PHP Executable Download and Execute - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: PHP Executable Download and Execute
Module: payload/php/download_exec
Source code: modules/payloads/singles/php/download_exec.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2020-09-22 02:56:51 +0000
Supported architecture(s): php
Supported platform(s): PHP
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Download an EXE from an HTTP URL and execute it

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/php/download_exec
msf payload(download_exec) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf payload(download_exec) > generate

To learn how to generate payload/php/download_exec with msfvenom, please read this.

Required Options

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• URL: The pre-encoded URL to the executable

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the php/download_exec payload looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use payload/php/download_exec

msf6 payload(php/download_exec) > show info

       Name: PHP Executable Download and Execute
     Module: payload/php/download_exec
   Platform: PHP
       Arch: php
Needs Admin: No
 Total size: 2659
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  egypt <[email protected]>

Basic options:
Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
----  ---------------  --------  -----------
URL                    yes       The pre-encoded URL to the executable

Description:
  Download an EXE from an HTTP URL and execute it

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the php/download_exec payload:

msf6 payload(php/download_exec) > show options

Module options (payload/php/download_exec):

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------
   URL                    yes       The pre-encoded URL to the executable

Advanced Options

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Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the php/download_exec payload:

msf6 payload(php/download_exec) > show advanced

Module advanced options (payload/php/download_exec):

   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
• #7904 Merged Pull Request: Fix a bug where PHP tags were in the wrong place
• #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
• #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/php/bind_perl
• payload/php/bind_perl_ipv6
• payload/php/bind_php
• payload/php/bind_php_ipv6
• payload/php/exec
• payload/php/meterpreter/bind_tcp
• payload/php/meterpreter/bind_tcp_ipv6
• payload/php/meterpreter/bind_tcp_ipv6_uuid
• payload/php/meterpreter/bind_tcp_uuid
• payload/php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
• payload/php/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
• payload/php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_uuid
• payload/php/reverse_perl
• payload/php/reverse_php
• payload/php/shell_findsock

Authors

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• egypt

Version

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This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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