Rapid7

module

IGEL OS Persistent Payload

Disclosed
Nov 2, 2016
Created
Nov 26, 2025

Description

Gain persistence for specified payload on IGEL OS Workspace Edition, by writing
a payload to disk or base64-encoding and executing from registry.

Author

Zack Didcott

Platform

Linux

Architectures

cmd, x64

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

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