Ie4uinit Lolbin Use From Invalid Path
Detect use of ie4uinit.exe to execute commands from a specially prepared ie4uinit.inf file from a directory other than the usual directories
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSWindows
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
- ViberPC updater calls this binary with the following commandline "ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache"
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 |
|---|---|
| bohops.com/2018/03/10/leveraging-inf-sct-fetch-execute-techniques-for-bypass-evasion-persistence-part-2/ | Only this detection cites it |
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Ie4uinit/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- d3bf399f-b0cf-4250-8bb4-dfc192ab81dc
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1