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PE Header Fields

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PE Header Fields

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These fields contain Windows Portable Executable (PE) metadata.

PE Header Field Details

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Field	Description	Level
pe.architecture	CPU architecture target for the file. type: keyword example: `x64`	extended
pe.company	Internal company name of the file, provided at compile-time. type: keyword example: `Microsoft Corporation`	extended
pe.description	Internal description of the file, provided at compile-time. type: keyword example: `Paint`	extended
pe.file_version	Internal version of the file, provided at compile-time. type: keyword example: `6.3.9600.17415`	extended
pe.imphash	A hash of the imports in a PE file. An imphash — or import hash — can be used to fingerprint binaries even after recompilation or other code-level transformations have occurred, which would change more traditional hash values. Learn more at https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/01/tracking-malware-import-hashing.html. type: keyword example: `0c6803c4e922103c4dca5963aad36ddf`	extended
pe.original_file_name	Internal name of the file, provided at compile-time. type: keyword example: `MSPAINT.EXE`	extended
pe.product	Internal product name of the file, provided at compile-time. type: keyword example: `Microsoft® Windows® Operating System`	extended

Field Reuse

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The pe fields are expected to be nested at: dll.pe, file.pe, process.pe.

Note also that the pe fields are not expected to be used directly at the root of the events.

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