What is freebl3.dll?

freebl3.dll is part of Firefox and developed by Mozilla Foundation according to the freebl3.dll version information.

freebl3.dll is digitally signed by Mozilla Corporation.

freebl3.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about freebl3.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on freebl3.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Foundation
Original filenamefreebl3.dll
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version74.0
File version74.0

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

Product nameFirefox
Company nameMozilla Foundation
Original filenamefreebl3.dll
Legal copyrightLicense: MPL 2
Legal trademarkMozilla
Product version74.0
File version74.0

Digital signatures [?]

freebl3.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMozilla Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0b1f8cd59e64746beae153ecca21066b

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the freebl3.dll file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the freebl3.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:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll.manifest",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\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\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\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\\f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1584053585.625,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1584053585.359375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "z:\\task_1583748103\\build\\src\\obj-firefox\\security\\nss\\lib\\freebl\\freebl_freebl3\\freebl3.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

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.062640905380249,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0232038497924805,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0421569347381592,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.035047769546509,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.553095817565918,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09536123275756836,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5488197803497314,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.0627617835998535,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.125358819961548,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d402e674edb00d723fded9349d7feef5c4d861e9157b5e88b24d50316a603ef1",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "6152d2dc800ede9035a649f2a544866c214c8b617a89d551a648ff2ec280abc1",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a35dc1fe1658a6fd37fa335f846fb839
SHA256f4f668a9111e85026c3d6fe378d2dc99a4615c378280eccbe11f5ceed778f95c

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