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cscobj.dll

In-proc COM object used by clients of CSC API file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 1 Sigma rule names it

Is it the real cscobj.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionIn-proc COM object used by clients of CSC API

2 known copies

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\cscobj.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

882978fd8316665c4d4d45b84e23568a1041dd92daf81c842b325a276d7e9832

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscobj.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

bd9cb98127e9efa0debbf17b8b32cab7b5b83c44a3b0b2da8e36c5fee3029943

From 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

Sigma

Sigma names cscobj.dll in 1 rule, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.