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Notepad++ Plugin Persistence

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Disclosed
Dec 11, 2005
Created
Jan 15, 2026

Description

This module create persistence by adding a malicious plugin to Notepad++, as it blindly loads and executes DLL from its plugin directory on startup, meaning that the payload will be executed every time Notepad++ is launched.

Author

msutovsky-r7

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