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Windows Manage Persistent EXE Payload Installer

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module will upload an executable to a remote host and make it Persistent.
It can be installed as USER, SYSTEM, or SERVICE. USER will start on user login,
SYSTEM will start on system boot but requires privs. SERVICE will create a new service
which will start the payload. Again requires privs.

Author

Merlyn drforbin Cousins [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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