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Net S0039

Type: tool
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 12 May 2026

The Net utility is a component of the Windows operating system. It is used in command-line operations for control of users, groups, services, and network connections. [1]

Net has a great deal of functionality, [2] much of which is useful for an adversary, such as gathering system and network information for Discovery, moving laterally through SMB/Windows Admin Shares using net use commands, and interacting with services. The net1.exe utility is executed for certain functionality when net.exe is run and can be used directly in commands such as net1 user.

Techniques70th pct

Tactics53rd pct

Threat groupsunranked

Campaignunranked

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

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Net S0039

Type: tool
Platform: Windows
Created: 31 May 2017
Last modified: 12 May 2026

The Net utility is a component of the Windows operating system. It is used in command-line operations for control of users, groups, services, and network connections. [1]

Techniques70th pct

Tactics53rd pct

Threat groupsunranked

Campaignunranked

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

Net MITRE reference S0039

System Service Discovery T1007 ↗

The net start command can be used in Net to find information about Windows services.3

Discovery13 detection rules

Remote System Discovery T1018 ↗

Commands such as net view can be used in Net to gather information about available remote systems.4

Discovery39 detection rules

SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.002 ↗

Lateral movement can be done with Net through net use commands to connect to the on remote systems.5

Lateral Movement54 detection rules

System Network Connections Discovery T1049 ↗

Commands such as net use and net session can be used in Net to gather information about network connections from a particular host.6

Discovery17 detection rules

Local Groups T1069.001 ↗

Commands such as net group and net localgroup can be used in Net to gather information about and manipulate groups.7

Discovery30 detection rules

Domain Groups T1069.002 ↗

Commands such as net group /domain can be used in Net to gather information about and manipulate groups.8

Discovery36 detection rules

Standing S0039

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.

Reach

Techniques1670th pct

70th percentile · 70% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.

Tactics653rd pct

53rd percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.

Threat groups3361% tie · 22 values

61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Campaign185% tie · 8 values

85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Coverage

Rules / technique22med53rd pct

53rd percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique8med72nd pct

72nd percentile · 72% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many atomic tests per technique or fewer.

Data comps / technique4med54% tie · 11 values

54% of the population shares a single value across only 11 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Mitigations / technique0.5medBottom 23%

23rd percentile · 77% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more mitigations per technique.

5 of 8 axes carry an honest rank on this page. Coverage medians are taken across this tool’s 16 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 1Sigma rules (cumulative) · 180Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 141