What is IEPlugin.dll?

IEPlugin.dll is part of McAfee WebAdvisor and developed by McAfee, LLC according to the IEPlugin.dll version information.

IEPlugin.dll's description is "McAfee WebAdvisor"

IEPlugin.dll is digitally signed by McAfee, LLC.

IEPlugin.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\x64\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on IEPlugin.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee WebAdvisor
Company nameMcAfee, LLC
File descriptionMcAfee WebAdvisor
Internal nameMS Internet Explorer Plugin Dll
Original filenameIEPlugin.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2020 McAfee, LLC
Product version4,1,1,0
File version4,1,1,84

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

Product nameMcAfee WebAdvisor
Company nameMcAfee, LLC
File descriptionMcAfee WebAdvisor
Internal nameMS Internet Explorer Plugin Dll
Original filenameIEPlugin.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2020 McAfee, LLC
Product version4,1,1,0
File version4,1,1,84

Digital signatures [?]

IEPlugin.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMcAfee, LLC
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3
Certificate serial number30aa59dd718cfbde163ab821

VirusTotal report

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

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

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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        "kernel32",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1585277585.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2588,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1585277585.796875,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 1268,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1585277585.578125,
        "ppid": 1512
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\tfsagent\\_work\\1\\s\\build\\x64\\Release\\IEPlugin.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "_RDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

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": 662,
            "time": 6.15950083732605,
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        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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        },
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 5355,
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            "dport": 1900,
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "23426e6c542c454eab6531c3bd885811fed25b73d89187f4d6ba79956aaa27b0",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "6cb1df0580b44a2642942aade7094fec62624e495def1473a792cf38e6297f02",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f8e85897bbb919d2a1ee8e3bb16523bd
SHA256cf6b007b684afa7e1b27303124d74b0048e3651b4796e20ab88d548e7a0dec04

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