Identifier / Programs / Windows
openconsole.exe
LOLBAS Execute 2 Sigma rules name it 2 ATT&CK techniques 1 documented command
How openconsole.exe is abused
Execute T1202 Indirect Command Execution
Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for openconsole.exe.
1 documented command
Execute T1202 Indirect Command Execution User privileges
Execute specified process with OpenConsole.exe as parent process
OpenConsole.exe {PATH:.exe}The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for openconsole.exe, by Nasreddine Bencherchali, 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 openconsole.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.