module

Periodic Script Persistence

Disclosed	Created
Apr 1, 2012	Oct 15, 2025

Disclosed

Apr 1, 2012

Created

Oct 15, 2025

Description

This module will achieve persistence by writing a script to the /etc/periodic directory.
According to The Art of Mac Malware no such malware species persist in this manner (2024).
This payload requires root privileges to run. This module can be run on BSD, OSX or Arch Linux.

Authors

gardnerapp
msutovsky-r7

Platform

BSD,OSX,Python,Unix

Architectures

x64, x86, aarch64, python, 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/multi/persistence/periodic_script
    msf exploit(periodic_script) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(periodic_script) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(periodic_script) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(periodic_script) > exploit

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