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Windows shellcode stage, Windows Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)

Disclosed
N/A
Created
Sep 8, 2022

Description

Custom shellcode stage.

Tunnel communication over HTTP (Windows winhttp)

Authors

bwatters-r7
hdm [email protected]
Borja Merino [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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

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