show malware events

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Displays the last 100 malware analysis jobs with events.

This command returns the malware analysis jobs with events and includes event information such as the event's type, occurrence time, name, analysis type, and so on. The malware records are listed in descending order by malware ID.

Syntax

show malware events [limit <number>]

Parameters

limit <number>

(Optional) Displays the specified number of entries with events. You can display up to 1000 entries.

Output fields

The following table describes the output fields for the show malware events command. Fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear in the output.

Field

Description

Malware ID

Specific malware analysis job number.

Submission ID

Specific malware submission job number.

Analysis Type

Type of malware analysis (sandbox or live) that is associated with the malware submission job number.

URL

Single URL of the malware sample.

Analysis Timeout

Number of seconds after which the malware analysis stops if the analysis is not complete.

Analysis Priority

Priority setting for the current analysis, if you add multiple analysis jobs at the same time to the MVX engine queue. The default priority is normal.

Force

Force the Malware Analysis appliance to perform the submitted analysis even if it matches a previous submission for which forensic results have been generated.

Profile Name

Guest image profile that the MVX engine uses for the current malware analysis job.

Profile ID

Guest image profile ID number.

Application

Application used to test submitted content.

Md5Sum

Result of the MD5 checksum.

State

Whether the malware submission job has been completed, is in the queue waiting to be analyzed, or is currently running.

Submitted Time

Date and time when the malware analysis job was submitted.

Download Start Time

Start time of the download.

Download End Time

End time of the download.

Run Start Time

Start time of the analysis.

Run End Time

End time of the analysis.

IM

Whether the sample is malicious. The results can be Yes, No, or blank. If the entry is blank, the Malware Analysis appliance cannot confirm a malicious attack. Further forensics might be required.

Number of Events

Number of events identified in the analysis.

Children Malware ID(s)

Specific child malware analysis job number that is associated with the parent malware submission.

Parent Malware ID

Specific parent malware analysis job number that is associated with the child malware submission.

Occurrence Time

Time that the event occurred.

Event Type

Type of event that was identified.

Trace ID

Specific trace job number that is associated with a workorder.

Original Malware ID

If a malware sample is a duplicate of an original sample, the duplicate displays the information from the original malware analysis job number.

Example

The following example displays one malware analysis job with an event:

hostname # show malware events limit 1
Malware ID 607
Submission ID 429
    Analysis Type:         sandbox
    URL:                   ms_cdf_8450274
    Analysis Timeout:      500
    Analysis Priority:     normal
    Force:                 true
    Profile Name:          winxp-sp3
    Profile ID:            43
    Application:           Multiple-MS-Excel-X
    Md5Sum:                7fdde3aa553a11da085bb70fc29c66d8
    State:                 done
    Status:                success
    Submitted Time:        2015-07-27 19:39:33 UTC
    Run Start Time:        2015-07-27 20:45:21 UTC
    Run End Time:          2015-07-27 21:02:24 UTC
     IM:                    NO
     Number of Events:      1
     Children Malware ID(s) -
     Parent Malware ID      429
  Event 4557:
   Occurrence Time        : 2015-08-27 20:39:16 UTC
   Event Type             : checksum-match
   Analysis Type          : Malware
   Trace ID               : 1385
   Malware ID             : 1385
   Original Malware ID :
   Name                : Trojan.SWF
   Match Type          : av-suite
   EDP URL             : https://mil.fireeye.com/edp.php?sname=Trojan.SWF

User role

Admin, Operator, Monitor, or Analyst

Command mode

Enable

Supported appliances

This command is supported on the following appliance running the specified release or later:

  • Malware Analysis: Release 7.5. The limit option was added and the command output was enhanced to display the statistics about a specific malware submission job in Release 7.7.