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event triggered execution powershell profile sub technique t1546 013 enterprise mitre att ck matrices enterprise mobile ics tactics enterprise mobile ics techniques enterprise mobile ics defenses mitigations enterprise mobile ics assets detections detection strategies analytics data components cti groups software campaigns resources get started learn more about att ck att ck advisory council att ckcon att ck data tools faq engage with att ck version history updates legal branding benefactors contribute blog search att ckcon 7 0 in person tickets are open join us october 27 28 2026 in mclean va register here for in person tickets hotel and location details can be found in the faq home techniques enterprise event triggered execution powershell profile event triggered execution powershell profile other sub techniques of event triggered execution 18 id name t1546 001 change default file association t1546 002 screensaver t1546 003 windows management instrumentation event subscription t1546 004 unix shell configuration modification t1546 005 trap t1546 006 lc_load_dylib addition t1546 007 netsh helper dll t1546 008 accessibility features t1546 009 appcert dlls t1546 010 appinit dlls t1546 011 application shimming t1546 012 image file execution options injection t1546 013 powershell profile t1546 014 emond t1546 015 component object model hijacking t1546 016 installer packages t1546 017 udev rules t1546 018 python startup hooks adversaries may gain persistence and elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by powershell profiles a powershell profile profile ps1 is a script that runs when powershell starts and can be used as a logon script to customize user environments powershell supports several profiles depending on the user or host program for example there can be different profiles for powershell host programs such as the powershell console powershell ise or visual studio code an administrator can also configure a profile that applies to all users and host programs on the local computer 1 adversaries may modify these profiles to include arbitrary commands functions modules and or powershell drives to gain persistence every time a user opens a powershell session the modified script will be executed unless the noprofile flag is used when it is launched 2 an adversary may also be able to escalate privileges if a script in a powershell profile is loaded and executed by an account with higher privileges such as a domain administrator 3 id t1546 013 sub technique of t1546 ⓘ tactics privilege escalation persistence ⓘ platforms windows contributors allen deryke ice matt green mgreen27 version 1 2 created 24 january 2020 last modified 24 october 2025 version permalink live version procedure examples id name description g0010 turla turla has used powershell profiles to maintain persistence on an infected machine 2 mitigations id mitigation description m1045 code signing enforce execution of only signed powershell scripts sign profiles to avoid them from being modified m1022 restrict file and directory permissions making powershell profiles immutable and only changeable by certain administrators will limit the ability for adversaries to easily create user level persistence m1054 software configuration avoid powershell profiles if not needed use the no profile flag with when executing powershell scripts remotely to prevent local profiles and scripts from being executed detection strategy id name analytic id analytic description det0451 detection strategy for powershell profile persistence via profile ps1 modification an1245 defenders can identify powershell profile based persistence by correlating file creation or modification in known profile locations with subsequent powershell process launches that do not use the noprofile flag profile scripts loading unusual modules or launching external programs particularly under elevated contexts are suspicious and may represent adversary persistence or privilege escalation references microsoft 2017 november 29 about profiles retrieved june 14 2019 faou m and dumont r 2019 may 29 a dive into turla powershell usage retrieved june 14 2019 deryke a 2019 june 7 lab notes persistence and privilege elevation using the powershell profile retrieved july 8 2019 core objects all core att ck objects all none matrices tactics techniques sub techniques defenses all defenses all none mitigations assets detection strategies analytics data components cti all cti all none groups software campaigns reference all reference all none resources domains all domains all none enterprise mobile ics reset filters contact us terms of use privacy policy website changelog cookie preferences 2015 2026 the mitre corporation mitre att ck and att ck are registered trademarks of the mitre corporation