Supported File Types

File types

The Adaptive Sandbox engine supports a wide variety of file types, organized by category below:

Application types

File Type

OS

Comment

A3X

Windows

AutoIt v3 Script

AU3

Windows

AutoIt v3 Script

Office Documents

File type

OS

Comment

DOCX

Windows

Microsoft Word Document

DOCM

Windows

Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document

DOTX

Windows

Microsoft Word Template

DOTM

Windows

Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template

DOC

Windows

Microsoft Word Document

DOT

Windows

Microsoft Word Template

XLSX

Windows

Microsoft Excel Workbook

XLSM

Windows

Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook

XLS

Windows

Microsoft Excel Workbook

XLTX

Windows

Microsoft Excel Template

XLTM

Windows

Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template

PPTX

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

PPTM

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation

PPSX

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show

PPT

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

PPAM

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in

POTX

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Template

POTM

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Template

POT

Windows

Microsoft PowerPoint Template

ODT

Windows

OpenDocument Text

ODS

Windows

OpenDocument Spreadsheet

RTF

Windows

Rich Text Format

HWP

Windows

Hangul Word Processor

PUB

Windows

Microsoft Publisher

ONE

Windows

Microsoft OneNote exported section

Executable Files

File type

OS

Comment

PE (EXE/DLL)

Windows

PE unpacking & re-analysis

PE (dotnet_pe)

Windows

PE.NET decompilation & re-analysis

PE (other)

Windows

Other specific PE types (SFX, Golang, Rust, etc.)

APK

Android

Android Application Package

CPL

Windows

Control Panel Extension

ELF

Unix

Executable and Linkable Format

LNK

Windows

Windows Shortcut

MSI

Windows

Windows Installer Package

Image Files

File type

OS

Comment

DWG

Windows

VBA macro extraction

SVG

Windows

Scalable Vector Graphics

Media Files

File type

OS

Comment

ASF

Windows

Windows Media Video

MP3

Multi-OS

Digital Audio

Other

File type

OS

Comment

Java

Multi-OS

Java Decompilation & re-analysis

MSC

Windows

Microsoft Management Console

OLE

Windows

Object Linking and Embedding

SCT

Windows

Windows Scriptlet

Adobe Files

File type

OS

Comment

PDF

Multi-OS

Portable Document Format

Text Files

File type

OS

Comment

HTML

Windows

Hypertext Markup Language

TXT

Windows

Plain Text

HTA

Windows

HTML Application

WSF

Windows

Windows Script File

BAT

Windows

Batch Script

JScript

Windows

Microsoft's JavaScript

JSE

Windows

JScript Encoded

Powershell

Windows

PowerShell Script

VBScript

Windows

Visual Basic Script

Email Files

File type

OS

Comment

EML

Windows

Electronic Mail

MBOX

Windows

Mailbox Format

RFC822

Windows

RFC822 Email Format

Archive types

The Adaptive Sandbox engine analyzes various archive file types, with certain types being processed through the Archive Engine, as listed below:

Archive Type

Type-specific analysis

Comment

7z

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

ACE

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

BZIP2/BZ2

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

CAB


Extracted by Archive engine

CHM

YES


DEB

NO

Extracted by Archive engine

ISO

NO

Extracted by Archive engine

PKG

NO


RAR

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

SFX (PEEXE)

YES


TBZ2

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

TAR

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

TGZ

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

VHD

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine

XPI

NO

Extracted by Archive engine

ZIP

N/A

Extracted by Archive engine