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Windows CreateFileA
Access Control Configuration
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Access Token
Activity Dependency
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Alias
Allocate Memory
Application
Application Configuration
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Application Installer
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Application Rule
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Audio Input Device
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Barcode Scanner Input Device
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Windows OpenFile
Windows CreateFileA
Windows CreateProcessA
Windows CreateRemoteThread
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Windows NtCreateFile
Windows NtCreateMailslotFile
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Windows NtCreateThreadEx
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Wireless Access Point
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Zero Client Computer
Properties
- name
- Windows CreateFileA
- definition
- Creates or opens a file or I/O device. The most commonly used I/O devices are as follows: file, file stream, directory, physical disk, volume, console buffer, tape drive, communications resource, mailslot, and pipe. The function returns a handle that can be used to access the file or device for various types of I/O depending on the file or device and the flags and attributes specified.
- defined by
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilea
Neighbors
graph LR;
d3f:WindowsCreateFileA["Windows CreateFileA"] --> | invokes | d3f:WindowsNtCreateFile["Windows NtCreateFile"];
class d3f:WindowsCreateFileA RootArtifactNode; class d3f:WindowsNtCreateFile ArtifactNode;
click d3f:WindowsCreateFileA href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsCreateFileA";
click d3f:WindowsNtCreateFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsNtCreateFile";d3f:WindowsCreateFileA["Windows CreateFileA"] --> | invokes | d3f:WindowsNtCreateMailslotFile["Windows NtCreateMailslotFile"];
class d3f:WindowsCreateFileA RootArtifactNode; class d3f:WindowsNtCreateMailslotFile ArtifactNode;
click d3f:WindowsCreateFileA href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsCreateFileA";
click d3f:WindowsNtCreateMailslotFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsNtCreateMailslotFile";d3f:WindowsCreateFileA["Windows CreateFileA"] --> | invokes | d3f:WindowsNtCreateNamedPipeFile["Windows NtCreateNamedPipeFile"];
class d3f:WindowsCreateFileA RootArtifactNode; class d3f:WindowsNtCreateNamedPipeFile ArtifactNode;
click d3f:WindowsCreateFileA href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsCreateFileA";
click d3f:WindowsNtCreateNamedPipeFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsNtCreateNamedPipeFile";d3f:WindowsCreateFileA["Windows CreateFileA"] --> | invokes | d3f:WindowsNtCreatePagingFile["Windows NtCreatePagingFile"];
class d3f:WindowsCreateFileA RootArtifactNode; class d3f:WindowsNtCreatePagingFile ArtifactNode;
click d3f:WindowsCreateFileA href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsCreateFileA";
click d3f:WindowsNtCreatePagingFile href "/dao/artifact/d3f:WindowsNtCreatePagingFile";
Inferred Relationships
Hierarchy
(filtered)
Related Countermeasure Techniques
graph LR;
SoftwareUpdate["Software Update"] -->
| updates | Software["Software"]; class SoftwareUpdate DefensiveTechniqueNode; class Software ArtifactNode; click SoftwareUpdate href "/technique/d3f:SoftwareUpdate"; click Software href "/dao/artifact/d3f:Software";RestoreSoftware["Restore Software"] -->
| restores | Software["Software"]; class RestoreSoftware DefensiveTechniqueNode; class Software ArtifactNode; click RestoreSoftware href "/technique/d3f:RestoreSoftware"; click Software href "/dao/artifact/d3f:Software";
Related Weaknesses
WindowsCreateFileA has no related weaknesses in this release.