{'created': '2017-05-31T21:31:40.168Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line '
                'scripting utility used to interact with the network '
                'configuration of a system. It contains functionality to add '
                'helper DLLs for extending functionality of the utility. '
                '(Citation: TechNet Netsh) The paths to registered netsh.exe '
                'helper DLLs are entered into the Windows Registry at '
                '<code>HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Netsh</code>.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can use netsh.exe with helper DLLs to proxy '
                'execution of arbitrary code in a persistent manner when '
                'netsh.exe is executed automatically with another Persistence '
                'technique or if other persistent software is present on the '
                'system that executes netsh.exe as part of its normal '
                'functionality. Examples include some VPN software that invoke '
                'netsh.exe. (Citation: Demaske Netsh Persistence)\n'
                '\n'
                "Proof of concept code exists to load Cobalt Strike's payload "
                'using netsh.exe helper DLLs. (Citation: Github Netsh Helper '
                'CS Beacon)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1128',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1128'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). Using Netsh. '
                                         'Retrieved February 13, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Netsh',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb490939.aspx'},
                         {'description': 'Demaske, M. (2016, September 23). '
                                         'USING NETSHELL TO EXECUTE EVIL DLLS '
                                         'AND PERSIST ON A HOST. Retrieved '
                                         'April 8, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Demaske Netsh Persistence',
                          'url': 'https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/MatthewDemaske/blogbackup/blob/master/netshell.html'},
                         {'description': 'Smeets, M. (2016, September 26). '
                                         'NetshHelperBeacon. Retrieved '
                                         'February 13, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Github Netsh Helper CS Beacon',
                          'url': 'https://github.com/outflankbv/NetshHelperBeacon'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--bb0e0cb5-f3e4-4118-a4cb-6bf13bfbc9f2',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:17.716Z',
 'name': 'Netsh Helper DLL',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': True,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Matthew Demaske, Adaptforward'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 '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': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}