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Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP SSL (telnet)

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Creates an interactive shell via mkfifo and telnet.
This method works on Debian and other systems compiled
without /dev/tcp support. This module uses the '-z'
option included on some systems to encrypt using SSL.

Author

RageLtMan rageltman@sempervictus

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/reverse_bash_telnet_ssl
    msf payload(reverse_bash_telnet_ssl) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf payload(reverse_bash_telnet_ssl) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf payload(reverse_bash_telnet_ssl) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf payload(reverse_bash_telnet_ssl) > run
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