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VIM Plugin Persistence

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Disclosed
Nov 3, 1991
Created
May 8, 2026

Description

This module creates a VIM Plugin which executes a payload on VIM startup.

Author

h00die

Platform

Linux

Architectures

cmd

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