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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Remote Command Execution

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Disclosed
Jan 1, 1999
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module executes powershell on the remote host using the current
user credentials or those supplied. Instead of using PSEXEC over TCP
port 445 we use the WMIC command to start a Remote Procedure Call on
TCP port 135 and an ephemeral port. Set ReverseListenerComm to tunnel
traffic through that session.

The result is similar to psexec but with the added benefit of using
the session's current authentication token instead of having to know
a password or hash.

The remote host must be configured to allow remote Windows Management
Instrumentation.

Author

Ben Campbell [email protected]

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