Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Windows

microsoft.nodejstools.pressanykey.exe

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

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

How microsoft.nodejstools.pressanykey.exe is abused

documented by LOLBAS

Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution

normal

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

1 documented command

from LOLBAS, each read by the identifier

Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges

Launch specified executable as a subprocess of Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe.

Microsoft.NodejsTools.PressAnyKey.exe normal 1 {PATH:.exe}
Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for microsoft.nodejstools.pressanykey.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 microsoft.nodejstools.pressanykey.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
mediumVisual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Renamed ExecutionNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
T1127Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution