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DLL Fields

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DLL Fields

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These fields contain information about code libraries dynamically loaded into processes.

Many operating systems refer to "shared code libraries" with different names, but this field set refers to all of the following:

  • Dynamic-link library (.dll) commonly used on Windows
  • Shared Object (.so) commonly used on Unix-like operating systems
  • Dynamic library (.dylib) commonly used on macOS

DLL Field Details

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Field Description Level

dll.name

Name of the library.

This generally maps to the name of the file on disk.

type: keyword

example: kernel32.dll

core

dll.path

Full file path of the library.

type: keyword

example: C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll

extended

Field Reuse

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Field sets that can be nested under DLL
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Location Field Set Description

dll.code_signature.*

code_signature

These fields contain information about binary code signatures.

dll.hash.*

hash

Hashes, usually file hashes.

dll.pe.*

pe

These fields contain Windows Portable Executable (PE) metadata.
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