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.NET Tool used for updating cache files for Microsoft Office Add-Ins.

• https://www.blue-prints.blog/content/blog/posts/lolbin/addinutil-lolbas.html

Execute

1. AddinUtil is executed from the directory where the 'Addins.Store' payload exists, AddinUtil will execute the 'Addins.Store' payload.

   C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\AddinUtil.exe -AddinRoot:.

   Use case

   Proxy execution of malicious serialized payload

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   User

   Operating systems

   Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11

   ATT&CK® technique

   T1218