appcmd.exe

  • File Path: C:\windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\appcmd.exe
  • Description: Application Server Command Line Admin Tool

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 C2DF13F003940EDA1C53D34735983E92
SHA1 633CDE96E4D5AF88B19A7126499039FB7E9B979F
SHA256 E1997829E5A0D5EC1327B68F194B803C5EA30AD9B42BA42D54387E16D3AE53F5
SHA384 363DA8DA14626F2D6B8C06F6CFAD1E6DD298BDEE16B56F43CC8BC4E78442442712EACA1D8BAD901FD57B5ADB2F2AE1D0
SHA512 EE42995DD53986437F31615BDF5BA4B7BE999FEFD7D5DD4D8A2BA18A6B7E4D8A84F91B7B23A416F9A84B36AA78826C7D9410DFD49D0C3A06005A05AFC415CDFF
SSDEEP 3072:VzV5li/qcZuZ4fihdXMpUbFBW2Q1q0we8lULMlA4ah:7vgu4fiEpWK2O42

Signature

  • Status: The file C:\windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv\appcmd.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: ``
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File Metadata

  • Original Filename: appcmd.exe.mui
  • Product Name: Internet Information Services
  • Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
  • File Version: 8.5.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
  • Product Version: 8.5.9600.16384
  • Language: Language Neutral
  • Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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

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