OpSec-safe Powershell runspace from within C# (aka SharpPick) with AMSI, Constrained Language Mode and Script Block Logging disabled at startup
Powershell runspace from within C# (aka SharpPick technique) with AMSI, ETW and Script Block Logging disabled for your pleasure.
Nowadays, when Powershell got severly instrumented by use of techniques such as:
Advanced attackers must find ways to circumvent these efforts in order to deliver sophisticated adversarial simulation exercises. In order to help in these efforts, following project was created.
This program builds on top of bypasses for specific techniques included in:
Which in turn was based on following researches:
The SharpPick idea, meaning to launch powershell scripts from within C# assembly by the use of Runspaces is also not new and was firstly implemented by Lee Christensen (@tifkin_) in his:
Also, the source code borrows implementation of CustomPSHost from Lee.
This project inherits from above researches and great security community in order to provide close-to-be-effective Powershell environment with defenses disabled on startup.
Now easily compiles with .NET 4.0 whereas if compiled with .NET Framework 4.7.1+ an additional functionality is included that allows to unload DLLs constituting CLM bypass artefacts and attempts to delete them afterwards (hardly working to be honest).
Best mileage one gets with Stracciatella compiled with .NET 4.0.
There are couple of options available:
PS D:\> Stracciatella -h
:: Stracciatella - Powershell runspace with AMSI, ETW and Script Block Logging disabled.
Mariusz Banach / mgeeky, '19-22 <[email protected]>
v0.7
Usage: stracciatella.exe [options] [command]
-s <path>, --script <path> - Path to file containing Powershell script to execute. If not options given, will enter
a pseudo-shell loop. This can be also a HTTP(S) URL to download & execute powershell script.
-v, --verbose - Prints verbose informations
-n, --nocleanup - Don't remove CLM disable leftovers (DLL files in TEMP and COM registry keys).
By default these are going to be always removed.
-C, --leaveclm - Don't attempt to disable CLM. Stealthier. Will avoid leaving CLM disable artefacts undeleted.
-f, --force - Proceed with execution even if Powershell defenses were not disabled.
By default we bail out on failure.
-c, --command - Executes the specified commands You can either use -c or append commands after
stracciatella parameters: cmd> straciatella ipconfig /all
If command and script parameters were given, executes command after running script.
-x <key>, --xor <key> - Consider input as XOR encoded, where <key> is a one byte key in decimal
(prefix with 0x for hex)
-p <name>, --pipe <name> - Read powershell commands from a specified named pipe. Command must be preceded with 4 bytes of
its length coded in little-endian (Length-Value notation).
-t <millisecs>, --timeout <millisecs>
- Specifies timeout for pipe read operation (in milliseconds). Default: 60 secs. 0 - infinite.
-e, --cmdalsoencoded - Consider input command (specified in '--command') encoded as well.
Decodes input command after decoding and running input script file.
By default we only decode input file and consider command given in plaintext
The program accepts command and script file path as it's input. Both are optional, if none were given - pseudo-shell will be started. Both command and script can be further encoded using single-byte XOR (will produce output Base64 encoded) for better OpSec experience.
Here are couple of examples presenting use cases:
PS D:\> Stracciatella.exe -v
:: Stracciatella - Powershell runspace with AMSI, ETW and Script Block Logging disabled.
Mariusz Banach / mgeeky, '19-22 <[email protected]>
v0.7
[.] Powershell's version: 5.1
[.] Language Mode: FullLanguage
[+] No need to disable Constrained Language Mode. Already in FullLanguage.
[+] Script Block Logging Disabled.
[+] AMSI Disabled.
[+] ETW Disabled.
Stracciatella D:\> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.18362.1
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.18362.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Firstly, in order to prepare encoded statements we can use bundled encoder.py script, that can be used as follows:
PS D:\> python encoder.py -h
usage: encoder.py [options] <command|file>
positional arguments:
command Specifies either a command or script file's path for encoding
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-x KEY, --xor KEY Specifies command/file XOR encode key (one byte)
-o PATH, --output PATH
(optional) Output file. If not given - will echo output to stdout
PS D:\> python encoder.py -x 0x31 "Write-Host \"It works like a charm!\" ; $ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode"
ZkNYRVQceV5CRRETeEURRl5DWkIRXVhaVBFQEVJZUENcEBMRChEVdElUUkRFWF5fcl5fRVRJRR9iVEJCWF5fYkVQRVQffVBfVkRQVlR8XlVU
Then we feed encoder.py output as input being an encoded command for Stracciatella:
PS D:\> Stracciatella.exe -v -x 0x31 -c "ZkNYRVQceV5CRRETeEURRl5DWkIRXVhaVBFQEVJZUENcEBMRChEVdElUUkRFWF5fcl5fRVRJRR9iVEJCWF5fYkVQRVQffVBfVkRQVlR8XlVU" .\Test2.ps1
:: Stracciatella - Powershell runspace with AMSI, ETW and Script Block Logging disabled.
Mariusz Banach / mgeeky, '19-22 <[email protected]>
v0.7
[.] Will load script file: '.\Test2.ps1'
[+] AMSI Disabled.
[+] ETW Disabled.
[+] Script Block Logging Disabled.
[.] Language Mode: FullLanguage