{'created': '2020-01-24T14:26:51.207Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious '
                'content triggered by Netsh Helper DLLs. 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 helper DLLs to trigger '
                'execution of arbitrary code in a persistent manner. This '
                'execution would take place anytime netsh.exe is executed, '
                'which could happen automatically, with another persistence '
                'technique, or if other software (ex: VPN) is present on the '
                'system that executes netsh.exe as part of its normal '
                'functionality.(Citation: Github Netsh Helper CS '
                'Beacon)(Citation: Demaske Netsh Persistence)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1546.007',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/007'},
                         {'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': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). Using Netsh. '
                                         'Retrieved February 13, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Netsh',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb490939.aspx'},
                         {'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--f63fe421-b1d1-45c0-b8a7-02cd16ff2bed',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'privilege-escalation'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:37.405Z',
 'name': 'Netsh Helper DLL',
 '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': ['Matthew Demaske, Adaptforward'],
 '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': '1.1'}