SettingSyncHost.exe

Host Process for Setting Synchronization

Execute

Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism

SettingSyncHost -LoadAndRunDiagScript {PATH:.exe}

Execute file specified in %COMSPEC% — MITRE: T1218 — Privileges: User

Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism. Additionally, effectively act as a -WindowStyle Hidden option (as there is in PowerShell) for any arbitrary batch file.

SettingSyncHost -LoadAndRunDiagScriptNoCab {PATH:.bat}

Execute a batch script in the background (no window ever pops up) which can be subverted to running arbitrary programs by setting the current working directory to %TMP% and creating files such as reg.bat/reg.exe in that directory thereby causing them to execute instead of the ones in C:\Windows\System32. — MITRE: T1218 — Privileges: User