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PHP Exec

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 29, 2025

Description

Execute a PHP payload as an OS command from a Posix-compatible shell

Authors

Spencer McIntyre
msutovsky-r7
egypt [email protected]

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

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 payload/cmd/unix/php/download_exec
    msf payload(download_exec) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf payload(download_exec) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf payload(download_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf payload(download_exec) > run
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