NoPowerShell is a tool implemented in C# which supports executing PowerShell-like commands while remaining invisible to any PowerShell logging mechanisms. This .NET Framework 2 compatible binary can be loaded in Cobalt Strike to execute commands in-memory. No System.Management.Automation.dll is used; only native .NET libraries. An alternative usecase for NoPowerShell is to launch it as a DLL via rundll32.exe in a restricted environment: rundll32 NoPowerShell.dll,main.

This project makes it easy for everyone to extend its functionality using only a few lines of C# code. For more info, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Latest binaries available from the Releases page. The MASTER branch is not updated very regularly; the latest code and cmdlets are available in the DEV branch. To kickstart your NoPowerShell skills, make sure to also check out the cmdlet Cheatsheet.

Screenshots

Running in Cobalt Strike

Sample execution of commands

Rundll32 version

Why NoPowerShell

NoPowerShell is developed to be used with the execute-assembly command of Cobalt Strike or in a restricted environment using rundll32.exe. Reasons to use NoPowerShell:

• Executes pretty stealthy
• Powerful functionality
• Provides the cmdlets you are already familiar with in PowerShell, so no need to learn yet another tool
• If you are not yet very familiar with PowerShell, the cmd.exe aliases are available as well (e.g. ping instead of Test-NetConnection)
• In case via powerpick or powershell cmdlets are not available, they are available in nps (e.g. cmdlets from the ActiveDirectory module)
• Easily extensible with only a few lines of C#

Usage

Examples

See CHEATSHEET.md.

Use in Cobalt Strike via execute-assembly

Use Cobalt Strike's execute-assembly command to launch the NoPowerShell.exe. For example execute-assembly /path/to/NoPowerShell.exe Get-Command. Optionally NoPowerShell.cna can be used to add the nps alias to Cobalt Strike.

Use in Cobalt Strike via BOF.NET

1. Install the BOF.NET BOF from https://github.com/CCob/BOF.NET
2. Load the BOF.NET runtime: bofnet_init
3. Load the NoPowerShell module: bofnet_load /path/to/NoPowerShell.dll
4. Execute NoPowerShell cmdlets: bofnet_execute NoPowerShell.Program Get-Command

Use in Cobalt Strike using @williamknows fork of BOF.NET

This fork allows running regular .NET executables

1. Obtain and compile @williamknows' fork of the BOF.NET from https://github.com/williamknows/BOF.NET
2. Load the BOF.NET runtime: bofnet_init
3. Load the NoPowerShell module: bofnet_load /path/to/NoPowerShell.exe
4. Execute NoPowerShell cmdlets: bofnet_executeassembly NoPowerShell Get-Command

Launch via rundll32

1. Create a new shortcut to NoPowerShell.dll file (drag using right click -> Create shortcuts here)
2. Update the shortcut prefixing the filename with rundll32 and appending ,main
3. The shortcut will now look like rundll32 C:\Path\to\NoPowerShell.dll,main
4. Double click the shortcut

Note

When using NoPowerShell from cmd.exe or PowerShell, you need to escape the pipe character (|) with respectively a caret (^) or a backtick (`), e.g.:

• cmd.exe: ls ^| select Name
• PowerShell: ls `| select Name

Known issues

• Pipeline characters need to be surrounded by spaces
• TLS 1.1+ is not supported by .NET Framework 2, so any site enforcing it will result in a connection error

Improvements

• Fix above issues
• Support for parameter groups
• Add support for .NET code in commandline, e.g.: [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name

Requested NoPowerShell cmdlets

Cmdlet	Description
Invoke-Command	Using PSRemoting execute a command on a remote machine (which in that case will of course be logged)
*	More *-Item* commands
Search-ADAccount
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership
Get-ADOrganizationalUnits
*	More commands from the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module
*	Sysinternals utilities like pipelist and sdelete

Contributed NoPowerShell cmdlets

Authors of additional NoPowerShell cmdlets are added to the table below. Moreover, the table lists commands that are requested by the community to add. Together we can develop a powerful NoPowerShell toolkit!

Cmdlet	Contributed by	GitHub	Twitter	Description

Included NoPowerShell cmdlets

Cmdlet	Module	Notes
Get-ADUser	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADObject	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADReplicationSubnet	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroup	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroupMember	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADComputer	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADDomainController	ActiveDirectory
Get-ADTrust	ActiveDirectory
Copy-Acl	Additional
Get-RemoteSmbShare	Additional
Resolve-AdiDnsName	Additional
Get-Whoami	Additional
Get-WinStation	Additional
Compress-Archive	Archive	Requires .NET 4.5+
Expand-Archive	Archive	Requires .NET 4.5+
Get-Help	Core
Get-Command	Core
Where-Object	Core
Resolve-DnsName	DnsClient
Get-LocalGroupMember	LocalAccounts
Get-LocalGroup	LocalAccounts
Set-Clipboard	Management
Get-PSDrive	Management
Get-HotFix	Management
Stop-Process	Management
Get-ChildItem	Management
Copy-Item	Management
Invoke-WmiMethod	Management
Remove-Item	Management
Get-ItemPropertyValue	Management
Get-ItemProperty	Management
Get-ComputerInfo	Management
Get-DnsClientCache	Management
Get-Process	Management
Get-WmiObject	Management
Get-Clipboard	Management
Get-Content	Management
Test-NetConnection	NetTCPIP
Get-NetTCPConnection	NetTCPIP
Get-NetNeighbor	NetTCPIP	No support for IPv6 yet
Get-NetRoute	NetTCPIP
Get-NetIPAddress	NetTCPIP
Get-Service	NoPowerShell.Commands
Get-LocalUser	NoPowerShell.Commands
Get-WinEvent	NoPowerShell.Commands
New-Shortcut	NoPowerShell.Commands
Get-Acl	Security
Get-SmbMapping	SmbShare
Get-SmbShare	SmbShare
Invoke-Sqlcmd	SQLPS
Get-FileHash	Utility
ConvertFrom-SddlString	Utility
Sort-Object	Utility
Measure-Object	Utility
Invoke-WebRequest	Utility
Select-Object	Utility
Out-File	Utility
Format-Table	Utility
Format-List	Utility
Export-Csv	Utility
ConvertTo-Csv	Utility
Write-Output	Utility

Also make sure to check out the Cheatsheet for examples on how to use these cmdlets.

Acknowledgements

Various NoPowerShell cmdlets and NoPowerShell DLL include code created by other developers.

Who	Website	Notes
Contributors of pinvoke.net	https://www.pinvoke.net/	Various cmdlets use snippets from pinvoke
Michael Conrad	https://github.com/MichaCo/	Parts of the Resolve-Dns cmdlet are based on the code of the DnsClient.Net project
Rex Logan	https://stackoverflow.com/a/1148861	Most code of the Get-NetNeighbor cmdlet originates from his StackOverflow post
PowerShell developers	https://github.com/PowerShell/	Code of NoPowerShell DLL is largely based on the code handling the console input of PowerShell
Benjamin Delpy	https://github.com/gentilkiwi/	Code of Get-WinStation is inspired by the code of Mimikatz' ts::sessions command
Dan Ports	https://github.com/danports/	Marshalling code of Get-Winstation is partially copied from the Cassia project
Mazdak	https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2937/Getting-local-groups-and-member-names-in-C	Native function calls for the Get-LocalGroupMember cmdlet
Rex Logan	https://stackoverflow.com/a/1148861	Code of Get-NetNeighbor cmdlet

Authored by Arris Huijgen (@bitsadmin - https://github.com/bitsadmin/)