VirusTotal · JSON Structure

Virustotal File Behaviour Object Structure

A file's behaviour report from one of VirusTotal's sandboxes.

Type: object Properties: 5 Required: 3

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FileBehaviourObject is a JSON Structure definition published by VirusTotal, describing 5 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id type links attributes relationships

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virustotal/refs/heads/main/json-structure/virustotal-file-behaviour-object-structure.json",
  "name": "FileBehaviourObject",
  "description": "A file's behaviour report from one of VirusTotal's sandboxes.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object identifier."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object type discriminator."
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Hypermedia links.",
      "properties": {
        "self": {
          "type": "uri"
        }
      }
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Type-specific attributes for FileBehaviourObject.",
      "properties": {
        "sandbox_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "VirusTotal Jujubox"
        },
        "analysis_date": {
          "type": "int32"
        },
        "behash": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "tags": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "processes_tree": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "processes_created": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "processes_injected": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "processes_killed": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "command_executions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "registry_keys_opened": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "registry_keys_set": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "files_opened": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "files_written": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "files_deleted": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "files_dropped": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "modules_loaded": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "mutexes_created": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "mutexes_opened": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "dns_lookups": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "ip_traffic": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "http_conversations": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "tls": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "mitre_attack_techniques": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "verdicts": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "type",
    "attributes"
  ]
}