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Windows Drive Formatter

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Windows Drive Formatter

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This payload formats all mounted disks in Windows (aka ShellcodeOfDeath). After formatting, this payload sets the volume label to the string specified in the VOLUMELABEL option. If the code is unable to access a drive for any reason, it skips the drive and proceeds to the next volume.

Author(s)

  • Ashfaq Ansari <ashfaq_ansari1989@hotmail.com>
  • Ruei-Min Jiang <mike820324@gmail.com>

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

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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