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ESC8 Relay: SMB to HTTP(S)

Disclosed
N/A
Created
Nov 6, 2024

Description

This module creates an SMB server and then relays the credentials passed to it
to an HTTP server to gain an authenticated connection. Once that connection is
established, the module makes an authenticated request for a certificate based
on a given template.

Authors

bwatters-r7
jhicks-r7
Spencer McIntyre

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/relay/esc8
msf auxiliary(esc8) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(esc8) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(esc8) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(esc8) > run

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