Net
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Published
- 31/05/2017 23:32
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:07
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 16 attack patterns (mitre), 33 intrusion sets (apt), 1 campaign, 1 reports, 1 campaigns
Aliases
net.exe
Description
The [Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039) utility is a component of the Windows operating system. It is used in command-line operations for control of users, groups, services, and network connections. (Citation: Microsoft Net Utility)
[Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039) has a great deal of functionality, (Citation: Savill 1999) much of which is useful for an adversary, such as gathering system and network information for Discovery, moving laterally through [SMB/Windows Admin Shares](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002) using `net use` commands, and interacting with services. The net1.exe utility is executed for certain functionality when net.exe is run and can be used directly in commands such as `net1 user`.
Marking (TLP)
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