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Windows binaries, scripts, and libraries with documented Living off the Land use cases, commands, detections, and references.

Use this index to identify documented Windows-native behavior, then review the command, detection notes, and original LOLBAS entry before validating it in an authorized lab.

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GfxDownloadWrapper.exe

Remote file download used by the Intel Graphics Control Panel, receives as first parameter a URL and a destination file path.

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ComputerDefaults.exe

ComputerDefaults.exe is a Windows system utility for managing default applications for tasks like web browsing, emailing, and media playback.

Categories: uac bypass

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ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe

Binary part of Windows Defender. Used to manage settings in Windows Defender. You can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. Being able to use different pilot collections allows you to take a more granular approach when shifting workloads.

Categories: upload, download

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DataSvcUtil.exe

DataSvcUtil.exe is a command-line tool provided by WCF Data Services that consumes an Open Data Protocol (OData) feed and generates the client data service classes that are needed to access a data service from a .NET Framework client application.

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Diskshadow.exe

Diskshadow.exe is a tool that exposes the functionality offered by the volume shadow copy Service (VSS).

Categories: dump, execute

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Finger.exe

Displays information about a user or users on a specified remote computer that is running the Finger service or daemon

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Forfiles.exe

Selects and executes a command on a file or set of files. This command is useful for batch processing.

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Ieexec.exe

The IEExec.exe application is an undocumented Microsoft .NET Framework application that is included with the .NET Framework. You can use the IEExec.exe application as a host to run other managed applications that you start by using a URL.

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Installutil.exe

The Installer tool is a command-line utility that allows you to install and uninstall server resources by executing the installer components in specified assemblies

Categories: awl bypass, execute, download

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Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe

A utility included with .NET that is capable of compiling and executing C# or VB.net code.

Categories: execute, awl bypass

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Mofcomp.exe

Compiler that parses a file containing MOF statements and adds the classes and class instances defined in the file to the WMI repository. Threat actors can leverage this binary to install malicious MOF scripts

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Msconfig.exe

MSConfig is a troubleshooting tool which is used to temporarily disable or re-enable software, device drivers or Windows services that run during startup process to help the user determine the cause of a problem with Windows

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Regsvcs.exe

Regsvcs and Regasm are Windows command-line utilities that are used to register .NET Component Object Model (COM) assemblies

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Sftp.exe

sftp.exe is a Windows command-line utility that uses the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to securely transfer files between a local machine and a remote server.

Categories: execute

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ssh.exe

Ssh.exe is the OpenSSH compatible client can be used to connect to Windows 10 (build 1809 and later) and Windows Server 2019 devices.

Categories: execute

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Xwizard.exe

Execute custom class that has been added to the registry or download a file with Xwizard.exe

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msedgewebview2.exe

msedgewebview2.exe is the executable file for Microsoft Edge WebView2, which is a web browser control used by applications to display web content.

Categories: execute

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Ieadvpack.dll

INF installer for Internet Explorer. Has much of the same functionality as advpack.dll.

Categories: awl bypass, execute

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Launch-VsDevShell.ps1

Locates and imports a Developer PowerShell module and calls the Enter-VsDevShell cmdlet

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AppLauncher.exe

User Experience Virtualization tool that launches applications under monitoring to capture and synchronize user settings.

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Bcp.exe

Microsoft SQL Server Bulk Copy Program utility for importing and exporting data between SQL Server instances and data files.

Categories: download

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coregen.exe

Binary coregen.exe (Microsoft CoreCLR Native Image Generator) loads exported function GetCLRRuntimeHost from coreclr.dll or from .DLL in arbitrary path. Coregen is located within "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Silverlight\5.1.50918.0\" or another version of Silverlight. Coregen is signed by Microsoft and bundled with Microsoft Silverlight.

Categories: execute, awl bypass

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DefaultPack.EXE

This binary can be downloaded along side multiple software downloads on the Microsoft website. It gets downloaded when the user forgets to uncheck the option to set Bing as the default search provider.

Categories: execute

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dsdbutil.exe

Dsdbutil is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Server. It is available if you have the AD LDS server role installed. Can be used as a command line utility to export Active Directory.

Categories: dump

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Sqlps.exe

Tool included with Microsoft SQL Server that loads SQL Server cmdlets. Microsoft SQL Server\100 and 110 are Powershell v2. Microsoft SQL Server\120 and 130 are Powershell version 4. Replaced by SQLToolsPS.exe in SQL Server 2016, but will be included with installation for compatability reasons.

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SQLToolsPS.exe

Tool included with Microsoft SQL that loads SQL Server cmdlts. A replacement for sqlps.exe. Successor to sqlps.exe in SQL Server 2016+.

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Squirrel.exe

Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.

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Update.exe

Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.

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VisualUiaVerifyNative.exe

A Windows SDK binary for manual and automated testing of Microsoft UI Automation implementation and controls.

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VSLaunchBrowser.exe

Microsoft Visual Studio browser launcher tool for web applications debugging

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WFMFormat.exe

Command-line tool used for pretty-print a dump file generated by Message Farm Analyzer tool.

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Wfc.exe

The Workflow Command-line Compiler tool is included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).

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wsb.exe

Windows Sandbox command-line interface. Creates, lists, controls, and executes commands inside Windows Sandbox sessions from the host CLI.

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XBootMgrSleep.exe

Windows Performance Toolkit binary used for tracing and analyzing system performance during sleep and resume transitions.

Categories: execute

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dotnet-counters.exe

.NET diagnostic tool for monitoring performance counters of .NET applications in real-time. Installed via 'dotnet tool install --global dotnet-counters' (.NET SDK required).

Categories: execute

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dotnet-trace.exe

.NET diagnostic tool for collecting runtime traces from .NET applications. Installed via 'dotnet tool install --global dotnet-trace' (.NET SDK required).

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