Run commands on Windows system remotely using Winexe
By Post author:Thanga Prakash
Published: 2013-06-21 · Archived: 2026-04-06 01:33:10 UTC
winexe working example
Run commands on Windows system remotely using Winexe:
Winexe is a GNU/Linux-based application that allows users to execute commands remotely on
WindowsNT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8 systems. It installs a service on the remote system, executes the command,
and uninstalls the service. Winexe allows execution of most of the windows shell commands.
How to install:
You can download the source package from here [Current version is winexe-1.00.tar.gz]
1. tar -xvf winexe-1.00.tar.gz
2. cd winexe-1.00/source4/
3. ./autogen.sh
4. ./configure
5. make basics bin/winexe
6. make “CPP=gcc -E -ffreestanding” basics bin/winexe (For X64 bit)
this will create a [ winexe ] binary file in the bin folder. You can use that binary to execute the windows
commands from Linux.
or else there is some compiled version of the binary itself available for download. You can download and use it
from here.
How to use it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20211019012628/https://www.secpod.com/blog/winexe/
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./winexe -U [Domain/]User%Password //host command
Examples:
./winexe -U HOME/Administrator%Pass123 //192.168.0.1 “netstat -a”
./winexe -U HOME/Administrator%Pass123 //192.168.0.1 “ipconfig -all”
/winexe -U HOME/Administrator%Pass123 //192.168.0.1 “ping localhost”
To launch a windows shell from inside your Linux box. Using this below command,
/winexe -U HOME/Administrator%Pass123 //192.168.0.1 “cmd.exe”
Winexe Binarycd winexe-1.00/source4/
https://web.archive.org/web/20211019012628/https://www.secpod.com/blog/winexe/
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Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20211019012628/https://www.secpod.com/blog/winexe/
https://web.archive.org/web/20211019012628/https://www.secpod.com/blog/winexe/
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