OpenConsole.exe

type: OtherMSBinaries

Console Window host for Windows Terminal

Full path

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\Terminal\ServiceHub\os64\OpenConsole.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\Terminal\ServiceHub\os86\OpenConsole.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\Terminal\ServiceHub\os64\OpenConsole.exe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.18.10301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\OpenConsole.exe

Commands

ExecuteUser T1202
Use OpenConsole.exe as a proxy binary to evade defensive counter-measures
```
OpenConsole.exe {PATH:.exe}
```
Execute specified process with OpenConsole.exe as parent process
os: Windows 10, Windows 11
Execute: EXE

Detection

IOCOpenConsole.exe spawning unexpected processes
Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/9e0ef7251b075f15e7abafbbec16d3230c5fa477/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_openconsole.yml

Resources

https://twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1537563834478645252

acknowledgement: Nasreddine Bencherchali @nas_bench