MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Execution T1061
Description

**This technique has been deprecated. Please use [Remote Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021) where appropriate.** The Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is a common way to interact with an operating system. Adversaries may use a system's GUI during an operation, commonly through a remote interactive session such as [Remote Desktop Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1076), instead of through a [Command and Scripting Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059), to search for information and execute files via mouse double-click events, the Windows Run command (Citation: Wikipedia Run Command), or other potentially difficult to monitor interactions.

Supported Platforms
Linux macOS Windows
Created

April 29, 2026

Last Updated

April 29, 2026

STIX Data
{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:50.342Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '**This technique has been deprecated. Please use [Remote '
                'Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021) where '
                'appropriate.**\n'
                '\n'
                'The Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is a common way to '
                'interact with an operating system. Adversaries may use a '
                "system's GUI during an operation, commonly through a remote "
                'interactive session such as [Remote Desktop '
                'Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1076), instead '
                'of through a [Command and Scripting '
                'Interpreter](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059), to '
                'search for information and execute files via mouse '
                'double-click events, the Windows Run command (Citation: '
                'Wikipedia Run Command), or other potentially difficult to '
                'monitor interactions.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1061',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1061'},
                         {'description': 'Wikipedia. (2018, August 3). Run '
                                         'Command. Retrieved October 12, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'Wikipedia Run Command',
                          'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_command'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--a6525aec-acc4-47fe-92f9-b9b4de4b9228',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'execution'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:11.438Z',
 'name': 'Graphical User Interface',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': True,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '2.1'}
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