Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Windows

dnx.exe

LOLBAS Execute 1 Sigma rule name it 3 ATT&CK techniques 1 documented command

Opens the identifier with your command. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.

How dnx.exe is abused

documented by LOLBAS

Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution

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

1 documented command

from LOLBAS, each read by the identifier

Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges

Execute C# code located in the specified folder via 'Program.cs' and 'Project.json' (Note - Requires dependencies)

dnx.exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:folder}
Identify

Trips 1 Sigma rule: mediumPotential Application Whitelisting Bypass via Dnx.EXE by Beyu Denis, oscd.community

The command the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for dnx.exe, by Oddvar Moe, 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 dnx.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
T1027.004Obfuscated Files or Information: Compile After Delivery
T1127Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
T1218System Binary Proxy Execution