File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Unsigned Java JAR with zero malicious detections across 65 engines, 675 submitters, and 268 days of prevalence; heuristic C2 flag references legitimate DNS resolver.

Trust score88High trust
MT AI confidence · 92%
zenithdlc-2.0.jar
9.2 MB
806c971227130c677f17cddefd50
Antivirus engines
0 of 74 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 9mo 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.

92%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

The file exhibits a clean profile: zero malicious detections, 17 tier-1 engines silent, and widespread prevalence (common_old classification) spanning 268 days. The triggered heuristic 'DirectIpC2' references contact to 162.159.36.2, which is Cloudflare's public DNS resolver — not a malicious C2 server. Java applications routinely contact public DNS for network diagnostics and updates. Offensive MITRE techniques (T1543.002, T1562.001) are paired with 8 ambient techniques typical of Java runtime introspection, not malware evasion. No malicious sandbox verdicts, no malicious dropped children, and no malicious contacted hosts in our cache. An independent researcher annotation also rated the file clean.

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: 0/65 malicious; tier1Malicious=0; tier1ReportedClean=17 (Kaspersky, Microsoft, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Fortinet, Avira, Emsisoft, F-Secure, GData, Ikarus, DrWeb, Avast, AVG all undetected)

  2. prevalence.classification='common_old': 675 unique submitters, 760 submissions over 268 days — widespread distribution without malicious consensus

  3. triggeredHeuristics 'MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2' fired on contact to 162.159.36.2 (Cloudflare public DNS) — benign resolver IP, not C2 infrastructure

  4. behaviour: 2 offensive MITRE techniques paired with 8 ambient techniques typical of Java runtime introspection; no malicious sandbox verdict; no malicious dropped children (6/6 unknown)

  5. communityComments researcher annotation: 'Verdict: Clean Score: 0/100' — independent analyst assessment aligns with engine silence

Points in its favour
  • Zero malicious detections across 65 engines including 17 tier-1 vendors
  • Common_old prevalence: 675 submitters, 760 submissions over 268 days
  • No tier-1 family consensus; no malicious sandbox verdict
  • Contacted IP (162.159.36.2) is Cloudflare public DNS resolver, not malicious infrastructure
  • Independent researcher annotation rated file clean
What to do

This file is safe. The heuristic C2 alert is a false positive caused by legitimate contact to Cloudflare's public DNS resolver. No action is needed.

Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

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

MITRE ATT&CK
10

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1064T1082T1106T1202T1518.001T1543.002T1562.001T1564T1564.001T1564.003
Spawned processes
12
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe" -jar "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\runtime.jar"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage /grant "everyone":(OI)(CI)M
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_441\bin\java.exe" -javaagent:"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\jartracer.jar" -jar "C:\Users\user\Desktop\download.jar"" >> C:\cmdlinestart.log 2>&…
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_441\bin\java.exe" -javaagent:"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\jartracer.jar" -jar "C:\Users\user\Desktop\download.jar"
$(unnamed)
/bin/sh sh -c /usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate logrotate_script /var/log/syslog
$(unnamed)
/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate
$(unnamed)
/usr/bin/systemctl systemctl kill -s HUP rsyslog.service
+4 more processes captured.
Network activity
1
IP addresses1
  • 162.159.36.2
Filesystem & mutexes
19
Files written14
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_<USER>\5148
  • C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp
  • C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\17dfc292991c8786.timestamp
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\2320
+9 more
Files deleted4
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\6896
  • C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\6824
  • /tmp/hsperfdata_root/4961
  • /tmp/hsperfdata_root/5007
Mutexes created1
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 6 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

6 unseen
  • 9d21522e33d33ca1a88936a55fNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 5f0cff6364d37a64e7da03f2aaNever scanned
    never seen before
  • b468bf508c1b034631c5457d6eNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 3286581a3fb4e656be6bad63c1Never scanned
    never seen before
  • d87c5f3cdfb5b7c0510e1ade9eNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 44a3bab2c338e3bca24cd3b9e7Never 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 1 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
    162.159.36.2
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 74 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious74 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-237 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust20 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 74 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 806c97122713… cross-referenced against 74 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.

Common & old
Unique uploaders
675
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
760
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
9mo ago
Oct 4, 2025
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
here
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
10/4/2025, 12:25:16 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
6/15/2026, 10:40:19 AM
Scanned here
6/29/2026, 8:57:05 AM
File name
zenithdlc-2.0.jar
Size
9.24 MB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
JAR
SHA-256
806c971227130c677f10cb4b76a21498c12f55dca66fd1ca560d0717cddefd50
MD5
685c79991f66ec5821e5caa79040ca1d
SHA-1
dbec28f3972b9b66de05ea8aab93ee0ba2606ddb
First seen (VT)
10/4/2025, 12:25:16 PM
Last analysis (VT)
6/15/2026, 10:40:19 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
6/29/2026, 8:57:05 AM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
6/29/2026, 8:57:05 AM
Behavior tags
checks-cpu-namejarsets-process-namedetect-debug-environment
Community classification

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