module

Open a file or URL on the target computer

Disclosed	Created
N/A	Jul 25, 2018

Disclosed

N/A

Created

Jul 25, 2018

Description

This module will open any file or URL specified with the URI format on the
target computer via the embedded commands such as 'open' or 'xdg-open'.

Author

Eliott Teissonniere

Platform

Linux,OSX,Windows

References

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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 post/multi/manage/open
    msf post(open) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(open) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(open) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(open) > run

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