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WorkFolders.exe

2 techniques WindowsLOLBAS GPL-3.0

Execute

Execution Windows

Execute `control.exe` in the current working directory

Use Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism

WorkFolders
Context
user
Native
Execute
MITRE
T1218
Detection
IOC: WorkFolders.exe should not be run on a normal workstation
IOC: Registry modification to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe

Execute

Execution Windows

`WorkFolders` attempts to execute `control.exe`. By modifying the default value of the App Paths registry key for `control.exe` in `HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe`, an attacker can achieve proxy execution.

Use Proxy execution of a malicious payload via App Paths registry hijacking.

WorkFolders
Context
user
Native
Execute
MITRE
T1218
Detection
IOC: WorkFolders.exe should not be run on a normal workstation
IOC: Registry modification to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\control.exe