Python Exec, Python Meterpreter Shell, Reverse HTTP Inline - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Python Exec, Python Meterpreter Shell, Reverse HTTP Inline
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. Connect back to the attacker and spawn a Meterpreter shell

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(meterpreter_reverse_http) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf payload(meterpreter_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 Shell, Reverse HTTP Inline
     Module: payload/cmd/unix/python/meterpreter_reverse_http
   Platform: Unix
       Arch: cmd
Needs Admin: No
 Total size: 116503
       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. Connect back to the 
  attacker and spawn a Meterpreter shell

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
   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
   HttpProxyType                HTTP                                                     yes       The type of HTTP proxy (Accepted: HTTP, SOCKS)
   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 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 12_2_1) AppleWeb  no        The user-agent that the payload should use for communication Max parameter length: 255 characters
                                Kit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.2 Safari/60
                                5.1.15
   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
   VERBOSE                      false                                                    no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                                                             no        Specify the workspace for this module

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See Also

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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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