cytool.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Cortex XDR / Cylance diagnostic and management tool - provides command-line interface for agent status, troubleshooting, and configuration.
cytool.exe is the 531st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 10,272 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 23d6672cf3817b1e07d181dcb748a5ba543dba524bc961d3039cefd08c66568962.97%
- 3d95badf69cbdddc932789ce9fab995b9f2c51439cfee5c1ba7004856144276136.28%
- 1539461a0ccf3cdf9ef4e3b0e5dd8e80687b7858160597e5fc978f01a6063efc0.56%
- 23b38dfe27c2f6c87eeb05a573ca00ef6e9b59fd87a5a37b9006007f08294ce60.13%
- a264cb8061d0ef31c3ed8d067d01ec815489495a4f95cede7a3a60869423a0900.06%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
- cmd.exe99.3%
- msiexec.exe0.62%
- powershell.exe0.07%
Security Analysis
What does cytool.exe normally do?
Used by administrators to check agent status, run diagnostics, and manage the endpoint security agent.
When is cytool.exe suspicious?
Being used to disable protections. Running from unexpected paths.
False positive notes
Normal security administration tool.
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