What is sfal.dll?

sfal.dll is part of Bitdefender Security and developed by Bitdefender according to the sfal.dll version information.

sfal.dll's description is "BitDefender Selfprotect"

sfal.dll is digitally signed by Bitdefender SRL.

sfal.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\rarsfx0\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sfal.dll file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.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

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2828,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.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\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576043585.828125,
        "ppid": 2924
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2924,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\82086ab119cf47e581f7e716e6ae9b273eec672ea4d14f89b4f563aa9ef1bc90.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576043585.640625,
        "ppid": 2732
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576043585.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\Bamboo\\home\\xml-data\\build-dir\\CST-CSTVS2017-SOURCES\\bin\\x64\\Release\\sfal.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": 662,
            "time": 6.180239915847778,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5442,
            "time": 6.142467021942139,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
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            "time": 4.1423749923706055,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6098,
            "time": 6.153738021850586,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6426,
            "time": 4.6541969776153564,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6754,
            "time": 3.029576063156128,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7082,
            "time": 4.667474985122681,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16880,
            "time": 4.175122022628784,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25264,
            "time": 6.237867116928101,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b7b710c90fa1edf7927b3073d30ae8c8f6c97fff221e517b4138751a4ede009f",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "07988d0b0526da7b66146958d5e01e48ef5b375d4628ba239f701a218b32cf1d",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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