Description
This module will register a payload to run via the Active Setup mechanism in Windows. Active Setup is a Windows feature that runs once per user at login. It triggers in a user context, losing privileges from admin to user.
Active Setup will open a popup box with "Personalized Settings" and the text "Setting up personalized settings for: <SETUP_NAME>". However this won't occur until the login screen has exited (but before the desktop is loaded), and our execution is extremely fast so likely the user will not see it.
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/registry/active_setupmsf undefined(active_setup) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(active_setup) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(active_setup) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(active_setup) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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