File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Zero engine detections across 72 reporting engines with clean sandbox behaviour despite one heuristic on direct-IP usage.

Trust score82Moderate trust
xenia.exe
11.0 MB
3432bd1996ec998c417f84cd6f80
Antivirus engines
0 of 76 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 3y ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

78%Confidence
High
Reasoning

The file triggered zero malicious detections from any engine tier. Sandbox execution produced only ambient techniques and wrote expected configuration and cache files without persistence or malicious children. While the DirectIpC2 heuristic flagged eight direct-IP contacts without DNS resolution, this pattern alone does not override the unanimous clean engine consensus and medium prevalence over 1148 days. No external intelligence sources returned hits. The unsigned status is noted but does not elevate risk given the absence of any malicious indicators.

Key signals · 5

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines.tier1ReportedClean=18 with engines.malicious=0

  2. signing.signed=false and signing.signerStats.found=false

  3. behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false and droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false

  4. triggeredHeuristics[0].rule=MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 (medium severity)

  5. prevalence.classification=medium (39 uniqueSources)

Points in its favour
  • Zero malicious detections across all engine tiers
  • Clean sandbox verdict and no malicious dropped children
  • Medium prevalence with 1148-day history and no external-intel hits
Points against
  • Unsigned executable
  • Direct IP communication without DNS (heuristic trigger)
What to do

Treat as safe for intended use; the single heuristic is insufficient to override unanimous clean engine results and clean behavioural profile.

Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.

MITRE ATT&CK
9

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1010T1036T1056T1059T1082T1083T1497T1518.001T1574.002
Spawned processes
3
$(unnamed)
%SAMPLEPATH%\xenia.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
$(unnamed)
%SAMPLEPATH%\3432bd1996ec998c417cc6a51ca03d72496ba64076789ccbdacb7f7f84cd6f80.exe
Network activity
8
IP addresses8
  • 20.99.186.246
  • 192.229.211.108
  • 20.99.133.109
  • 23.216.147.64
  • 184.25.191.235
  • 20.99.185.48
  • a83f:8110:3deb:929:d811:7000:3000:6fee
  • 20.99.184.37
Filesystem & mutexes
40
Files written15
  • xenia.log
  • C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Xenia\xenia.config.toml
  • C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\xenia.log
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\D3DSCache
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\22221b550a9147e4\
+10 more
Files deleted15
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER5C7.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER6B2.tmp.csv
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER6F1.tmp.txt
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD98.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD99.tmp.csv
+10 more
Mutexes created10
  • DirectInput.{89521361-AA8A-11CF-BFC7-444553540000}
  • DirectInput.{5944E682-C92E-11CF-BFC7-444553540000}
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DirectInput.{89521361-AA8A-11CF-BFC7-444553540000}
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DirectInput.{5944E682-C92E-11CF-BFC7-444553540000}
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
+5 more
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 4 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

4 unseen
  • 751b88e8c1a502b90fb7b44c90Never scanned
    never seen before
  • d4c13eecb8f9ca2b84ea456f60Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 7852fce59c67ddf1d6b8011fbaNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 87380a0c13f55f9e09a2c9d078Never scanned
    never seen before
No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Signature matches

YARA + heuristic rules that fired

One or more medium-severity heuristic rules matched. Not definitive, but the patterns match known malware behaviour.

1 synthesis
MITRE ATT&CK profile
C2× 1
MalwareTips synthesis rules
Our heuristics on VT data + sandbox behaviour
  • DirectIpC2medium

    Sample contacted 8 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.

    Evidence
    20.99.186.246 · 192.229.211.108 · 20.99.133.109
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 76 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious76 clean
Tier-118 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-242 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust16 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 76 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 3432bd1996ec… cross-referenced against 76 AV engines via our AV network.
PE forensics

Section entropy & packers

Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked code.

Unpacked
Section entropy7 sections
.text
6.56
.rdata
4.18
.data
3.58
.pdata
6.36
_RDATA
0.45
.rsrc
7.71
.reloc
5.45
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.

Medium
Unique uploaders
39
Moderate upload volume.
Total submissions
41
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
3y ago
May 19, 2023
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
5/19/2023, 11:50:59 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
3/26/2024, 9:44:05 AM
Scanned here
7/10/2026, 8:24:23 PM
File name
xenia.exe
Size
11.01 MB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
3432bd1996ec998c417cc6a51ca03d72496ba64076789ccbdacb7f7f84cd6f80
MD5
67e903d37307a3795e664cc1726e9c02
SHA-1
c9d673dcffae3effe6fd210fe367536ffdd92cb4
PE imphash
79f010452b8e4431729db5090c2961d5
First seen (VT)
5/19/2023, 11:50:59 PM
Last analysis (VT)
3/26/2024, 9:44:05 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/10/2026, 8:24:23 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/10/2026, 8:24:23 PM
Behavior tags
peexelong-sleeps64bitsdetect-debug-environmentchecks-user-input
Frequently asked

Safety FAQ

Common questions about xenia.exe, answered from the scan data above.

  • xenia.exe appears safe. 76 of 76 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only run files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
  • xenia.exe is a Windows executable program, about 11 MB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
  • None — all 76 antivirus engines we queried report xenia.exe as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
  • The SHA-256 hash of xenia.exe is 3432bd1996ec998c417cc6a51ca03d72496ba64076789ccbdacb7f7f84cd6f80, and its MD5 is 67e903d37307a3795e664cc1726e9c02. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
  • Based on this scan, yes — xenia.exe shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
  • This report reflects the scan run on July 10, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of xenia.exe is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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