Ie4uinit.exe

Executes commands from a specially prepared ie4uinit.inf file.

Use Get code execution by copy files to another location

ie4uinit.exe -BaseSettings

Evidence

Upstream reference

Environment

Local host

Context

user

Native

Execute

MITRE

T1218

Detection

IOC: ie4uinit.exe copied outside of %windir%

IOC: ie4uinit.exe loading an inf file (ieuinit.inf) from outside %windir%

Sigma: github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/bea6f18d350d9c9fdc067f93dde0e9b11cc22dc2/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_ie4uinit.yml

Refs

bohops.com/2018/03/10/leveraging-inf-sct-fetch-execute-techniques-for-bypass-evasion-persistence-part-2/

lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Ie4uinit/