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SSH User Code Execution

Disclosed
01/01/1999
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module connects to the target system and executes the necessary commands to run the specified payload via SSH. If a native payload is specified, an appropriate stager will be used.

Author(s)

  • Spencer McIntyre
  • Brandon Knight

Platform

BSD,Linux,OSX,Python,Unix

Development

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

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