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Assistive Technologies Persistence

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Disclosed
Jul 22, 2016
Created
Dec 20, 2025

Description

This module achieves persistence by registering a custom Assistive Technology (AT) in the Windows registry.
Then it configures the system to launch the AT executable during user logon or desktop switch (such as with
an admin prived program).
Requires Windows 8 or higher and administrative privileges.

Author

h00die

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x64, x86, aarch64

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