Rapid7

module

Windows Telemetry Persistence

Disclosed
Nov 6, 2023
Created
Apr 9, 2026

Description

This persistence mechanism installs a new telemetry provider for windows. If telemetry is turned on,
when the scheduled task launches, it will execute the telemetry provider and execute our payload
with system permissions.

Author

h00die

Platform

Windows

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

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