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T1218.009: T1218.009

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 16/12/2025 19:38 · Modified 05/05/2026 18:07

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1218.009
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
16/12/2025 19:38
Modified
05/05/2026 18:07
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Regsvcs/Regasm

Platforms

windows

Description

Adversaries may abuse Regsvcs and Regasm to proxy execution of code through a trusted Windows utility. Regsvcs and Regasm are Windows command-line utilities that are used to register .NET [Component Object Model](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/001) (COM) assemblies. Both are binaries that may be digitally signed by Microsoft. (Citation: MSDN Regsvcs) (Citation: MSDN Regasm) Both utilities may be used to bypass application control through use of attributes within the binary to specify code that should be run before registration or unregistration: `[ComRegisterFunction]` or `[ComUnregisterFunction]` respectively. The code with the registration and unregistration attributes will be executed even if the process is run under insufficient privileges and fails to execute. (Citation: LOLBAS Regsvcs)(Citation: LOLBAS Regasm)

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack defense-evasion

Marking (TLP)

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External references