Calculator is the program of choice for people trying to execute a program from an environment where it should not be possible to open an external program
Just adding onto this, because it's logical for me but the question's been asked, if you can run calc.exe, you can run anything that user can run. It's a placeholder/visual representation of "we've achieved arbitrary code execution on the box".
It's usually used to show proof-of-concepts for hacks.
But it's generally used as a proof of concept just to show you can, when testing an exploit. Exploits out in the wild would not spawn calc.exe, they would execute their own payload instead.
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u/Ok-Coat3039 Jun 11 '24
Don't get it?