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Autostart Desktop Item Persistence

Disclosed
02/13/2006
Created
03/19/2019

Description

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

Author(s)

  • Eliott Teissonniere

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

Development

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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