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Mac OS X Persistent Payload Installer

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Disclosed
Apr 1, 2012
Created
Oct 3, 2025

Description

This module provides a persistent boot payload by creating a launch item, which can be
a LaunchAgent or a LaunchDaemon. LaunchAgents run with user level permissions and are triggered
upon login by a plist entry in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. LaunchDaemons run with
elevated privilleges, and are launched before user login by a plist entry in the ~/Library/LaunchDaemons directory.
In either case the plist entry specifies an executable that will be run before or at login.

Verified on OSX 11.7.10 (Big Sur)

Authors

Marcin 'Icewall' Noga [email protected]
joev [email protected]

Platform

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