# curi0usJack/luckystrike

A PowerShell based utility for the creation of malicious Office macro documents.

Repository: https://github.com/curi0usJack/luckystrike
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/luckystrike
Language: PowerShell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-11-03T17:52:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3632, "days_push": 3225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1108, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.092871+00:00)

## What it is
LuckyStrike is a PowerShell-based utility for generating malicious Microsoft Office macro documents, intended for penetration testing and educational use. It provides a menu-driven interface for creating and obfuscating macro payloads.

## Use cases
- generate malicious office macro documents for pentests
- create macro-based payloads for red team engagements
- test email security defenses against macro attachments
- learn how malicious macros are constructed
- obfuscate vba macro payloads

## When to choose
- you are a pentester or red teamer needing to craft macro-based payloads on Windows
- you want a PowerShell tool that requires no compilation and integrates with Excel
- you need an educational tool to study malicious macro techniques

## When to avoid
- you are not on a Windows machine with PowerShell v5+ and Microsoft Excel installed
- you need a maintained tool with recent updates or active support
- you are not authorized to perform offensive security testing

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, workflow-automation
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: macro-documents, offensive-security, red-team, payload-generation, office-macros, powershell

## Member repositories
- curi0usJack/luckystrike (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.092871+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:43:45.371850+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/curi0usJack/luckystrike (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.092871+00:00, sha b93ca523ae67)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.