{'created': '2017-05-31T21:31:27.510Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'InstallUtil is a command-line utility that allows for '
                'installation and uninstallation of resources by executing '
                'specific installer components specified in .NET binaries. '
                '(Citation: MSDN InstallUtil) InstallUtil is located in the '
                '.NET directories on a Windows system: '
                '<code>C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v<version>\\InstallUtil.exe</code> '
                'and '
                '<code>C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v<version>\\InstallUtil.exe</code>. '
                'InstallUtil.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may use InstallUtil to proxy execution of code '
                'through a trusted Windows utility. InstallUtil may also be '
                'used to bypass process whitelisting through use of attributes '
                'within the binary that execute the class decorated with the '
                'attribute '
                '<code>[System.ComponentModel.RunInstaller(true)]</code>. '
                '(Citation: LOLBAS Installutil)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1118',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1118'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). Installutil.exe '
                                         '(Installer Tool). Retrieved July 1, '
                                         '2016.',
                          'source_name': 'MSDN InstallUtil',
                          'url': 'https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/50614e95.aspx'},
                         {'description': 'LOLBAS. (n.d.). Installutil.exe. '
                                         'Retrieved July 31, 2019.',
                          'source_name': 'LOLBAS Installutil',
                          'url': 'https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Installutil/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--f792d02f-813d-402b-86a5-ab98cb391d3b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'},
                       {'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'execution'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:37.916Z',
 'name': 'InstallUtil',
 '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': ['Casey Smith', 'Travis Smith, Tripwire'],
 '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': '1.3'}