What is wpcap.dll?

wpcap.dll is part of WinPcap and developed by Riverbed Technology, Inc. according to the wpcap.dll version information.

wpcap.dll's description is "wpcap.dll Dynamic Link Library - based on libpcap 1.0rel0b branch (20091008)"

wpcap.dll is digitally signed by Riverbed Technology, Inc..

wpcap.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on wpcap.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameWinPcap
Company nameRiverbed Technology, Inc.
File descriptionwpcap.dll Dynamic Link Library - based on libpcap 1.0rel0b branch (20091008)
Internal namewpcap.dll
Original filenamewpcap.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2010-2013 Riverbed Technology, Inc. Copyright © 2005-2010 CACE Technologies. Copyright © 1999-2005 NetGroup, Politecnico di Torino.
Product version4.1.0.2980
File version4.1.0.2980

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

Product nameWinPcap
Company nameRiverbed Technology, Inc.
File descriptionwpcap.dll Dynamic Link Library - bas..
Internal namewpcap.dll
Original filenamewpcap.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2010-2013 Riverbed Tech..
Product version4.1.0.2980
File version4.1.0.2980

Digital signatures [?]

wpcap.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameRiverbed Technology, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number1402aeef0d31be743e73f6a7a960c4f4

VirusTotal report

None of the 64 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wpcap.dll file.

None of the 64 anti-virus programs detected the wpcap.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll.manifest",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2968,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\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\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1599763989.84375,
        "ppid": 2816
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\35aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1599763989.671875,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1599763989.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "c:\\releases\\winpcap_4_1_3\\winpcap\\wpcap\\PRJ\\Release\\x64\\wpcap.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": 3.0548229217529297,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5326,
            "time": 2.995313882827759,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5654,
            "time": 1.0427210330963135,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5982,
            "time": 3.0042450428009033,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6310,
            "time": 1.5493578910827637,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6638,
            "time": -0.09877300262451172,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6966,
            "time": 1.5803539752960205,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16764,
            "time": 1.0818688869476318,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25148,
            "time": 3.0704498291015625,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "57d538c4b21ae1b966b5eecfe51da3a5a8f92d0822946254e1962f0d5afb497d",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "b2c5cd79bd409a617f1651d5041348743ea44dde32c4b47df62dc08dd5d33fd6",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Folder name variants

wpcap.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\system32\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named wpcap.dll

wpcap.dll (11 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a672f1cf00fa5ac3f4f59577f77d8c86
SHA25635aab6caaaf1720a4d888ae0de9e2a8e19604f3ea0e4dd882c3eeae4f39af117

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