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Docker Image Persistence

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Disclosed
Mar 20, 2013
Created
Sep 17, 2025

Description

This module maintains persistence on a host by creating a docker image which runs our
payload, and has access to the host's file system (/host in the container). Whenever the
container restarts, the payload will run, or when the payload dies the executable
will run again after a delay. This will allow for writing back
into the host through cron entries, ssh keys, or other method.

Verified on Ubuntu 22.04.

Author

h00die

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64, armle, aarch64, ppc, mipsle, mipsbe

References

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/persistence/docker_image
    msf exploit(docker_image) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(docker_image) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(docker_image) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(docker_image) > exploit
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