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Linux Reboot

Created
05/30/2018

Description

A very small shellcode for rebooting the system. This payload is sometimes helpful for testing purposes or executing other payloads that rely on initial startup procedures.

Author(s)

  • Michael Messner <devnull@s3cur1ty.de>
  • rigan - <imrigan@gmail.com>

Platform

Linux

Architectures

mipsbe

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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