cl.exe
by Microsoft
Development Tool
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Microsoft Visual C++ compiler
cl.exe is the 2724th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 131 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x86 and it is most often launched by devenv.exe.
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2724th
most commonly executed Windows program
131
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x8645.8%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd6427.48%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\Hostx86\x8626.72%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 792958483cc5ad5f69ddf4aa292096f5070ea5c4cb72839e99edfb5698dda80444.3%
- b531da770c1fb28c0ea57d42dc94b438e4cec6ee35baf9815f3dd9897790adc325.07%
- 69e5725d07c6cea7537d728f4212e2904283bad0b2511e98472bd2d2c5ade7fe14.75%
- e5f78de5ee1c26b74db0b3f0cd1627b030d0c0b777c7f2166139f1e08a1bf1d413.16%
- e4208d3e6a09087ad673cb061559f6f16259218fe9d88f6617fdf33f28c594fb1.53%
- 3f87f1c2b9569a0bc11c4c0bc5274d94ef3ab0fa588e0fc15510ebfdc5b123ee1.2%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- MSBuild.exe100%
Top Parents
- devenv.exe56.49%
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