mimikatz.exe
Summary
mimikatz.exe is an open-source tool that allows user to view and save authentication credentials. Mimikatz is often used by both attackers and security professionals. It is typically identified and removed by antivirus software because of its potential to steal user credentials.
mimikatz.exe is the 6784th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 7 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- df05c1482a764fc020a9d5b24fb0bba993b4e0b2bec3803f6b5edbdd3879f78157.14%
- 4585b220fd13925aff301e9ac234ea6edbd25848d437d2a107bc0173e6f9a0b914.29%
- 743b6aa490b5ceadba78e1f8e221c03948f141758a0f06794d4b909bf635486014.29%
- b0ec683f6b364f3bf63ab959c0dcff7ec1c026da55716b16b23427068f44c44014.29%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe85.71%
- userinit.exe14.29%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe71.43%
- explorer.exe14.29%
- powershell.exe14.29%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
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.