systeminfo.exe
Summary
Windows System Information utility - displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its operating system.
systeminfo.exe is the 1005th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 2,039 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by cmd.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System3256.6%
- C:\Windows\SysWOW6443.4%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 03d2ef40e7c019a526b1aec22b273f1c4d407973df7f8bd5028c31ccaca9a49217.19%
- 2e85eaa3f38d773daf91846563e2fc466358db78cd4b73ba2dddb46edaed723813.61%
- 0984c8ea65cb17e8e41efdbfaa525098c12979b0dcca49928c11dd069ddb00289.18%
- 1084adf2ddbe903bd71a496720b0d6616882f120d1b3ffeae8d47feb0d9cc1238.64%
- 0ea2b2fea5407a984c0dab7c500b1a2f1658af0e65e566d24db313e5dbc6173e7.86%
- 81e6d6cb7a0f50f5bc331fd2af48a90f2dcee9ff7ef4f1abe0b87866f78379856.48%
- 91a038e513ddfff24593e452423c2c8e3c2e3576ccfebc784a437d6c868e23756.19%
- 39872bf7029dd15af8d3f8c30f8028d0330025f5f620e3db931ff4505a179f045.99%
- f1e43f167059ff746e200b21ddc55326cd8b3acd7d6bd9c541230db6f8bc63d15.84%
- 2981c4a98ca99d3c4f297678a24c31372b5847e1ece0802e28b8fcef0797f19f5.8%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe69.64%
- cmd.exe15.02%
- Asusgiftbox.exe12.08%
- explorer.exe1.37%
- PSEXESVC.exe0.74%
Top Parents
- cmd.exe54.44%
- QualysAgent.exe39.28%
- powershell.exe5.74%
- pwsh.exe0.25%
- wsmprovhost.exe0.1%
- PanGPA.exe0.05%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does systeminfo.exe normally do?
Used by administrators and support staff to gather system configuration data including OS version, hotfixes, network configuration, and hardware.
When is systeminfo.exe suspicious?
Execution as part of an enumeration chain. Output being redirected to a file for collection. Running on many systems in a short time (automated enumeration).
How do attackers abuse systeminfo.exe?
Standard post-exploitation reconnaissance tool. Attackers run systeminfo to identify OS version, installed hotfixes (to find missing patches), domain membership, and network configuration. Output is often piped to a file for later exfiltration.
Detection guidance
Monitor for systeminfo as part of enumeration sequences (systeminfo + ipconfig + whoami + net in combination). Single admin invocations are usually benign.
False positive notes
IT support and inventory tools commonly run systeminfo. SCCM and other management agents may invoke it.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
Related Processes
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.