module

HTA Web Server

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Disclosed
Oct 6, 2016
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module hosts an HTML Application (HTA) that when opened will run a
payload via Powershell. When a user navigates to the HTA file they will
be prompted by IE twice before the payload is executed.

Author

Spencer McIntyre

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