LOLBAS/Archive-Old-Version/OSBinaries/Cscript.exe.md

Cscript.exe

• Functions: Execute, Read ADS

cscript c:\ads\file.txt:script.vbs
Use cscript.exe to exectute a Visual Basic script stored in an Alternate Data Stream (ADS).

• Resources:

  • https://gist.github.com/api0cradle/cdd2d0d0ec9abb686f0e89306e277b8f
  • https://oddvar.moe/2018/01/14/putting-data-in-alternate-data-streams-and-how-to-execute-it/

• Full path:

  • c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe
  • c:\windows\sysWOW64\cscript.exe

• Notes: Thanks to Oddvar Moe - @oddvarmoe