gpapi.dll
Group Policy Client API file version info
Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 1 Sigma rule names it
Is it the real gpapi.dll?
Installed in
C:\Windows\system32\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionGroup Policy Client API
2 known copies
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gpapi.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows
2609d17d21af0a5219f4766187e46225cc4d2cde87eab2a88e070f81760d665c10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\gpapi.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows
80e41a66c4e962b7eadc8e3a44a5497b16aae86b4c5ec7e5e34a26ca11912dd3From 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 names gpapi.dll in 1 rule, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.