Reading Clipboard Data via Powershell

Clipboard Data

Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.

For example, on Windows adversaries can access clipboard data by using clip.exe or Get-Clipboard.[1][2][3] Additionally, adversaries may monitor then replace users’ clipboard with their data (e.g., Transmitted Data Manipulation).[4]

macOS and Linux also have commands, such as pbpaste, to grab clipboard contents.[5]

ID: T1115Sub-techniques: No sub-techniques

ⓘTactic: Collection

ⓘPlatforms: Linux, Windows, macOSVersion: 1.2

Created: 31 May 2017

Last Modified: 14 April 2023

Commands

Windows

• clip

• echo "New Clipboard Text" | clip

• Get-Clipboard

macOS

• pbpaste

Linux

• xclip -o

• echo "New Clipboard Text" | xclip

• xsel --clipboard --output

• echo "New Clipboard Text" | xsel --clipboard --input

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REFERENCES

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1115/