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Winget.exe: add configure (DSC Script resource) execute entry - #536
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Adds a command entry for
winget configure, which applies a WinGet Configuration (DSC) file.A PowerShell DSC
Scriptresource in the file executes itsSetScriptas a child of the signed Microsoft binaryConfigurationRemotingServer.exe, notpowershell.exe. This is the proxy-execution property: unsigned script code runs under a signed Microsoft process tree.Verified on Windows 11, WinGet v1.29.380, Sysmon 15.22:
Privileges: User.(a benign
Start-Process notepad.exepayload in a Script resource).The technique is publicly documented (Compass Security 2026, ipurple.team 2026); this entry
catalogues it for LOLBAS. Category Execute, MitreID T1218.