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iertutil.dll

Run time utility for Internet Explorer file version info

Library on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 4 Sigma rules name it

Is it the real iertutil.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductInternet Explorer, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionRun time utility for Internet Explorer

2 known copies

11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\system32\iertutil.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

7d80927ec6fa8cf98be6bfdc50c8c9de221df452e1144d6bf91f9efa74264b77

11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) · C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iertutil.dll · signed by Microsoft Windows

83059d16408d52752d0d93e5cad700754ef4624a13b638068d258fffede5c89d

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 iertutil.dll in 4 rules, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.