Ctes.exe
by CyberArk
Security Tool
Summary
CyberArk Credential Provider CTES manager for credential retrieval and rotation
Ctes.exe is the 2007th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 305 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\ProgramData\... and it is most often launched by CTESPersistence.exe.
2007th
most commonly executed Windows program
305
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\ProgramData\...100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 461ad41a10270479514bc843336d1226773db66697817d8dfc79d9ae857a2ef054.1%
- 89034e28865832c06bfdbd2754a118cedce88df90168f58bde1ca28a5eced11845.9%
Process Ancestry
Top Parents
Top Children
- conhost.exe93.83%
- CTESPersistence.exe0.31%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.