winrs.exe

  • File Path: C:\windows\SysWOW64\winrs.exe
  • Description: winrs

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 3C2D4F48D0401B68F3D52E112D43BB2B
SHA1 1DE5636F4CA1602A49F1EB45E2C677101436434E
SHA256 00696555CBF6DB83AF785F8ACB2270B9411CFC75E7F6D3ECE0EC1AE146AD5ACF
SHA384 949EF1891C8D0FDA7ADDC9BA678DC1E29EE396307DF650B26A13BBA079D8F0555618210314A8C941AF1BA37A3445321B
SHA512 58CC8C0BDA324A1D8F14F2119770DD00EF71306B2EA3A3FC9D83833D31FAD3D41E16B621BE62106FDBE224BF556683F71E6291E87267482A6401F834967DE5D5
SSDEEP 768:Y6Um14CKaulw/AxwA8BbVu0qpZpKr9xPANwu/6tTn:YpHCKa0bwA8Bk9bKvmwu/6tb

Signature

  • Status: The file C:\windows\SysWOW64\winrs.exe is not digitally signed. You cannot run this script on the current system. For more information about running scripts and setting execution policy, see about_Execution_Policies at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170
  • Serial: ``
  • Thumbprint: ``
  • Issuer:
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File Metadata

  • Original Filename: winrs.exe.mui
  • Product Name: Microsoft Windows Operating System
  • Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
  • File Version: 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
  • Product Version: 6.3.9600.16384
  • Language: English (United States)
  • Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Possible Misuse

The following table contains possible examples of winrs.exe being misused. While winrs.exe is not inherently malicious, its legitimate functionality can be abused for malicious purposes.

Source Source File Example License
sigma win_susp_logon_explicit_credentials.yml - '\winrs.exe' DRL 1.0

Additional Info*

*The information below is copied from MicrosoftDocs, which is maintained by Microsoft. Available under CC BY 4.0 license.


winrs

Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Windows remote Management allows you to manage and execute programs remotely.

Syntax

winrs [/<parameter>[:<value>]] <command>
Parameters
Parameter Description
/remote:<endpoint> Specifies the target endpoint using a NetBIOS name or the standard connection:<p>- <url>: [<transport>://]<target>[:<port>]<p>if not specified, /r:localhost is used.
/unencrypted Specifies that the messages to the remote shell will not be encrypted. This is useful for troubleshooting or when the network traffic is already encrypted using ipsec, or when physical security is enforced.<p>By default, the messages are encrypted using Kerberos or NTLM keys.<p>This command-line option is ignored when HTTPS transport is selected.
/username:<username> Specifies username on command line.<p>if not specified, the tool will use Negotiate authentication or prompt for the name.<p>if /username is specified, /password must also be specified.
/password:<password> Specifies password on command line.<p>if /password is not specified but /username is, the tool will prompt for the password.<p>if /password is specified, /username must also be specified.
/timeout:<seconds> This option is deprecated.
/directory:<path> Specifies starting directory for remote shell.<p>if not specified, the remote shell will start in the user’s home directory defined by the environment variable %USERPROFILE%.
/environment:<string>=<value> Specifies a single environment variable to be set when shell starts, which allows changing default environment for shell.<p>Multiple occurrences of this switch must be used to specify multiple environment variables.
/noecho Specifies that echo should be disabled. This may be necessary to ensure that user’s answers to remote prompts are not displayed locally.<p>By default echo is on.
/noprofile Specifies that the user’s profile should not be loaded.<p>By default, the server will attempt to load the user profile.<p>if the remote user is not a local administrator on the target system, then this option will be required (the default will result in error).
/allowdelegate Specifies that the user’s credentials can be used to access a remote share, for example, found on a different machine than the target endpoint.
/compression Turn on compression. Older installations on remote machines may not support compression so it is off by default.<p>Default setting is off, since older installations on remote machines may not support compression.
/usessl Use an SSL connection when using a remote endpoint. Specifying this instead of the transport https: will use the default WinRM default port.
/? Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

  • All command-line options accept either short form or long form. For example both /r and /remote are valid.
  • To terminate the /remote command, the user can type Ctrl-C or Ctrl-break, which will be sent to the remote shell. The second Ctrl-C will force termination of winrs.exe.
  • To manage active remote shells or winrs configuration, use the WinRM tool. The URI alias to manage active shells is shell/cmd. The URI alias for winrs configuration is winrm/config/winrs.

Examples

winrs /r:https://contoso.com command
winrs /r:contoso.com /usessl command
winrs /r:myserver command
winrs /r:http://127.0.0.1 command
winrs /r:http://169.51.2.101:80 /unencrypted command
winrs /r:https://[::FFFF:129.144.52.38] command
winrs /r:http://[1080:0:0:0:8:800:200C:417A]:80 command
winrs /r:https://contoso.com /t:600 /u:administrator /p:$%fgh7 ipconfig
winrs /r:myserver /env:path=^%path^%;c:\tools /env:TEMP=d:\temp config.cmd
winrs /r:myserver netdom join myserver /domain:testdomain /userd:johns /passwordd:$%fgh789
winrs /r:myserver /ad /u:administrator /p:$%fgh7 dir \\anotherserver\share

Additional References


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