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module

Authentication Capture: VNC

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module provides a fake VNC service that
is designed to capture authentication credentials.

Author

Patrik Karlsson [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/vnc
msf auxiliary(vnc) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(vnc) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(vnc) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(vnc) > run

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