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Used for managing background intelligent transfer


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Alternate data streams

  1. Create a bitsadmin job named 1, add cmd.exe to the job, configure the job to run the target command from an Alternate data stream, then resume and complete the job.

    bitsadmin /create 1 bitsadmin /addfile 1 c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\data\playfolder\cmd.exe bitsadmin /SetNotifyCmdLine 1 c:\data\playfolder\1.txt:cmd.exe NULL bitsadmin /RESUME 1 bitsadmin /complete 1
    Use case
    Performs execution of specified file in the alternate data stream, can be used as a defensive evasion or persistence technique.
    Privileges required
    User
    Operating systems
    Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
    ATT&CK® technique
    T1564.004

Download

  1. Create a bitsadmin job named 1, add cmd.exe to the job, configure the job to run the target command, then resume and complete the job.

    bitsadmin /create 1 bitsadmin /addfile 1 https://live.sysinternals.com/autoruns.exe c:\data\playfolder\autoruns.exe bitsadmin /RESUME 1 bitsadmin /complete 1
    Use case
    Download file from Internet
    Privileges required
    User
    Operating systems
    Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
    ATT&CK® technique
    T1105

Copy

  1. Command for copying cmd.exe to another folder

    bitsadmin /create 1 & bitsadmin /addfile 1 c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\data\playfolder\cmd.exe & bitsadmin /RESUME 1 & bitsadmin /Complete 1 & bitsadmin /reset
    Use case
    Copy file
    Privileges required
    User
    Operating systems
    Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
    ATT&CK® technique
    T1105

Execute

  1. One-liner that creates a bitsadmin job named 1, add cmd.exe to the job, configure the job to run the target command, then resume and complete the job.

    bitsadmin /create 1 & bitsadmin /addfile 1 c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\data\playfolder\cmd.exe & bitsadmin /SetNotifyCmdLine 1 c:\data\playfolder\cmd.exe NULL & bitsadmin /RESUME 1 & bitsadmin /Reset
    Use case
    Execute binary file specified. Can be used as a defensive evasion.
    Privileges required
    User
    Operating systems
    Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
    ATT&CK® technique
    T1218