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Authentication Capture: PostgreSQL

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module provides a fake PostgreSQL service that is designed to
capture clear-text authentication credentials.

Author

Dhiru Kholia [email protected]

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use auxiliary/server/capture/postgresql
msf auxiliary(postgresql) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(postgresql) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(postgresql) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(postgresql) > run

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