module

Autostart Desktop Item Persistence

Disclosed
Feb 13, 2006
Created
Mar 19, 2019

Description

This module will create an autostart entry to execute a payload.
The payload will be executed when the users logs in.

Author

Eliott Teissonniere

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

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 exploit/linux/local/autostart_persistence
msf exploit(autostart_persistence) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(autostart_persistence) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(autostart_persistence) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(autostart_persistence) > exploit

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