System Script Proxy Execution (T1216)

Tactic: Stealth · Platforms: Windows

The interactive view maps 1 detection strategy, 1 mitigation to this technique, alongside D3FEND countermeasures and data-component coverage.

Overview

Adversaries may use trusted scripts, often signed with certificates, to proxy the execution of malicious files. Several Microsoft signed scripts that have been downloaded from Microsoft or are default on Windows installations can be used to proxy execution of other files. This behavior may be abused by adversaries to execute malicious files that could bypass application control and signature validation on systems.

Sub-techniques

• PubPrn (T1216.001)
• SyncAppvPublishingServer (T1216.002)

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• Open T1216 in the interactive ATT&CK matrix
• ATT&CK Intelligence View guide
• Official MITRE ATT&CK entry for T1216
• Sigma detection rules for MITRE ATT&CK
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