OfflineScannerShell.exe

type: OSBinaries

Windows Defender Offline Shell

Full path

C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\Offline\OfflineScannerShell.exe

Commands

ExecuteAdministrator T1218
Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism
```
OfflineScannerShell
```
Execute mpclient.dll library in the current working directory
os: Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute: DLL

Detection

Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/bea6f18d350d9c9fdc067f93dde0e9b11cc22dc2/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbas_offlinescannershell.yml
IOCOfflineScannerShell.exe should not be run on a normal workstation

acknowledgement: Elliot Killick @elliotkillick