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Malicious Windows Registration Entries (.reg) File

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Disclosed
Aug 24, 1995
Created
Jul 24, 2025

Description

This module creates a Windows Registration Entries (.reg) file which
adds the specified payload to the Windows Registry. The payload runs
upon Windows login for the current user. If the user has elevated
privileges when opening the file, the payload will run upon login
when any user logs in.

The user will receive a warning prompt to confirm Registry changes
when opening the file.

Author

bcoles [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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