vmware-cip-init.exe
by VMware / Broadcom
Virtualization
Summary
VMware CIP initialization
vmware-cip-init.exe is the 1854th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 381 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service and it is most often launched by vmware-cip-launcher.exe.
1854th
most commonly executed Windows program
381
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- e640684f36c5474267405164ae5816122b5fb7047b6d3133ddc629709fd702a468.5%
- 7cf37fecb3474b86ab725d4b13dcd25b2dc5bae5df6c99a8966af3d4ed1af61729.92%
- d6dd47a23ba5f11782d8eac2ace6095acb0ffc490b2da202d3df61cfd7d754231.57%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- chrome.exe90.86%
- firefox.exe6.79%
- services.exe2.35%
Top Parents
- vmware-cip-launcher.exe97.64%
- msiexec.exe1.31%
Top Children
- conhost.exe67.43%
- certutil.exe19.12%
- icacls.exe10.62%
- openssl.exe2.83%
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.