Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Windows

winfile.exe

LOLBAS Execute 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

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

How winfile.exe is abused

documented by LOLBAS

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 winfile.exe.

1 documented command

from LOLBAS, each read by the identifier

Execute T1202 Indirect Command Execution User privileges

Execute an executable file with WinFile as a parent process.

winfile.exe {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 winfile.exe, by Avihay Eldad, 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 winfile.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
T1202Indirect Command Execution