Generic x86 Tight Loop - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: Generic x86 Tight Loop
Module: payload/generic/tight_loop
Source code: modules/payloads/singles/generic/tight_loop.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): x86
Supported platform(s): BSD, BSDi, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Generate a tight loop in the target process

Module Ranking and Traits

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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

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msf > use payload/generic/tight_loop
msf payload(tight_loop) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf payload(tight_loop) > generate

To learn how to generate payload/generic/tight_loop with msfvenom, please read this.

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the generic/tight_loop payload looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use payload/generic/tight_loop

msf6 payload(generic/tight_loop) > show info

       Name: Generic x86 Tight Loop
     Module: payload/generic/tight_loop
   Platform: BSD, BSDi, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows
       Arch: x86
Needs Admin: No
 Total size: 2
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  jduck <[email protected]>

Description:
  Generate a tight loop in the target process

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the generic/tight_loop payload:

msf6 payload(generic/tight_loop) > show options

Module options (payload/generic/tight_loop):

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

Advanced Options

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Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the generic/tight_loop payload:

msf6 payload(generic/tight_loop) > show advanced

Module advanced options (payload/generic/tight_loop):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   VERBOSE    false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                   no        Specify the workspace for this module

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Related Pull Requests

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• #14202 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/core
• #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
• #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
• #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
• #4894 Merged Pull Request: Implement payload size caching, speeding up framework loads
• #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
• #2417 Merged Pull Request: Prefer Ruby style for single word collections
• #1241 Merged Pull Request: Removed all $Id$ and $Revision$ occurences

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See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• payload/generic/custom
• payload/generic/debug_trap
• payload/generic/shell_bind_tcp
• payload/generic/shell_reverse_tcp
• payload/generic/ssh/interact
• encoder/cmd/generic_sh
• encoder/generic/eicar
• encoder/generic/none
• exploit/unix/webapp/generic_exec
• exploit/windows/http/generic_http_dll_injection
• exploit/windows/smb/generic_smb_dll_injection
• nop/cmd/generic
• nop/php/generic
• nop/tty/generic
• payload/cmd/mainframe/generic_jcl
• payload/cmd/unix/generic
• payload/cmd/windows/generic
• payload/cmd/windows/powershell/generic/debug_trap
• payload/cmd/windows/powershell/generic/tight_loop

Authors

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jduck

Version

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This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.1-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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