Files dropped during the file's execution
The dropped_files relationship returns the list of all files dropped during the execution of the given private file. Each of the files returned also contains contextual information (paths where the file was dropped and file type).
This relationship can be retrieved using the relationships API endpoint. The response contains a list of private files objects.
{
"data": [
{
"attributes": {
...
},
"context_attributes": {
"paths": [<string>, ...],
"type": <string>
}
"type": "private_file",
"id": <string>
} ,
...
],
"links": {
"next": <string>,
"self": <string>
},
"meta": {
"count": <int>,
"cursor": <string>
}
}
{
"meta": {
"count": 167,
"cursor": "STEKLg=="
},
"data": [
{
"attributes": {
...
},
"type": "private_file",
"id": "7a8c0b2d05f1d104837bc5fa31d936f608691c5937bcd2ccf05553d1a6bf4f87",
"links": {
"self": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/private/files/7a8c0b2d05f1d104837bc5fa31d936f608691c5937bcd2ccf05553d1a6bf4f87"
},
"context_attributes": {
"paths": [
"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\Update.exe",
"C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\SquirrelTemp\\Update.exe"
],
"type": "Win32 EXE"
}
}
],
"links": {
"self": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/private/files/7354b30f2e7ff0166dd73be94ec6d33b8b12f614798a6c735ede0d9e26a2b36f/dropped_files?limit=1",
"next": "https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/private/files/7354b30f2e7ff0166dd73be94ec6d33b8b12f614798a6c735ede0d9e26a2b36f/dropped_files?cursor=STEKLg%3D%3D&limit=1"
}
}