S0184: POWRUNER

S0184: POWRUNER describes [POWRUNER](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0184) is a PowerShell script that sends and receives commands to and from the C2 server. (Citation: FireEye APT34 Dec 2017)

Executive priority

S0184: POWRUNER is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0184: POWRUNER by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

Validate whether S0184: POWRUNER appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.

Additional notes and limits

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Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

POWRUNER

POWRUNER is a PowerShell script that sends and receives commands to and from the C2 server. [1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

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Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
Enterprise	T1016	System Network Configuration Discovery	POWRUNER may collect network configuration data by running `ipconfig /all` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1071.001	Web ProtocolsSub-technique	POWRUNER can use HTTP for C2 communications.[1]CitationFireEye APT34 Webinar Dec 2017
Enterprise	T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	POWRUNER may use WMI when collecting information about a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1057	Process Discovery	POWRUNER may collect process information by running `tasklist` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1071.004	DNSSub-technique	POWRUNER can use DNS for C2 communications.[1]CitationFireEye APT34 Webinar Dec 2017
Enterprise	T1033	System Owner/User Discovery	POWRUNER may collect information about the currently logged in user by running `whoami` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1518.001	Security Software DiscoverySub-technique	POWRUNER may collect information on the victim's anti-virus software.[1]
Enterprise	T1069.002	Domain GroupsSub-technique	POWRUNER may collect domain group information by running `net group /domain` or a series of other commands on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1069.001	Local GroupsSub-technique	POWRUNER may collect local group information by running `net localgroup administrators` or a series of other commands on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1087.002	Domain AccountSub-technique	POWRUNER may collect user account information by running `net user /domain` or a series of other commands on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1083	File and Directory Discovery	POWRUNER may enumerate user directories on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1082	System Information Discovery	POWRUNER may collect information about the system by running `hostname` and `systeminfo` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1059.003	Windows Command ShellSub-technique	POWRUNER can execute commands from its C2 server.[1]
Enterprise	T1059.001	PowerShellSub-technique	POWRUNER is written in PowerShell.[1]
Enterprise	T1132.001	Standard EncodingSub-technique	POWRUNER can use base64 encoded C2 communications.[1]
Enterprise	T1105	Ingress Tool Transfer	POWRUNER can download or upload files from its C2 server.[1]
Enterprise	T1012	Query Registry	POWRUNER may query the Registry by running `reg query` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1049	System Network Connections Discovery	POWRUNER may collect active network connections by running `netstat -an` on a victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1053.005	Scheduled TaskSub-technique	POWRUNER persists through a scheduled task that executes it every minute.[1]
Enterprise	T1113	Screen Capture	POWRUNER can capture a screenshot from a victim.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

G0049: OilRig

OilRig is a suspected Iranian threat group that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014. The group has targeted a variety of sectors, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications. It appears the group carries out supply chain attacks, leveraging the trust relationship between organizations to attack their primary targets. The group works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release: 19.2
Object version: 1.1
Created: Jan 16, 2018, 16:13 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: Apr 25, 2025, 14:42 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: 942ab2f3348ebe6c...

Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)

Release	Bundle imported	Object version	Modified	Status	Raw hash
19.2	Aug 6, 2026, 02:58 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Apr 25, 2025, 14:42 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`942ab2f3348e…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Apr 25, 2025, 14:42 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`942ab2f3348e…`

Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

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[1]
FireEye APT34 Dec 2017
Sardiwal, M, et al. (2017, December 7). New Targeted Attack in the Middle East by APT34, a Suspected Iranian Threat Group, Using CVE-2017-11882 Exploit. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
Open source URL
[2]
POWRUNER
(Citation: FireEye APT34 Dec 2017)
[3]
mitre-attackS0184
Open source URL

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