rule:
meta:
name: run PowerShell expression
namespace: load-code/powershell/
authors:
- anamaria.martinezgom@mandiant.com
scopes:
static: function
dynamic: span of calls
att&ck:
- Execution::Command and Scripting Interpreter::PowerShell [T1059.001]
mbc:
- Execution::Command and Scripting Interpreter [E1059]
examples:
- 692f7fd6d198e804d6af98eb9e390d61:0x6000004
features:
- or:
- and:
- api: System.Management.Automation.PowerShell::Invoke
- or:
- api: System.Management.Automation.PowerShell::Create
- api: System.Management.Automation.PowerShell::AddScript
- api: System.Management.Automation.PowerShell::AddCommand
- api: System.Management.Automation.PowerShell::AddStatement
- and:
- or:
- string: /powershell(\.exe)?/i
- string: /pwsh(\.exe)?/i
- or:
- string: /\b-(e|en|enc|enco|encod|encodedcommand)\b/i
- string: /\biex\b/i
- string: /\bInvoke-Expression\b/i
- or:
- string: /\biex\s*\(/i
- string: /\biex\s+\$/i
- string: /\bInvoke-Expression\s*\(/i
- string: /\bInvoke-Expression\s+\$/i
- string: /\|\s*iex\b/i
- string: /\|\s*Invoke-Expression\b/i
- string: /\bDownloadString\s*\(/i
- string: /\b(iwr|curl|wget)\b/i
- string: /\bInvoke-WebRequest\s+/i
- string: /\bNew-Object\s+System\.Net\.WebClient/i
- string: /\bSystem\.Management\.Automation\.AmsiUtils\b/i
- string: /\bAmsiUtils\b/i
- string: /\bamsiInitFailed\b/i
last edited: 2026-02-23 20:51:19