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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1546.013",
  "title": "PowerShell Profile",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/013",
  "snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
  "status": "active",
  "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
  "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
  "stix_id": "attack-pattern--0f2c410d-d740-4ed9-abb1-b8f4a7faf6c3",
  "external_id": "T1546.013",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-01-24T15:11:02.758Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:48:24.124Z",
  "version": "1.2",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "privilege-escalation",
    "persistence"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Wits End and Shady PowerShell Profiles",
      "url": "https://witsendandshady.blogspot.com/2019/06/lab-notes-persistence-and-privilege.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "ESET Turla PowerShell May 2019",
      "url": "https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/05/29/turla-powershell-usage/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Malware Archaeology PowerShell Cheat Sheet",
      "url": "http://www.malwarearchaeology.com/s/Windows-PowerShell-Logging-Cheat-Sheet-ver-June-2016-v2.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft About Profiles",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_profiles?view=powershell-6"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft Profiles",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_profiles"
    }
  ]
}

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