module

Adobe PDF Embedded EXE Social Engineering

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Disclosed
2010-03-29
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module embeds a Metasploit payload into an existing PDF file. The
resulting PDF can be sent to a target as part of a social engineering attack.

Authors

Colin Ames amesc@attackresearch.com
jduck jduck@metasploit.com

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

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