Windows
SettingSyncHost.exeSettingSyncHost.exe
Platform
Windows
Abuse functions
2
Mapped techniques
1
Description
SettingSyncHost.exe is a Windows living-off-the-land binary catalogued by the LOLBAS Project. Documented abuse functions: Execute. Mapped ATT&CK techniques (per LOLBAS / GTFOBins → MITRE crosswalk): T1218. Defenders should monitor execution of SettingSyncHost.exe under non-administrative or sudo contexts and alert when its arguments match the abuse-function signatures.
Abuse functions· 2
ExecuteT1218
Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism
ExecuteT1218
Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism. Additionally, effectively act as a -WindowStyle Hidden option (as there is in PowerShell) for any arbitrary batch file.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques· 1
Uses1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technique | System Binary Proxy Executiont1218 | 100% | live |
Abuses1
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technique | System Binary Proxy Executiont1218 | 85% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.