What is capcore64.dll?

capcore64.dll is part of NVIDIA GeForce Experience and developed by NVIDIA Corporation according to the capcore64.dll version information.

capcore64.dll's description is "NVIDIA ShadowPlay CAPTURE CORE"

capcore64.dll is digitally signed by NVIDIA Corporation.

capcore64.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\ShadowPlay\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about capcore64.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on capcore64.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameNVIDIA GeForce Experience
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA ShadowPlay CAPTURE CORE
Internal nameCapCore
Original filenamecapcore.dll
Legal copyright(C) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version3.20.3.63
File version3.20.3.63

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

Product nameNVIDIA GeForce Experience
Company nameNVIDIA Corporation
File descriptionNVIDIA ShadowPlay CAPTURE CORE
Internal nameCapCore
Original filenamecapcore.dll
Legal copyright(C) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights r..
Product version3.20.3.63
File version3.20.3.63

Digital signatures [?]

capcore64.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameNVIDIA Corporation
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number62e745e92165213c971f5c490aea12a5

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the capcore64.dll file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the capcore64.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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    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.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

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        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
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                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
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            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1588211586.71875,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1588211586.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2500,
        "summary": {
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                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
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                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "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\\e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
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        "ppid": 2800
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\dvs\\p4\\build\\sw\\rel\\gfclient\\rel_03_20\\shadowplay2\\capcore\\win7_amd64_release\\capcore64.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": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "Microsoft Visual C++ V8.0 (Debug)",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.142122983932495,
            "dport": 137,
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5326,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "dport": 5355,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
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        },
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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        {
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "ce6bee51addb7312385a437974563e1bcea5d33eaa40f966fc2fc4d52372f99e",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fddf55df202e6f4f1c6e2d2f80bbb2cde1262234aa74cdededd83534c1cbe656",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b919efc81fabe8e47f8b28e7365c1574
SHA256e2d0112566f3d47daa27f9abf3bdfb8de80a30ba4d5511bea32d76b61681127f

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