{'created': '2024-02-06T16:20:41.647Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may abuse SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs to proxy '
                'execution of malicious '
                '[PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) '
                'commands. SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs is a Visual Basic '
                'script associated with how Windows virtualizes applications '
                '(Microsoft Application Virtualization, or App-V).(Citation: 1 '
                '- appv) For example, Windows may render Win32 applications to '
                'users as virtual applications, allowing users to launch and '
                'interact with them as if they were installed '
                'locally.(Citation: 2 - appv)(Citation: 3 - appv)\n'
                '    \n'
                'The SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs script is legitimate, may be '
                'signed by Microsoft, and is commonly executed from '
                '`\\System32` through the command line via '
                '`wscript.exe`.(Citation: 4 - appv)(Citation: 5 - appv)\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may abuse SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs to bypass '
                '[PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) '
                'execution restrictions and evade defensive counter measures '
                'by "living off the land."(Citation: 6 - appv)(Citation: 4 - '
                'appv) Proxying execution may function as a trusted/signed '
                'alternative to directly invoking `powershell.exe`.(Citation: '
                '7 - appv)\n'
                '\n'
                'For example,  '
                '[PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) '
                'commands may be invoked using:(Citation: 5 - appv)\n'
                '\n'
                '`SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs "n; {PowerShell}"`',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1216.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1216/002'},
                         {'description': 'John Fokker. (2022, March 17). '
                                         'Suspected DarkHotel APT activity '
                                         'update. Retrieved February 6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '4 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://www.trellix.com/en-ca/about/newsroom/stories/research/suspected-darkhotel-apt-activity-update/'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2022, November 3). '
                                         'Getting started with App-V for '
                                         'Windows client. Retrieved February '
                                         '6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '2 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/app-v/appv-getting-started'},
                         {'description': 'Nick Landers, Casey Smith. (n.d.). '
                                         '/Syncappvpublishingserver.vbs. '
                                         'Retrieved February 6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '5 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Scripts/Syncappvpublishingserver/'},
                         {'description': 'Nick Landers. (2017, August 8). Need '
                                         'a signed alternative to '
                                         'Powershell.exe? '
                                         'SyncAppvPublishingServer in Win10 '
                                         'has got you covered.. Retrieved '
                                         'September 12, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '7 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://x.com/monoxgas/status/895045566090010624'},
                         {'description': 'Raj Chandel. (2022, March 17). '
                                         'Indirect Command Execution: Defense '
                                         'Evasion (T1202). Retrieved February '
                                         '6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '3 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://www.hackingarticles.in/indirect-command-execution-defense-evasion-t1202/'},
                         {'description': 'SEONGSU PARK. (2022, December 27). '
                                         'BlueNoroff introduces new methods '
                                         'bypassing MoTW. Retrieved February '
                                         '6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '1 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://securelist.com/bluenoroff-methods-bypass-motw/108383/'},
                         {'description': 'Strontic. (n.d.). '
                                         'SyncAppvPublishingServer.exe. '
                                         'Retrieved February 6, 2024.',
                          'source_name': '6 - appv',
                          'url': 'https://strontic.github.io/xcyclopedia/library/SyncAppvPublishingServer.exe-3C291419F60CDF9C2E4E19AD89944FA3.html'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--e6f19759-dde3-47fc-99cc-d9f5fa4ade60',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-04-15T23:13:55.573Z',
 'name': 'SyncAppvPublishingServer',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Shaul Vilkomir-Preisman'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}