module

Windows Escalate SMB Icon LNK Dropper

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module drops a shortcut (LNK file) that has a ICON reference
existing on the specified remote host, causing SMB and WebDAV
connections to be initiated from any user that views the shortcut.

Author

Platform

Windows

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/windows/escalate/droplnk
msf post(droplnk) > show actions
...actions...
msf post(droplnk) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf post(droplnk) > show options
...show and set options...
msf post(droplnk) > run

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