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diskshadow

Diskshadow.exe is a tool that exposes the functionality offered by the volume shadow copy Service (VSS). Located at: C:\Windows\System32\diskshadow.exe; C:\Windows\SysWOW64\diskshadow.exe.

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diskshadow
diskshadow

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

credential.dump
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

Execute commands using diskshadow.exe from a prepared diskshadow script. (Use diskshadow to exfiltrate data from VSS such as NTDS.dit)

diskshadow.exe /s {PATH:.txt}

Execute commands using diskshadow.exe to spawn child process (Use diskshadow to bypass defensive counter measures)

diskshadow> exec {PATH:.exe}

Detection

Documentation

diskshadow

diskshadow is a Windows LOLBin. Diskshadow.exe is a tool that exposes the functionality offered by the volume shadow copy Service (VSS). Located at: C:\Windows\System32\diskshadow.exe; C:\Windows\SysWOW64\diskshadow.exe.

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