Invoke-PSImage can be used to embed a PowerShell script within the pixels of a PNG file.2
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Invoke-PSImage S0231
- Type
- tool
- Created
- 18 April 2018
- Last modified
- 16 April 2025
Invoke-PSImage takes a PowerShell script and embeds the bytes of the script into the pixels of a PNG image. It generates a one liner for executing either from a file of from the web. Example of usage is embedding the PowerShell code from the Invoke-Mimikatz module and embed it into an image file. By calling the image file from a macro for example, the macro will download the picture and execute the PowerShell code, which in this case will dump the passwords. [1]
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TechniquesBottom 7%
1
TacticBottom 6%
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0231
Invoke-PSImage can be used to embed payload data within a new image file.3
Standing S0231
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques2Bottom 7%
7th percentile · 93% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactic1Bottom 6%
6th percentile · 94% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique3.5medBottom 3%
3rd percentile · 97% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique0med
Detection coverage S0231
7 distinct rules cover the 2 techniques recorded for this tool. 7 Sigma.
2 covered by at least one rule7 distinct rules in total
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