What is clearkey.dll?

clearkey.dll is part of Firefox and developed by Mozilla Foundation according to the clearkey.dll version information.

clearkey.dll is digitally signed by Mozilla Corporation.

clearkey.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\gmp-clearkey\0.1\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on clearkey.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Foundation
Original filenameclearkey.dll
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version78.0.1
File version78.0.1

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

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Foundation
Original filenameclearkey.dll
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version78.0.1
File version78.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

clearkey.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMozilla Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0ddeb53f957337fbeaf98c4a615b149d

VirusTotal report

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

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the clearkey.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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        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.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": 2436,
        "summary": {
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                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1594252386.640625,
        "ppid": 2736
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2588,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.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\\e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1594252386.84375,
        "ppid": 2436
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1594252386.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "\/builds\/worker\/workspace\/obj-build\/media\/gmp-clearkey\/0.1\/clearkey.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"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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    "tls": [],
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            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
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            "dport": 137,
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            "time": 6.1590588092803955,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "9d6232c4b7c365ca44638b7cfa98b4f63fad1ed9893b42af2da80ea10f053af5",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "7180561e10b76cfae447f61848a5c3e04177f956d7f7e02285301089de7f9a9b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5540d8ad7c3f7b3843324a57e2ec3ca00
SHA256e2fb2875572343645f93e1c237b30ab215f60d311f9f370ff71b6e2ea964f745

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