File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Suspicious

Single tier-1 ML heuristic detection paired with weak coverage and no malicious behaviour; insufficient consensus for high-confidence malicious call.

Trust score52Caution
MT AI confidence · 45%
c9dwwe.exe
146.8 KB
467a11dc8a3f7a55209c7ee6d67c
Antivirus engines
4 of 75 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 4 days 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.

45%Confidence
Moderate
Reasoning

The sample triggered a single tier-1 machine-learning detection (Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence) and one tier-2 detection (Elastic), but 16 tier-1 engines remained silent and 67 of 71 reporting engines did not flag it. No tier-1 family consensus formed (only 1 engine named 'attribute'). The file is unsigned, rare, and 0 days old with no signer history or external corroboration. Behaviour analysis revealed no offensive MITRE techniques, no malicious sandbox verdicts, and no malicious host contact. The absence of malicious runtime signals combined with weak tier-1 consensus suggests either a novel sample triggering heuristics or a false positive, but the single tier-1 detection prevents a safe verdict.

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. Symantec (tier-1) flagged 'ML.Attribute.HighConfidence' — only tier-1 malicious detection; 16 other tier-1 engines silent.

  2. tier1FamilyConsensus.strong=false, agreeingEngines=1 — no tier-1 consensus on a named family.

  3. Unsigned, rare_new (1 submission, 0 days), no signer history, no external intel hits (CIRCL, YARAify, MalwareBazaar all negative).

  4. No offensive MITRE techniques, no malicious sandbox verdicts, no malicious contacted hosts, no dropped children — clean runtime behaviour.

  5. coverageRatio=0.056 (5.6%), low coverage; 67/71 reporting engines undetected.

Points in its favour
  • 16 tier-1 engines reported clean
  • No tier-1 family consensus (only 1 engine named a family)
  • No malicious sandbox verdicts
  • No malicious contacted hosts or dropped children
  • No external intelligence corroboration (CIRCL, YARAify, MalwareBazaar negative)
Points against
  • Single tier-1 machine-learning heuristic detection (Symantec)
  • Unsigned executable with no signer history
  • Rare, newly submitted sample (0 days old, 1 submission)
  • Ambient MITRE techniques detected (obfuscation, indirect execution, hidden files)
  • Low engine coverage (5.6% of 75 engines reporting)
What to do

Treat this file with caution pending further analysis. The single tier-1 detection without consensus and absence of malicious behaviour prevent a definitive malicious classification, but the detection warrants monitoring. Re-submit after broader AV coverage or perform isolated dynamic analysis if you need higher confidence.

No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Antivirus engine breakdown

4 detections across 75 engines

4 malicious0 suspicious71 clean
Tier-117 engines
1flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-238 engines
1flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust20 engines
2flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
CrowdStrike
malicious
win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
DeepInstinct
malicious
MALICIOUS
Elastic
malicious
malicious (moderate confidence)
Symantec
malicious
ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Hash 467a11dc8a3f… cross-referenced against 75 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.

ent 3.67Unpacked
Section entropy10 sections
.text
5.74
.data
0.58
.rdata
4.68
.pdata
2.39
.xdata
3.48
.bss
0.00
.idata
3.75
.tls
0.00
.rsrc
4.78
.reloc
1.27
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. This is the footprint of targeted malware the AV industry hasn't signatured yet — extra scrutiny is warranted.

Rare & new
Unique uploaders
1
Very few people have ever uploaded this — rare.
Total submissions
1
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
3d ago
Jun 11, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
here
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)
6/11/2026, 4:02:10 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
6/11/2026, 4:02:10 PM
Scanned here
6/11/2026, 4:06:42 PM
File name
c9dwwe.exe
Size
146.8 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
467a11dc8a3f7a552086733b637e8d12b5cb14c4bc2098199c1d9c9c7ee6d67c
MD5
cd1fa932aa553c553a9a2e6b7aa18b5e
SHA-1
4e03a7ae90ab921c8e84ff34defed6513f0a5572
PE imphash
da8976efbe5a8b9b0d25f127ba819919
First seen (VT)
6/11/2026, 4:02:10 PM
Last analysis (VT)
6/11/2026, 4:02:10 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
6/11/2026, 4:06:42 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
6/11/2026, 4:06:42 PM
Behavior tags
peexeoverlay64bits
Community classification

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