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vsstrace.dll

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service Tracing Library file version info

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

Is it the real vsstrace.dll?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Windows\system32\
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Signed byMicrosoft Windows
ProductMicrosoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Corporation
DescriptionMicrosoft Volume Shadow Copy Service Tracing Library

2 known copies

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

ac2138044e975a927b17a8dfff8b74297db2999eb4d6bc12822c592bf46c22ea

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

fb432c7b1881c10c2ed2af5d6d0bc1f9642f948efea7c3f8bbf4ab2e291a4a4f

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 vsstrace.dll in 2 rules, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.