Identifier / Programs / Windows
mscopilot.exe
LOLBAS Execute 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command
How mscopilot.exe is abused
Execute T1218.015 System Binary Proxy Execution: Electron Applications
taskkill
--no-startup-window--disable-gpu-sandbox--gpu-launcher-f-imEach abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for mscopilot.exe.
1 documented command
Execute T1218.015 System Binary Proxy Execution: Electron Applications User privileges
mscopilot.exe will spawn the provided command. Parent mscopilot.exe process needs to be killed to avoid command being executed an infinite number of times.
mscopilot.exe --no-startup-window --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-launcher="{CMD} && taskkill /f /im mscopilot.exe &&"The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for mscopilot.exe, by 4n4s4zi, 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 mscopilot.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.