What is dispatcher.dll?

dispatcher.dll is part of MessageDispatcher and developed by Intel Corporation according to the dispatcher.dll version information.

dispatcher.dll's description is "Intel Services Manager Core"

dispatcher.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) ME FW Recovery Agent\bin\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about dispatcher.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on dispatcher.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMessageDispatcher
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel Services Manager Core
Internal nameMessageDispatcher
Original filenamedispatcher.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Intel Corporation 2010
Product version1.8.0.34787
File version1.8.0.34787

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMessageDispatcher
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel Services Manager Core
Internal nameMessageDispatcher
Original filenamedispatcher.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Intel Corporation 2010
Product version1.8.0.34787
File version1.8.0.34787

Digital signatures [?]

dispatcher.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dispatcher.dll file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the dispatcher.dll file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\9cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1587988388.640625,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1587988388.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\bamboo\\xml-data\\build-dir\\TCCE18-WAR-JOB1\\src\\Ship\\dispatcher.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.062514066696167,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3346,
            "time": 3.0221948623657227,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3674,
            "time": 1.0312330722808838,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4002,
            "time": 3.033989906311035,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4330,
            "time": 1.5352680683135986,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4658,
            "time": -0.09226799011230469,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4986,
            "time": 1.1102979183197021,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12604,
            "time": 1.0649380683898926,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16796,
            "time": 3.126093864440918,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "10eb42b5bd1e8ecd8e688cc1286e7828dde63cad6fd53f0df395e3685517fada",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8e54ab3a70995401481a6ab119879071fca29af04ac47f699390ae0ca49db742",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5577f78f9116565d5d634a85ba65d8815
SHA2569cc180947a9d08dc4cd49c25c85bb80a0fa89c37ce0bb825a525ecebc2175fc5

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