vmware-cip-msg-proxy.exe
by VMware / Broadcom
Virtualization
Summary
VMware CIP message proxy
vmware-cip-msg-proxy.exe is the 1818th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 400 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service and it is most often launched by services.exe.
1818th
most commonly executed Windows program
400
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Plug-in Service100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- b18f6e751f85c85762ea6a57775612d7461ea1799cc4bc69b34e121dbe36e2e847%
- cf298230410db862214c67818d213c005efa64a3064c8cd6dbb6f247b4f3149221.5%
- 71669266ae310915babfa2ce62b6723ef93457ff4a8683c1e30e19afd1f6348220.25%
- 3760cbb9c224ebb1c255b646e87c1039d897e4faece522311b6e697df33eedec11.25%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe98.45%
- services.exe1.3%
Top Parents
- services.exe98.5%
- msiexec.exe1.25%
Top Children
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.