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Nimplant is a cross-platform (Linux & Windows) implant written in Nim as a fun project to learn about Nim and see what it can bring to the table for red team tool development. Currently, Nimplant lacks extensive evasive tradecraft; however, overtime Nimplant will become much more sophisticated.

Installation

To install Nimplant, you’ll need Mythic installed on a remote computer. You can find installation instructions for Mythic at the Mythic project page.

From the Mythic install root, run the command:

./install_agent_from_github.sh https://github.com/MythicAgents/Nimplant

Once installed, restart Mythic to build a new agent.

Highlighted Agent Features

• Cross-platform
• Fully asynchronous
• Can generate agents compiled from both C and C++ source code

Commands Manual Quick Reference

Command	Syntax	Description
cat	cat [file]	Retrieve the output of a file.
cd	cd [dir]	Change working directory.
cp	cp [source] [destination]	Copy a file from source to destination. Modal popup.
curl	curl [url] [method] [headers] [body]	Execute a single web request.
download	download [path]	Download a file off the target system.
exit	exit	Exit a callback.
getenv	getenv	Get all of the current environment variables.
jobs	jobs	List all running jobs.
kill	kill [pid]	Attempt to kill the process specified by [pid].
ls	ls [path] [recurse]	List files and folders in [path] with optional param to list recursively. Defaults to current working directory.
mkdir	mkdir [dir]	Create a directory.
mv	mv [source] [destination]	Move a file from source to destination. Modal popup.
ps	ps	List process information.
pwd	pwd	Print working directory.
rm	rm [path]	Remove a file specified by [path]
shell	shell [command]	Run a shell command which will translate to a process being spawned with command line: cmd.exe /r[command]
unsetenv	setenv [envname] [value]	Sets an environment variable to your choosing.
sleep	sleep [seconds]	Set the callback interval of the agent in seconds.
unsetenv	unsetenv [envname]	Unset an environment variable.
upload	upload	Upload a file to a remote path on the machine. Modal popup.

Supported C2 Profiles

Currently, only one C2 profile is available to use when creating a new Nimplant agent: HTTP.

HTTP Profile

The HTTP profile calls back to the Mythic server over the basic, non-dynamic profile. When selecting options to be stamped into Nimplant at compile time, all options are respected with the exception of those parameters relating to GET requests.