Python Exec, Python Meterpreter, Python Reverse HTTP Stager - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Python Exec, Python Meterpreter, Python Reverse HTTP Stager
Module: payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http
Source code: modules/payloads/adapters/cmd/unix/python.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2022-02-24 09:04:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): cmd
Supported platform(s): Unix
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
Execute a Python payload from a command. Run a meterpreter server in Python (compatible with 2.5-2.7 & 3.1+). Tunnel communication over HTTP
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Basic Usage
msf > use payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http
msf payload(reverse_http) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf payload(reverse_http) > generate
To learn how to generate payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http with msfvenom, please read this.
Required Options
- LHOST: The local listener hostname
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http payload module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http
msf6 payload(cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http) > show info
Name: Python Exec, Python Meterpreter, Python Reverse HTTP Stager
Module: payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http
Platform: Unix
Arch: cmd
Needs Admin: No
Total size: 728
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Spencer McIntyre
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
LHOST yes The local listener hostname
LPORT 8080 yes The local listener port
LURI no The HTTP Path
Description:
Execute a Python payload from a command. Run a meterpreter server in
Python (compatible with 2.5-2.7 & 3.1+). Tunnel communication over
HTTP
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http payload:
msf6 payload(cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http) > show options
Module options (payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
LHOST yes The local listener hostname
LPORT 8080 yes The local listener port
LURI no The HTTP Path
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http payload:
msf6 payload(cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http) > show advanced
Module advanced options (payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_http):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AutoLoadStdapi true yes Automatically load the Stdapi extension
AutoRunScript no A script to run automatically on session creation.
AutoSystemInfo true yes Automatically capture system information on initialization.
AutoUnhookProcess false yes Automatically load the unhook extension and unhook the process
AutoVerifySessionTimeout 30 no Timeout period to wait for session validation to occur, in seconds
EnableStageEncoding false no Encode the second stage payload
EnableUnicodeEncoding false yes Automatically encode UTF-8 strings as hexadecimal
HandlerSSLCert no Path to a SSL certificate in unified PEM format, ignored for HTTP transports
HttpCookie no An optional value to use for the Cookie HTTP header
HttpHostHeader no An optional value to use for the Host HTTP header
HttpProxyHost no An optional proxy server IP address or hostname
HttpProxyPass no An optional proxy server password Max parameter length: 63 characters
HttpProxyPort no An optional proxy server port
HttpProxyUser no An optional proxy server username Max parameter length: 63 characters
HttpReferer no An optional value to use for the Referer HTTP header
HttpServerName Apache no The server header that the handler will send in response to requests
HttpUnknownRequestResponse <html><body><h1>It works!</h1></body></html> no The returned HTML response body when the handler receives a request that is not from a payload
HttpUserAgent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/5 no The user-agent that the payload should use for communication Max parameter length: 255 characters
37.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.81 Safari/53
7.36
IgnoreUnknownPayloads false no Whether to drop connections from payloads using unknown UUIDs
InitialAutoRunScript no An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
MeterpreterTryToFork true no Fork a new process if the functionality is available
OverrideLHOST no When OverrideRequestHost is set, use this value as the host name for secondary requests
OverrideLPORT no When OverrideRequestHost is set, use this value as the port number for secondary requests
OverrideRequestHost false no Forces a specific host and port instead of using what the client requests, defaults to LHOST:LPORT
OverrideScheme no When OverrideRequestHost is set, use this value as the scheme for secondary requests, e.g http or https
PayloadProcessCommandLine no The displayed command line that will be used by the payload
PayloadUUIDName no A human-friendly name to reference this unique payload (requires tracking)
PayloadUUIDRaw no A hex string representing the raw 8-byte PUID value for the UUID
PayloadUUIDSeed no A string to use when generating the payload UUID (deterministic)
PayloadUUIDTracking false yes Whether or not to automatically register generated UUIDs
PingbackRetries 0 yes How many additional successful pingbacks
PingbackSleep 30 yes Time (in seconds) to sleep between pingbacks
PythonMeterpreterDebug false no Enable debugging for the Python meterpreter
ReverseAllowProxy false yes Allow reverse tcp even with Proxies specified. Connect back will NOT go through proxy but directly to LH
OST
ReverseListenerBindAddress no The specific IP address to bind to on the local system
ReverseListenerBindPort no The port to bind to on the local system if different from LPORT
ReverseListenerComm no The specific communication channel to use for this listener
SessionCommunicationTimeout 300 no The number of seconds of no activity before this session should be killed
SessionExpirationTimeout 604800 no The number of seconds before this session should be forcibly shut down
SessionRetryTotal 3600 no Number of seconds try reconnecting for on network failure
SessionRetryWait 10 no Number of seconds to wait between reconnect attempts
StageEncoder no Encoder to use if EnableStageEncoding is set
StageEncoderSaveRegisters no Additional registers to preserve in the staged payload if EnableStageEncoding is set
StageEncodingFallback true no Fallback to no encoding if the selected StageEncoder is not compatible
VERBOSE false no Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_awk
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_busybox_telnetd
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_inetd
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_jjs
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_lua
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_netcat
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_netcat_gaping
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_netcat_gaping_ipv6
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_nodejs
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_perl
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_perl_ipv6
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_r
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_ruby
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_ruby_ipv6
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_socat_udp
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_stub
- payload/cmd/unix/bind_zsh
- payload/cmd/unix/generic
- payload/cmd/unix/interact
- payload/cmd/unix/pingback_bind
- payload/cmd/unix/pingback_reverse
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/bind_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/bind_tcp_uuid
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter_reverse_http
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_https
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter_reverse_https
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_uuid
- payload/cmd/unix/python/pingback_bind_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/pingback_reverse_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/shell_bind_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/shell_reverse_tcp
- payload/cmd/unix/python/shell_reverse_tcp_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/python/shell_reverse_udp
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_awk
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_bash
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_bash_telnet_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_bash_udp
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_jjs
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ksh
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_lua
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ncat_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_netcat
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_netcat_gaping
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_nodejs
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_openssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_perl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_perl_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_php_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_python
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_python_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_r
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ruby
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ruby_ssl
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_socat_udp
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ssh
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_ssl_double_telnet
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_stub
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_tclsh
- payload/cmd/unix/reverse_zsh
Authors
- Spencer McIntyre
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.36-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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