Forfiles Indirect Command Execution

Defense Evasion

This technique launches an executable without a cmd.exe.

Execution

forfiles /p c:\windows\system32 /m notepad.exe /c calc.exe

Observations

Defenders can monitor for process creation/commandline logs to detect this activity:

References

Indirect Command Execution, Technique T1202 - Enterprise | MITRE ATT&CK®