Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Windows

sqlps.exe

LOLBAS Execute 1 Sigma rule name it 3 ATT&CK techniques 1 documented command

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

How sqlps.exe is abused

documented by LOLBAS

Execute T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution

-noprofile

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

1 documented command

from LOLBAS, each read by the identifier

Execute T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution User privileges

Run a SQL Server PowerShell mini-console without Module and ScriptBlock Logging.

Sqlps.exe -noprofile
Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for sqlps.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 sqlps.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
mediumDetection of PowerShell Execution via Sqlps.exeAgro (@agro_sev) oscd.community
T1059.001Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
T1127Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
T1218System Binary Proxy Execution

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