appcmd.exe

File Path: C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe
Description: Application Server Command Line Admin Tool

Hashes

Type	Hash
MD5	`055B2B09409F980BF9B5A3969D01E5B2`
SHA1	`D9F829F298076A5F6E509755D297B94982D0F86B`
SHA256	`60227991C5461FB4FA693ED8B70C85214D6A10ED753A35CDBBA9056A5E1D6A3F`
SHA384	`67433102839EDADD3E17959C93AA61A4FC085F39EDA06667CFA2570650C23F8A2B5F8CE19FBD665BB2B973FAA8A23A08`
SHA512	`1A8A883B01466D2255B87E1E65E6FAF7D6797E49357532B4E959719DE467DEAFA33C32D240B92D18979605A4238C8AB85A5C38720448E56CEB495C458784A2A0`
SSDEEP	`3072:IQ2D0Zs/FXeGFjF6fsKaqAzSBpcUz82/ZF2otKFiM:IDaMFrFjF67aqcFi`

Runtime Data

Usage (stdout):

General purpose IIS command line administration tool.

APPCMD (command) (object-type) <identifier> </parameter1:value1 ...>

Supported object types:

  SITE      Administration of virtual sites
  APP       Administration of applications
  VDIR      Administration of virtual directories
  APPPOOL   Administration of application pools
  CONFIG    Administration of general configuration sections
  WP        Administration of worker processes
  REQUEST   Administration of HTTP requests
  MODULE    Administration of server modules
  BACKUP    Administration of server configuration backups
  TRACE     Working with failed request trace logs
  BINDING   Object for working with SSL bindings

(To list commands supported by each object use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe site /?')

General parameters:

/?               Display context-sensitive help message.

/text<:value>    Generate output in text format (default).
                 /text:* shows all object properties in detail view.
                 /text:<attribute> shows the value of the specified
                 attribute for each object.
/xml             Generate output in XML format.
                 Use this to produce output that can be sent to another
                 command running in /in mode.
/in or -         Read and operate on XML input from standard input.
                 Use this to operate on input produced by another
                 command running in /xml mode.
/config<:*>      Show configuration for displayed objects.
                 /config:* also includes inherited configuration.
/metadata        Show configuration metadata when displaying configuration.

/commit          Set config path where configuration changes are saved.
                 Can specify either a specific configuration path, "site",
                 "app", "parent", or "url" to save to the appropriate portion
                 of the path being edited by the command, "apphost", "webroot",
                 or "machine" for the corresponding configuration level.
/apphostconfig   Specify an alternate applicationHost.config file to edit.
/debug           Show debugging information for command execution.

Use "!" to escape parameters that have same names as the general parameters,
like "/!debug:value" to set a config property named "debug".

Signature

Status: Signature verified.
Serial: 3300000266BD1580EFA75CD6D3000000000266
Thumbprint: A4341B9FD50FB9964283220A36A1EF6F6FAA7840
Issuer: CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Subject: CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

File Metadata

Original Filename: appcmd.exe.mui
Product Name: Internet Information Services
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
Product Version: 10.0.14393.0
Language: Language Neutral
Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

File Similarity (ssdeep match)

File	Score
C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe	35

Possible Misuse

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

Source	Source File	Example	License
sigma	proc_creation_win_iis_http_logging.yml	`Image\\|endswith: \appcmd.exe`	DRL 1.0
sigma	proc_creation_win_susp_iss_module_install.yml	`Image\\|endswith: '\appcmd.exe'`	DRL 1.0
atomic-red-team	T1562.002.md	C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config “#{website_name}” /section:httplogging /dontLog:true	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary
atomic-red-team	T1562.002.md	if(Test-Path “C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe”){	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary
atomic-red-team	T1562.002.md	C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config “#{website_name}” /section:httplogging /dontLog:false *>$null	MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary
signature-base	gen_empire.yar	$x2 = “$PoolPasswordCmd = ‘c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apppool” fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0
signature-base	gen_powershell_toolkit.yar	$s1 = “iex "$Env:SystemRoot\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list vdir /text:vdir.name" \| % { “ fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0
signature-base	gen_powershell_toolkit.yar	$s2 = “iex "$Env:SystemRoot\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apppools /text:name" \| % { “ fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0
signature-base	gen_powershell_toolkit.yar	$s4 = “C:\Windows\System32\InetSRV\appcmd.exe list vdir /text:physicalpath \| “ fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0
signature-base	gen_powershell_toolkit.yar	$s5 = “if (Test-Path ("$Env:SystemRoot\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"))” fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0
signature-base	gen_powershell_toolkit.yar	$s6 = “if (Test-Path ("$Env:SystemRoot\System32\InetSRV\appcmd.exe")) {“ fullword ascii	CC BY-NC 4.0