Identifier / Programs / Windows
dotnet-trace.exe
LOLBAS Execute 1 Sigma rule name it 2 ATT&CK techniques 1 documented command
How dotnet-trace.exe is abused
Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for dotnet-trace.exe.
1 documented command
Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges
Launches the specified executable as a child process while collecting runtime trace data for 1 second during execution.
dotnet-trace.exe collect --duration 00:00:01 -- {PATH:.exe}Trips 1 Sigma rule: mediumBinary Proxy Execution Via Dotnet-Trace.EXE by Jimmy Bayne (@bohops)
The command the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for dotnet-trace.exe, by Iván Cabrera, 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 dotnet-trace.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.