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Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms (24de4f3b-804c-4165-b442-5a06a2302c7e)

The .SettingContent-ms file type was introduced in Windows 10 and allows a user to create "shortcuts" to various Windows 10 setting pages. These files are simply XML and contain paths to various Windows 10 settings binaries.

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User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms (24de4f3b-804c-4165-b442-5a06a2302c7e) Sigma-Rules 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Via Settingcontent-Ms (24de4f3b-804c-4165-b442-5a06a2302c7e) Sigma-Rules 1
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2