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OS Command Exec, Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP (/dev/tcp)

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
Jun 9, 2025

Description

Execute an OS command from PHP.

Creates an interactive shell via bash's builtin /dev/tcp.

This will not work on circa 2009 and older Debian-based Linux
distributions (including Ubuntu) because they compile bash
without the /dev/tcp feature.

Authors

Spencer McIntyre
hdm [email protected]

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

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