Is EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll safe?
The verified Epic Games DLL drew no detections from 75 engines, while its isolated behavioral mappings lack corroborating malware or network evidence.
The DLL carries a verified Epic Games Inc. signature, and none of 75 antivirus engines detected it, including all 17 tier-1 engines. One sandbox mapped three offensive-capable techniques, but produced no malicious verdict, observed no network contacts, and found no known-malicious child.
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Before using
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
If you already used it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
The DLL carries a verified Epic Games Inc. signature, and none of 75 antivirus engines detected it, including all 17 tier-1 engines. One sandbox mapped three offensive-capable techniques, but produced no malicious verdict, observed no network contacts, and found no known-malicious child.
None of 75 engines flagged the DLL, and all 17 participating tier-1 engines reported no detection. Its signature verifies to Epic Games Inc. and matches the curated Epic Games publisher entry. One completed sandbox run mapped T1055, T1560, and T1562.001, but those mappings were not accompanied by a malicious sandbox verdict, persistence, or recorded network contacts. The T1055 heuristic was based on rundll32 loading the DLL, which can occur during forced DLL analysis and does not establish injection intent alone. Ten written child hashes were inspected without a malicious child finding, although their individual verdicts remain unresolved. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available, but the balance of independent evidence strongly supports legitimate Epic software.
What We Detected
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the DLL, including all 17 tier-1 engines. The file is signed with a verified certificate for Epic Games Inc., and the signer matches the curated Epic Games publisher record. Static PE analysis found no likely packing or high-entropy code section, while external intelligence returned no MalwareBazaar or YARAify match.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run mapped T1055, T1560, and T1562.001. The T1055 mapping arose from rundll32 loading the DLL and is not sufficient to prove hostile process injection; the run produced no malicious sandbox verdict, persistence indicators, or recorded network contacts. Ten child hashes were inspected without a malicious child result, although their individual classifications remain unknown. No complete contacted-host reputation cross-check is available.
What To Do Now
Use the DLL only as part of software obtained through an official Epic Games or trusted game-distribution channel, and keep endpoint protection enabled. If the file appeared unexpectedly or outside a legitimate game installation, verify the certificate and reinstall the associated software from its official source.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- behaviour.offensiveTechniques includes T1055, T1560, and T1562.001; the T1055 mapping came from rundll32 loading the DLL and does not by itself prove hostile process injection.
- contactedHosts=null, so no completed host-reputation cross-check is available; however, the sandbox recorded no contacted domains, IPs, or URLs.
- signing.signerStats.found=false, so no sample-history record independently supports the otherwise verified Epic Games signature.
- All 10 droppedChildren.children entries have verdict=null, despite droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0 of 75 antivirus engines reported a detection.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- Verified signature from Epic Games Inc. with a trusted-publisher match.
- No malicious sandbox verdict and no recorded network contacts.
- No malicious child, YARAify rule, MalwareBazaar hit, packing, or high-entropy code finding.
- Sandbox mappings include T1055, T1560, and T1562.001.
- No historical signer statistics are available for signing.signerStats.
- The contacted-host reputation cross-check was not completed or saved.
- Ten written child hashes have unresolved individual verdicts.
The evidence supports using this DLL when it came with an official Epic Games component or trusted game installation. Keep endpoint protection enabled and obtain a fresh copy from the official distribution channel if its origin is uncertain.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 14MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 15spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll
0372e1bc98993ba9976e9d4678295c8bc6ad3adf2555b368e275949a6fe46372
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll",#1
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3644 -s 788
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
Temp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
d9fa414a-62ed-4416-ac8c-16e38c76ee9b
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d9fa414a-62ed-4416-ac8c-16e38c76ee9b
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
5 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d9fa414a-62ed-4416-ac8c-16e38c76ee9b
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\a02479e3-ba08-4c1c-822f-d59505e7863e
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF387.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF713.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF8B9.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF387.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF713.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess3644
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\eb684267-23e8-47bb-9e7c-9845fc710bec
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DBWinMutex
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- e5a69bfefd3a3f41794b…2c7065Never scannednever seen before
- 15eec10037b5a2755c92…dccd70Never scannednever seen before
- 225caf0030367ddafd90…3ff635Never scannednever seen before
- 6e606f8bc766b8c89505…5e1830Never scannednever seen before
- d392849875f0da6e1bab…911dddNever scannednever seen before
- f3efbbaef5b3514ed004…7670ccNever scannednever seen before
- 567a79ebd41fe9bfc2d3…2ce09eNever scannednever seen before
- b4ba5903bbdecd4e9259…7edd0dNever scannednever seen before
- dfdf99548f1d0548ab9f…3a8b1cNever scannednever seen before
- d3f499cd1eca3976f2a1…5a7fedNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 55sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The file has a valid code signature from Epic Games Inc..
ProvenanceObservedSourceCode-signing metadataObserved at - 03
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 04
Scanned file: EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll — 0372e1bc98993ba9976e9d4678295c8bc6ad3adf2555b368e275949a6fe46372
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll",#1
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3644 -s 788
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Temp — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: d9fa414a-62ed-4416-ac8c-16e38c76ee9b — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d9fa414a-62ed-4416-ac8c-16e38c76ee9b
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
Evidence"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll",#1
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll
- Format
- Win32 DLL
- Code signing
- Signature valid: Epic Games Inc.
- Size
- 13.5 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 13, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC
0372e1bc98993ba9976e9d4678295c8bc6ad3adf2555b368e275949a6fe46372Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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