Question

By compromising a Windows XP application that ran on a Windows 10 machine, an attacker installed persistent malware on a victim computer with local administrator privileges. What should the attacker add to the registry, along with its files added to the system folder, to execute this malware?

Answer 1

The thing that the  attacker add to the registry, along with its files added to the system folder, to execute this malware is known to be a shim.

What does shim mean in computing?

A shim is known to be a piece of code that is said to be used to change for better the behavior of code that is said to often exists, and this is often done by adding new API that functions around the problem.

Note that this is not the same like a polyfill, that implements a new API and as such, The thing that the  attacker add to the registry, along with its files added to the system folder, to execute this malware is known to be a shim.

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