detectwmi.exe
by Various
Endpoint Management
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Detect WMI - detects WMI availability for management agent installation.
detectwmi.exe is the 1082nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,713 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\ProgramData\... and it is most often launched by Tvsukernel.exe.
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1082nd
most commonly executed Windows program
1,713
observed endpoint executions
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\ProgramData\...100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- e92d94c2dbb82d4c285c5cdbfffad139009f0f0c574a36bf782b55af84ec6bae93.64%
- 3cd970732c777f2d9f664e0babd3d886c1bf8c0273d39d99fb373788a1d242436.13%
- aa46fded289aea6c120b406aa160eb028ee838decd3da49f86f34c5102ef92f70.23%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- UACSdk.exe67.62%
- Tvsukernel.exe3.69%
Top Parents
- Tvsukernel.exe71.34%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
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