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Invoke-Obfuscation v1.8

===============



![Invoke-Obfuscation Screenshot](https://github.com/danielbohannon/danielbohannon.github.io/blob/master/Invoke-Obfuscation%20Screenshot.png)



Introduction

------------

Invoke-Obfuscation is a PowerShell v2.0+ compatible PowerShell command

and script obfuscator.



Background

----------

In the Fall of 2015 I decided to begin researching the flexibility of

PowerShell's language and began cataloguing the various ways to

accomplish a handful of common techniques that most attackers use on a

regular basis.



Initially focusing on encoded command and remote download cradle syntaxes,

I discovered that various escape characters that did not hinder the

execution of the command persisted in the command line arguments, both in

the running process as well as what is logged in Security EID 4688 and

Sysmon EID 1 event logs. This led me to systematically explore ways of

obfuscating each kind of "token" found in any PowerShell command or script.



I then explored more obscure ways to perform string-level obfuscation,

various encoding/encrypting techniques (like ASCII/hex/octal/binary and even

SecureString), and finally PowerShell launch techniques to abstract the

command line arguments from powershell.exe and to push it back to the parent

and even grandparent process.



Purpose

-------

Attackers and commodity malware have started using extremely basic

obfuscation techniques to hide the majority of the command from the command

line arguments of powershell.exe. I developed this tool to aid the Blue Team

in simulating obfuscated commands based on what I currently know to be

syntactically possible in PowerShell 2.0-5.0 so that they can test their

detection capabilities of these techniques.



The tool's sole purpose is to break any assumptions that we as defenders may

have concerning how PowerShell commands can appear on the command line. My

hope is that it will encourage the Blue Team to shift to looking for

Indicators of Obfuscation on the command line in addition to updating

PowerShell logging to include Module, ScriptBlock and Transcription logging

as these sources simplify most aspects of the obfuscation techniques

generated by this tool.



Usage

-----

While all of the layers of obfuscation have been built out into separate

scripts, most users will find the `Invoke-Obfuscation` function to be the

easiest way to explorer and visualize the obfuscation techniques that this

framework currently supports.



Installation

------------

The source code for Invoke-Obfuscation is hosted at Github, and you may

download, fork and review it from this repository

(https://github.com/danielbohannon/Invoke-Obfuscation). Please report issues

or feature requests through Github's bug tracker associated with this project.



To install:



	Import-Module ./Invoke-Obfuscation.psd1

	Invoke-Obfuscation



License

-------

Invoke-Obfuscation is released under the Apache 2.0 license.



Release Notes

-------------

v1.0 - 2016-09-25 DerbyCon 6.0 (Louisville, Kentucky USA): PUBLIC Release of Invoke-Obfuscation.



v1.1 - 2016-10-09 SANS DFIR Summit (Prague, Czech Republic): Added -f format operator re-ordering 

functionality to all applicable TOKEN obfuscation functions. Also added additional 

syntax options for setting variable values.



v1.2 - 2016-10-20 CODE BLUE (Tokyo, Japan): Added Type TOKEN obfuscation (direct type 

casting with string obfuscation options for type name).



v1.3 - 2016-10-22 Hacktivity (Budapest, Hungary): Added two new LAUNCHERs: CLIP+ and CLIP++. 

Also added additional (and simpler) array char conversion syntax for all ENCODING 

functions that does not require For-EachObject/%.



v1.4 - 2016-10-28 BruCON (Ghent, Belgium): Added new BXOR ENCODING function. Also enhanced 

randomized case for all components of all ENCODING functions as well as for 

PowerShell execution flags for all LAUNCHERs. Finally, added -EP shorthand option 

for -ExecutionPolicy to all LAUNCHERs as well as the optional integer representation 

of the -WindowStyle PowerShell execution flag: Normal (0), Hidden (1), Minimized (2), 

Maximized (3).



v1.5 - 2016-11-04 Blue Hat (Redmond, Washington USA): Added WMIC LAUNCHER with some 

randomization of WMIC command line arguments.



v1.6 - 2017-01-24 Blue Hat IL (Tel Aviv, Israel):

- Added CLI functionality:

E.g., Invoke-Obfuscation -ScriptBlock {Write-Host 'CLI FTW!'} -Command 'Token\All\1,

Encoding\1,Launcher\Stdin++\234,Clip' -Quiet -NoExit

- Added UNDO functionality to remove one layer of obfuscation at a time.

- Removed Whitespace obfuscation from Token\All\1 to speed up large script obfuscation.

- Added Process Argument Tree output for all launchers to aid defenders.

- Added base menu auto-detect functionality to avoid needing to use BACK or HOME:

E.g., if you ran TOKEN then ALL then 1, then just type LAUNCHER and you will get to 

the LAUNCHER menu without needing to type HOME or BACK to get back to the home menu.

- Added multi-command syntax utilized by CLI and interactive mode:

E.g., Token\All\1,String\3,Encoding\5,Launcher\Ps\234,Clip

- Added regex capability to all menu and obfuscation commands:

E.g., Token\*\*,String\[13],Encoding\(1|6),Launcher\.*[+]{2}\234,Clip

- Added OUT FILEPATH single command functionality.

- Added decoding if powershell -enc syntax is entered as a SCRIPTBLOCK value.

- Added alias ForEach to ForEach-Object/% randomized syntax options in all ENCODING 

functions.

- Added -Key -Ke -K KEY substring syntax options to Out-SecureStringCommand.ps1.

- Added more thorough case randomization to all \Home\String obfuscation functions.

- Added -ST/-STA (Single-Threaded Apartment) flags to CLIP+ and CLIP++ launcher 

functions since they are required if running on PowerShell 2.0.

- Added Get-Item/GI/Item syntax everywhere where Get-ChildItem is used to get 

variable values.

- Added Set-Item variable instantiation syntax to TYPE obfuscation function.

- Added additional Invoke-Expression/IEX syntax using PowerShell automatic variables 

and environment variable value concatenations in Out-ObfuscatedStringCommand.ps1's 

Out-EncapsulatedInvokeExpression function and copied to all launchers, STRING and 

ENCODING functions to add numerous command-line syntaxes for IEX.

- Added two new JOIN syntaxes for String\Reverse and all ENCODING obfuscation options:

1) Added [String]::Join('',$string) JOIN syntax

2) Added OFS-variable JOIN syntax (Output Field Separator automatic variable)

- Added two more SecureString syntaxes to Encoding\5:

1) PtrToStringAnsi / SecureStringToGlobalAllocAnsi

2) PtrToStringBSTR / SecureStringToBSTR

- Added six GetMember alternate syntaxes for several SecureString members:

1) PtrToStringAuto, ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[3].Name).Invoke

2) PtrToStringAuto, ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[5].Name).Invoke

3) PtrToStringUni , ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[2].Name).Invoke

4) PtrToStringUni , ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[4].Name).Invoke

5) PtrToStringAnsi, ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[0].Name).Invoke

6) PtrToStringAnsi, ([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal].GetMembers()[1].Name).Invoke

- Updated Out-ObfuscatedTokenCommand.ps1 so that VARIABLE obfuscation won't 

encapsulate variables in ${} if they are already encapsulated (so ${${var}} won't 

happen as this causes errors).

- Replaced Invoke-Obfuscation.psm1 with Invoke-Obfuscation.psd1 (thanks @Carlos_Perez).

- Fixed several TOKEN-level obfuscation bugs reported by @cobbr_io and @IISResetMe.



v1.7 - 2017-03-03 nullcon (Goa, India):

- Added 3 new LAUNCHERs: RUNDLL, RUNDLL++ and MSHTA++

- Added additional ExecutionContext wildcard variable strings



v1.8 - 2017-07-27 Black Hat (Las Vegas, Nevada USA):

- Added 2 new ENCODING options: Special Characters and Whitespace



v1.8.1 - 2017-12-19:

- Added COMPRESS function for easier conversion of multi-line scripts to a one-liner 

command while drastically reducing the command length for cmd.exe command line length 

limitation purposes.



v1.8.2 - 2018-01-04:

- Added AST obfuscation functions, which obfuscates by manipulating the structure of

the AbstractSyntaxTree without using many special characters.