
zunemtpz.dll
wpdfs.dll
sensorsclassextension.dll
ntdll.dll
sensorsalsdriver.dll
sensorsalsdriver.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): Local Service
Integrety level: Undefined
Windows platform: 64-bit
Parent Processes
svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft)
Process Commands
"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUIC:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortNamC:HostProcess-bd9c81f9-de15-4b0e-ba9c-fee86ea7d93f -SystemEventPortNamC:HostProcess-a1fe8232-60eb-4b3c-a35d-c430f9d96668 -IoCancelEventPortNamC:HostProcess-28e081a3-e4e5-4473-a569-1e959ea2d541 -NonStateChangingEventPortNamC:HostProcess-5e7f03f5-dcf4-4203-af68-fea703352533 -ServiceSIC:S-1-5-80-2652678385-582572993-1835434367-1344795993-749280709 -LifetimeIC:552f1c78-7795-4a85-bcdc-076e667de80b -Devi
"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUIC:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortNamC:HostProcess-1af3e9d4-f1fd-4d88-86c7-0fc6949b7684 -SystemEventPortNamC:HostProcess-ddded7bc-bad7-4871-9998-fa7f14a8cfcb -IoCancelEventPortNamC:HostProcess-1a499224-224b-4c82-9904-0bc241a3adc2 -NonStateChangingEventPortNamC:HostProcess-df8c8ec0-6be3-458d-b227-e39a055c9d5f -ServiceSIC:S-1-5-80-2652678385-582572993-1835434367-1344795993-749280709 -LifetimeIC:0734fc36-f1e8-4d44-ab14-f8ce87c2a04d -Devi
"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUIC:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortNamC:HostProcess-29c4e6e9-0b0e-4873-b630-ffd2b66fe327 -SystemEventPortNamC:HostProcess-450d99a1-1f03-4607-b15a-229e474d417d -IoCancelEventPortNamC:HostProcess-6a08d51c-ff5e-48a5-868e-ad3695639ed4 -NonStateChangingEventPortNamC:HostProcess-4dac4764-df9f-4daf-9697-38d86dbe49d0 -ServiceSIC:S-1-5-80-2652678385-582572993-1835434367-1344795993-749280709 -LifetimeIC:99eb2048-cc06-4e0d-aadd-87c7ca31447d -Devi
"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUIC:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortNamC:HostProcess-979d3c6e-96e3-48a5-a191-48ed049b65e1 -SystemEventPortNamC:HostProcess-30fb6778-0872-403c-acb6-92e3bb400104 -IoCancelEventPortNamC:HostProcess-ae599049-3344-4544-9a1a-5cbf43ff251b -NonStateChangingEventPortNamC:HostProcess-1d021a77-f3fe-4804-a607-d1f4dfa8eca7 -ServiceSIC:S-1-5-80-2652678385-582572993-1835434367-1344795993-749280709 -LifetimeIC:f19ec7c6-8a89-4f5c-8344-87eb17eb6ff3 -Devi
"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUIC:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortNamC:HostProcess-955c4d3d-1700-4dbb-b6c9-8c04ee93fe1e -SystemEventPortNamC:HostProcess-1ce13438-bc2d-4877-b2ce-afede8498c02 -IoCancelEventPortNamC:HostProcess-a8986160-d93f-410a-b0b6-7f0278ee61be -NonStateChangingEventPortNamC:HostProcess-4f821528-c09e-430a-8e9c-377b491777af -ServiceSIC:S-1-5-80-2652678385-582572993-1835434367-1344795993-749280709 -LifetimeIC:9b574ca9-cd0d-46e4-b96b-3d0df4a020ef -Devi

Image hashes

MD5: 8abfe00f213f2571498f1b8fd7939a98
SHA-1: 803e2aa7eb71676c3d0981fa01be9a38ffaf050d
SHA-256: b557ec9efd33612bafe01ffd304b50efb8c3c19763470560da950b5ab4a9ac9c

PE image details

Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++
File entropy: 5.85629
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-heap-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll
api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-threadpool-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-classicprovider-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-security-sddl-l1-1-0.dll
devobj.dll
kernel32.dll
msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll
ole32.dll
rpcrt4.dll
user32.dll
wudfplatform.dll
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