module

HTTP Fetch, Linux Read File

Disclosed	Created
N/A	Jun 15, 2023

Disclosed

N/A

Created

Jun 15, 2023

Description

Fetch and execute a x86 payload from an HTTP server.
Read up to 4096 bytes from the local file system and write it back out to the specified file descriptor

Authors

Brendan Watters
Spencer McIntyre
hal

Platform

Linux

Architectures

cmd

References

Source Code
History

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 payload/cmd/linux/http/x86/read_file
    msf payload(read_file) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf payload(read_file) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf payload(read_file) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf payload(read_file) > run

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