Potential PowerShell HackTool Script by Function Names

Last updated a month ago on 2025-09-03
Created 3 years ago on 2023-01-17

About

Detects known PowerShell offensive tooling functions names in PowerShell scripts. Attackers commonly use out-of-the-box offensive tools without modifying the code. This rule aim is to take advantage of that.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExecutionData Source: PowerShell LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Execution (TA0002)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-windows.powershell*
Related Integrations

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.category:process and host.os.type:windows and
  powershell.file.script_block_text : (
    "Add-DomainGroupMember" or "Add-DomainObjectAcl" or
    "Add-RemoteConnection" or "Add-ServiceDacl" or
    "Add-Win32Type" or "Convert-ADName" or
    "Convert-LDAPProperty" or "ConvertFrom-LDAPLogonHours" or
    "ConvertFrom-UACValue" or "Copy-ArrayOfMemAddresses" or
    "Create-NamedPipe" or "Create-ProcessWithToken" or
    "Create-RemoteThread" or "Create-SuspendedWinLogon" or
    "Create-WinLogonProcess" or "Emit-CallThreadStub" or
    "Enable-SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege" or "Enable-SeDebugPrivilege" or
    "Enum-AllTokens" or "Export-PowerViewCSV" or
    "Find-AVSignature" or "Find-AppLockerLog" or
    "Find-DomainLocalGroupMember" or "Find-DomainObjectPropertyOutlier" or
    "Find-DomainProcess" or "Find-DomainShare" or
    "Find-DomainUserEvent" or "Find-DomainUserLocation" or
    "Find-InterestingDomainAcl" or "Find-InterestingDomainShareFile" or
    "Find-InterestingFile" or "Find-LocalAdminAccess" or
    "Find-PSScriptsInPSAppLog" or "Find-PathDLLHijack" or
    "Find-ProcessDLLHijack" or "Find-RDPClientConnection" or
    "Get-AllAttributesForClass" or "Get-CachedGPPPassword" or
    "Get-DecryptedCpassword" or "Get-DecryptedSitelistPassword" or
    "Get-DelegateType" or "New-RelayEnumObject" or
    "Get-DomainDFSShare" or "Get-DomainDFSShareV1" or
    "Get-DomainDFSShareV2" or "Get-DomainDNSRecord" or
    "Get-DomainDNSZone" or "Get-DomainFileServer" or
    "Get-DomainForeignGroupMember" or "Get-DomainForeignUser" or
    "Get-DomainGPO" or "Get-DomainGPOComputerLocalGroupMapping" or
    "Get-DomainGPOLocalGroup" or "Get-DomainGPOUserLocalGroupMapping" or
    "Get-DomainGUIDMap" or "Get-DomainGroup" or
    "Get-DomainGroupMember" or "Get-DomainGroupMemberDeleted" or
    "Get-DomainManagedSecurityGroup" or "Get-DomainOU" or
    "Get-DomainObject" or "Get-DomainObjectAcl" or
    "Get-DomainObjectAttributeHistory" or "Get-DomainObjectLinkedAttributeHistory" or
    "Get-DomainPolicyData" or "Get-DomainSID" or
    "Get-DomainSPNTicket" or "Get-DomainSearcher" or
    "Get-DomainSite" or "Get-DomainSubnet" or
    "Get-DomainTrust" or "Get-DomainTrustMapping" or
    "Get-DomainUser" or "Get-DomainUserEvent" or
    "Get-Forest" or "Get-ForestDomain" or
    "Get-ForestGlobalCatalog" or "Get-ForestSchemaClass" or
    "Get-ForestTrust" or "Get-GPODelegation" or
    "Get-GPPAutologon" or "Get-GPPInnerField" or
    "Get-GPPInnerFields" or "Get-GPPPassword" or
    "Get-GptTmpl" or "Get-GroupsXML" or
    "Get-HttpStatus" or "Get-ImageNtHeaders" or
    "Get-Keystrokes" or "New-SOASerialNumberArray" or
    "Get-MemoryProcAddress" or "Get-MicrophoneAudio" or
    "Get-ModifiablePath" or "Get-ModifiableRegistryAutoRun" or
    "Get-ModifiableScheduledTaskFile" or "Get-ModifiableService" or
    "Get-ModifiableServiceFile" or "Get-Name" or
    "Get-NetComputerSiteName" or "Get-NetLocalGroup" or
    "Get-NetLocalGroupMember" or "Get-NetLoggedon" or
    "Get-NetRDPSession" or "Get-NetSession" or
    "Get-NetShare" or "Get-PEArchitecture" or
    "Get-PEBasicInfo" or "Get-PEDetailedInfo" or
    "Get-PathAcl" or "Get-PrimaryToken" or
    "Get-ProcAddress" or "Get-ProcessTokenGroup" or
    "Get-ProcessTokenPrivilege" or "Get-ProcessTokenType" or
    "Get-RegLoggedOn" or "Get-RegistryAlwaysInstallElevated" or
    "Get-RegistryAutoLogon" or "Get-RemoteProcAddress" or
    "Get-Screenshot" or "Get-ServiceDetail" or
    "Get-SiteListPassword" or "Get-SitelistField" or
    "Get-System" or "Get-SystemNamedPipe" or
    "Get-SystemToken" or "Get-ThreadToken" or
    "Get-TimedScreenshot" or "Get-TokenInformation" or
    "Get-TopPort" or "Get-UnattendedInstallFile" or
    "Get-UniqueTokens" or "Get-UnquotedService" or
    "Get-VaultCredential" or "Get-VaultElementValue" or
    "Get-VirtualProtectValue" or "Get-VolumeShadowCopy" or
    "Get-WMIProcess" or "Get-WMIRegCachedRDPConnection" or
    "Get-WMIRegLastLoggedOn" or "Get-WMIRegMountedDrive" or
    "Get-WMIRegProxy" or "Get-WebConfig" or
    "Get-Win32Constants" or "Get-Win32Functions" or
    "Get-Win32Types" or "Import-DllImports" or
    "Import-DllInRemoteProcess" or "Inject-LocalShellcode" or
    "Inject-RemoteShellcode" or "Install-ServiceBinary" or
    "Invoke-CompareAttributesForClass" or "Invoke-CreateRemoteThread" or
    "Invoke-CredentialInjection" or "Invoke-DllInjection" or
    "Invoke-EventVwrBypass" or "Invoke-ImpersonateUser" or
    "Invoke-Kerberoast" or "Invoke-MemoryFreeLibrary" or
    "Invoke-MemoryLoadLibrary" or
    "Invoke-Mimikatz" or "Invoke-NinjaCopy" or
    "Invoke-PatchDll" or "Invoke-Portscan" or
    "Invoke-PrivescAudit" or "Invoke-ReflectivePEInjection" or
    "Invoke-ReverseDnsLookup" or "Invoke-RevertToSelf" or
    "Invoke-ServiceAbuse" or "Invoke-Shellcode" or
    "Invoke-TokenManipulation" or "Invoke-UserImpersonation" or
    "Invoke-WmiCommand" or "Mount-VolumeShadowCopy" or
    "New-ADObjectAccessControlEntry" or "New-DomainGroup" or
    "New-DomainUser" or "New-DynamicParameter" or
    "New-InMemoryModule" or
    "New-ThreadedFunction" or "New-VolumeShadowCopy" or
    "Out-CompressedDll" or "Out-EncodedCommand" or
    "Out-EncryptedScript" or "Out-Minidump" or
    "PortScan-Alive" or "Portscan-Port" or
    "Remove-DomainGroupMember" or "Remove-DomainObjectAcl" or
    "Remove-RemoteConnection" or "Remove-VolumeShadowCopy" or
    "Restore-ServiceBinary" or "Set-DesktopACLToAllowEveryone" or
    "Set-DesktopACLs" or "Set-DomainObject" or
    "Set-DomainObjectOwner" or "Set-DomainUserPassword" or
    "Set-ServiceBinaryPath" or "Sub-SignedIntAsUnsigned" or
    "Test-AdminAccess" or "Test-MemoryRangeValid" or
    "Test-ServiceDaclPermission" or "Update-ExeFunctions" or
    "Update-MemoryAddresses" or "Update-MemoryProtectionFlags" or
    "Write-BytesToMemory" or "Write-HijackDll" or
    "Write-PortscanOut" or "Write-ServiceBinary" or
    "Write-UserAddMSI" or "Invoke-Privesc" or
    "func_get_proc_address" or "Invoke-BloodHound" or
    "Invoke-HostEnum" or "Get-BrowserInformation" or
    "Get-DomainAccountPolicy" or "Get-DomainAdmins" or
    "Get-AVProcesses" or "Get-AVInfo" or
    "Get-RecycleBin" or "Invoke-BruteForce" or
    "Get-PassHints" or "Invoke-SessionGopher" or
    "Get-LSASecret" or "Get-PassHashes" or
    "Invoke-WdigestDowngrade" or "Get-ChromeDump" or
    "Invoke-DomainPasswordSpray" or "Get-FoxDump" or
    "New-HoneyHash" or "Invoke-DCSync" or
    "Invoke-PowerDump" or "Invoke-SSIDExfil" or
    "Invoke-PowerShellTCP" or "Add-Exfiltration" or
    "Do-Exfiltration" or "Invoke-DropboxUpload" or
    "Invoke-ExfilDataToGitHub" or "Invoke-EgressCheck" or
    "Invoke-PostExfil" or "Create-MultipleSessions" or
    "Invoke-NetworkRelay" or "New-GPOImmediateTask" or
    "Invoke-WMIDebugger" or "Invoke-SQLOSCMD" or
    "Invoke-SMBExec" or "Invoke-PSRemoting" or
    "Invoke-ExecuteMSBuild" or "Invoke-DCOM" or
    "Invoke-InveighRelay" or "Invoke-PsExec" or
    "Find-ActiveUsersWMI" or
    "Get-SystemDrivesWMI" or "Get-ActiveNICSWMI" or
    "Remove-Persistence" or "DNS_TXT_Pwnage" or
    "Execute-OnTime" or "HTTP-Backdoor" or
    "Add-ConstrainedDelegationBackdoor" or "Add-RegBackdoor" or
    "Add-ScrnSaveBackdoor" or "Gupt-Backdoor" or
    "Invoke-ADSBackdoor" or "Add-Persistence" or
    "Invoke-ResolverBackdoor" or "Invoke-EventLogBackdoor" or
    "Invoke-DeadUserBackdoor" or "Invoke-DisableMachineAcctChange" or
    "Invoke-AccessBinary" or "Add-NetUser" or
    "Invoke-Schtasks" or "Invoke-JSRatRegsvr" or
    "Invoke-JSRatRundll" or "Invoke-PoshRatHttps" or
    "Invoke-PsGcatAgent" or "Remove-PoshRat" or
    "Install-SSP" or "Invoke-BackdoorLNK" or
    "PowerBreach" or "InstallEXE-Persistence" or
    "RemoveEXE-Persistence" or "Install-ServiceLevel-Persistence" or
    "Remove-ServiceLevel-Persistence" or "Invoke-Prompt" or
    "Invoke-PacketCapture" or "Start-WebcamRecorder" or
    "Get-USBKeyStrokes" or "Invoke-KeeThief" or
    "Get-Keystrokes" or "Invoke-NetRipper" or
    "Get-EmailItems" or "Invoke-MailSearch" or
    "Invoke-SearchGAL" or "Get-WebCredentials" or
    "Start-CaptureServer" or "Invoke-PowerShellIcmp" or
    "Invoke-PowerShellTcpOneLine" or "Invoke-PowerShellTcpOneLineBind" or
    "Invoke-PowerShellUdp" or "Invoke-PowerShellUdpOneLine" or
    "Run-EXEonRemote" or "Download-Execute-PS" or
    "Out-RundllCommand" or "Set-RemoteWMI" or
    "Set-DCShadowPermissions" or "Invoke-PowerShellWMI" or
    "Invoke-Vnc" or "Invoke-LockWorkStation" or
    "Invoke-EternalBlue" or "Invoke-ShellcodeMSIL" or
    "Invoke-MetasploitPayload" or "Invoke-DowngradeAccount" or
    "Invoke-RunAs" or "ExetoText" or
    "Disable-SecuritySettings" or "Set-MacAttribute" or
    "Invoke-MS16032" or "Invoke-BypassUACTokenManipulation" or
    "Invoke-SDCLTBypass" or "Invoke-FodHelperBypass" or
    "Invoke-EventVwrBypass" or "Invoke-EnvBypass" or
    "Get-ServiceUnquoted" or "Get-ServiceFilePermission" or
    "Get-ServicePermission" or
    "Enable-DuplicateToken" or "Invoke-PsUaCme" or
    "Invoke-Tater" or "Invoke-WScriptBypassUAC" or
    "Invoke-AllChecks" or "Find-TrustedDocuments" or
    "Invoke-Interceptor" or "Invoke-PoshRatHttp" or
    "Invoke-ExecCommandWMI" or "Invoke-KillProcessWMI" or
    "Invoke-CreateShareandExecute" or "Invoke-RemoteScriptWithOutput" or
    "Invoke-SchedJobManipulation" or "Invoke-ServiceManipulation" or
    "Invoke-PowerOptionsWMI" or "Invoke-DirectoryListing" or
    "Invoke-FileTransferOverWMI" or "Invoke-WMImplant" or
    "Invoke-WMIObfuscatedPSCommand" or "Invoke-WMIDuplicateClass" or
    "Invoke-WMIUpload" or "Invoke-WMIRemoteExtract" or "Invoke-winPEAS" or
    "Invoke-AzureHound" or "Invoke-SharpHound"
  ) and
  not powershell.file.script_block_text : (
    "sentinelbreakpoints" and "Set-PSBreakpoint"
  ) and
  not user.id : ("S-1-5-18" or "S-1-5-19")

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