cmd is used to execute programs and other actions at the command-line interface.5
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cmd S0106
- Type
- tool
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 16 April 2025
cmd is the Windows command-line interpreter that can be used to interact with systems and execute other processes and utilities. [1]
Cmd.exe contains native functionality to perform many operations to interact with the system, including listing files in a directory (e.g., dir [2]), deleting files (e.g., del [3]), and copying files (e.g., copy [4]).
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Techniques29th pct
5
Tactics41st pct
6
Threat groupsunranked
1
Campaignunranked
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0106
cmd can be used to find information about the operating system.7
cmd can be used to find files and directories with native functionality such as dir commands.8
cmd can be used to copy files to/from a remotely connected external system.9
cmd can be used to copy files to/from a remotely connected internal system.10
Standing S0106
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
Techniques629th pct
29th percentile · 71% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics541st pct
41st percentile · 59% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat groups661% 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 / technique42medTop 12%
88th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique10med
Detection coverage S0106
304 distinct rules cover the 6 techniques recorded for this tool. The 310 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 304 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 210 Sigma · 94 Splunk.
6 covered by at least one rule304 distinct rules in total
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