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dotnet-counters.exe

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

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01COMMAND EXAMPLES
01ATT&CK TECHNIQUES
00DETECTION RESOURCES
01CAPABILITIES
01 / TRADECRAFT

Command reference

1 examples

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EXAMPLE 01T1127

Launches the specified executable as a child process while collecting performance counter data for 1 second.

COMMAND
dotnet-counters.exe collect --duration 1 -- {PATH:.exe}
USE CASE
Execute a child process under the guise of a legitimate .NET diagnostic tool.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute · EXE
02 / ON DISK

Known paths

C:\Users\<user>\.dotnet\tools\dotnet-counters.exe
03 / DEFENSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Detection & indicators

0 resources

Indicators & detection notes

  • IOC

    Process creation with command line containing "dotnet-counters collect" and "--"

REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATIONS

Code samples

FURTHER READING

Research & resources

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Acknowledgements

Iván Cabrera@ivancabrera02