forfiles.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
forfiles.exe is a built-in Windows command that lets you run a command on a file or set of files. This is often used for batch jobs run against multiple files at once.
forfiles.exe is the 5035th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 18 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- a59a4fc76a776ff9dac1169fb2109aee597cb4a7acaec7cfb2337aebe08b55f138.89%
- 6481bc37aba95442a91e76268559529bb94147cb127a5715afaadca6d019172627.78%
- 279e14fed5b2fef29d94063354075ff16fdaebe91e8a801c95a6bffccee7737216.67%
- 5b2ba93b56d9da593cbd896fd153414bf6c2c301f5fb034974d1504fa087b95516.67%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- userinit.exe100%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe55.56%
- explorer.exe44.44%
Top Children
- cmd.exe76.27%
- conhost.exe13.56%
- powershell.exe6.78%
- calc.exe3.39%
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