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joinutil.dll

Join Utility DLL file version info

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

Is it the real joinutil.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionJoin Utility DLL

2 known copies

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

5f64a47e9a89ba52a9570aaf59ff6304172a59fa6cda1b84a5fa107130c63673

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

c3ba678a9f8e5f15fcf38f9727a66e93d3abc09c86b9b9e56965dc5b11809c23

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