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Windows Persistent Task Scheduler

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Disclosed
May 15, 1998
Created
Oct 31, 2025

Description

This module establishes persistence by creating a scheduled task to run a payload.

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