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Emacs Extension Persistence

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Disclosed
Jan 28, 2026
Created
Feb 18, 2026

Description

This module adds a lisp based malicious extension to the emacs configuration file.
When emacs is opened, the extension will be loaded and the payload will be executed.

Tested against emacs 29.3 build 1 on Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.

Author

h00die

Platform

Linux

Architectures

cmd, x86, x64

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