Read Contents From Stdin Via Cmd.EXE
Detect the use of "<" to read and potentially execute a file via cmd.exe
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1059.003/T1059.003.md | Only this detection cites it |
| web.archive.org/web/20220306121156/https://www.x86matthew.com/view_post?id=ntdll_pipe | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 241e802a-b65e-484f-88cd-c2dc10f9206d
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1