Malware

malware

The Malware object describes the classification of known malicious software, which is intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network.

Attributes

CaptionNameTypeDescription
Classification IDsclassification_idsInteger[]

The list of normalized identifiers of the malware classifications.

  • 1: Adware (ADWARE)
  • 2: Backdoor (BACKDOOR)
  • 3: Bot (BOT)
  • 4: Bootkit (BOOTKIT)
  • 5: DDOS (DDOS)
  • 6: Downloader (DOWNLOADER)
  • 7: Dropper (DROPPER)
  • 8: Exploit-Kit (EXPLOIT_KIT)
  • 9: Keylogger (KEYLOGGER)
  • 10: Ransomware (RANSOMWARE)
  • 11: Remote-Access-Trojan (REMOTE_ACCESS_TROJAN)
  • 13: Resource-Exploitation (RESOURCE_EXPLOITATION)
  • 14: Rogue-Security-Software (ROGUE_SECURITY_SOFTWARE)
  • 15: Rootkit (ROOTKIT)
  • 16: Screen-Capture (SCREEN_CAPTURE)
  • 17: Spyware (SPYWARE)
  • 18: Trojan (TROJAN)
  • 19: Virus (VIRUS)
  • 20: Webshell (WEBSHELL)
  • 21: Wiper (WIPER)
  • 22: Worm (WORM)
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
ClassificationsclassificationsString[]

The list of malware classifications, normalized to the captions of the classification_ids values. In the case of 'Other', they are defined by the event source.

CVE ListcvesCVE[]

The list of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers associated with the malware. Reference: CVE

FilesfilesFile[]

Entity:FILE
The list of file objects representing files that were identified as infected by the malware.

NamenameString

The malware name, as reported by the detection engine.

Number of Infected Entitiesnum_infectedInteger

The number of files that were identified to be infected by the malware.

PathpathFile Path

Entity:FILE_PATH
The filesystem path of the malware that was observed.

🚧 WARNING: DEPRECATED

Path has been deprecated since 1.5.0. Use file.path attribute available via files.

ProviderproviderString

The name or identifier of the security solution or service that provided the malware detection information.

Raw Dataraw_dataJSON

Group:context
The event data as received from the event source.

Record IDrecord_idString

Group:primary
Unique identifier for the object

SeverityseverityString

The severity of the malware, normalized to the captions of the severity_id values. In the case of 'Other', they are defined by the event source.

Severity IDseverity_idInteger

The normalized identifier of the malware severity.

  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Informational (INFORMATIONAL)
  • 2: Low (LOW)
  • 3: Medium (MEDIUM)
  • 4: High (HIGH)
  • 5: Critical (CRITICAL)
  • 6: Fatal (FATAL)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Unique IDuidString

A unique identifier for the specific malware instance, as assigned by the detection engine (e.g., virus signature ID or IPS rule ID).

UnmappedunmappedUnmapped[]

Data from the source that was not mapped into the schema.

Relationships

Malware shown in context

Inbound Relationships

These objects and events reference Malware in their attributes:

Outbound Relationships

Malware references the following objects and events in its attributes:

This page describes qdm-1.5.1+ocsf-1.6.0