What is Sf2.dll?

Sf2.dll is part of Avast Antivirus and developed by AVAST Software according to the Sf2.dll version information.

Sf2.dll's description is "Dynamic binary instrumentator"

Sf2.dll is digitally signed by AVAST Software s.r.o..

Sf2.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\defs\19022102\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Sf2.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Sf2.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionDynamic binary instrumentator
Internal namesf2
Original filenamesf2.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2019 AVAST Software
Product version18.0.476.0
File version18.0.476.0

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

Product nameAvast Antivirus
Company nameAVAST Software
File descriptionDynamic binary instrumentator
Internal namesf2
Original filenamesf2.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2019 AVAST Software
Product version18.0.476.0
File version18.0.476.0

Digital signatures [?]

Sf2.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAVAST Software s.r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number01e93999f3871d1091dc1e8d58b8d405

VirusTotal report

1 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Sf2.dll file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
1 of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the Sf2.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 1512,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1606366386.859375,
        "ppid": 1564
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1606366386.5625,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "d:\\dev\\workspace\\Engine_Core_Final\\AVBranding\\avast\\AVRuntime\\v141\\CONFIG\\Release\\label\\WinClient\\BUILDSENG\\Release\\x86\\sf2.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": 3.0760350227355957,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.026319980621338,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0177271366119385,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0362281799316406,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.6256020069122314,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.10033893585205078,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5794620513916016,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15396,
            "time": 1.049901008605957,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 21684,
            "time": 3.1092631816864014,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "8781471a1d7c30076dc76586ad271d66fb06acd13688c15ad39ea541c3ea15c9",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "1dfa3063552cf63255a03ac5ae415ff3b59b00829cf68ea7e138ed2160f3991a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57134793c8a672f1cb81914985fd50f08
SHA256cd138b870591b0108ee2f3b0ea7316bad8276d1f51fae8c9fc9bad04600bcd64

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Comments

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