unsecapp.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
WMI Unsecured Apartment sink - hosts callback objects for asynchronous WMI calls. Marshals WMI event notifications.
unsecapp.exe is the 405th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 18,127 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32\wbem and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- cc95b1c4e787ea4b5d0efd697fd06d0c50c73d9308c960662a3193f3efd65f4822.77%
- 512a9a55033c8df2d4ef1a4dd22b9091c6402c46b98c0bdfda4a113147ca3a9315.35%
- bf2dd57424661710a5db7eaa5574510179489be9002c964f28f6331546d087bb14.25%
- 8095d4d7726438f8665e00c1a405ab94db6358dc14740783795cf8617a64f19e6.88%
- 7df67e2e0ad0d26b378eedae9d517b420c7d17715a95a0b1daf29b12c239fed55.62%
- fabb8cc6de82a79f1eed0976e5ce741ff3b9d5b1b40d90146052f4393cca80a35.13%
- 3b2f41efda68c82d9d50af329ac9b403c806cbe74f87917cdb350e542adda0174.56%
- fabaa4a3446832fc2451946448253d82ad7c474b71684e18d8a4d4abadfb11704.12%
- 17d505b5a54b12a00ac9df6866ce8a864eb61c3f1826eeee87bdc97cdc2762883.67%
- 0396209e22db36cf3eca0d00406f7e7d926aba6d753c1aef2dd37ddbf208d8643.57%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.97%
Top Children
- cacls.exe45.45%
- conhost.exe45.45%
- SIHClient.exe9.09%
Security Analysis
What does unsecapp.exe normally do?
Spawned when applications make asynchronous WMI queries. Runs from %SystemRoot%\System32\wbem\unsecapp.exe.
When is unsecapp.exe suspicious?
Running from non-System32\wbem path. Persistent execution without WMI activity.
Detection guidance
Verify path is System32\wbem. Unusual paths indicate masquerading.
False positive notes
Multiple instances are normal when multiple applications use async WMI.
Related Processes
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