Python Meterpreter Shell, Reverse TCP Inline - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Python Meterpreter Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
Module: payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
Source code: modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-12-08 13:08:01 +0000
Supported architecture(s): python
Supported platform(s): Python
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
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/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
msf payload(meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf payload(meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > generate
To learn how to generate payload/python/meterpreter_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 python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp payload looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
msf6 payload(python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > show info
Name: Python Meterpreter Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
Module: payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp
Platform: Python
Arch: python
Needs Admin: No
Total size: 112625
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Spencer McIntyre
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
LHOST yes The listen address (an interface may be specified)
LPORT 4444 yes The listen port
Description:
Connect back to the attacker and spawn a Meterpreter shell
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp payload:
msf6 payload(python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > show options
Module options (payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
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 python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp payload:
msf6 payload(python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp) > show advanced
Module advanced options (payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp):
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
HttpReferer no An optional value to use for the Referer HTTP header
InitialAutoRunScript no An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
MeterpreterTryToFork true no Fork a new process if the functionality is available
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 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)
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
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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Related Pull Requests
- #15143 Merged Pull Request: Update metasploit-payloads gem to 2.0.45
- #14921 Merged Pull Request: Update metasploit-payloads gem to 2.0.39
- #14780 Merged Pull Request: Update metasploit-payloads gem to 2.0.34
- #14584 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/base
- #14202 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/core
- #14096 Merged Pull Request: Fix a payload cache size generation issue and bump the gem
- #13935 Merged Pull Request: Merge Preliminary Version 6 Changes In To Master
- #13395 Merged Pull Request: Replace METHOD string with COMMAND_ID integer (to remove obvious strings)
- #13263 Merged Pull Request: Added Python stager format without a space
- #11388 Merged Pull Request: Update payloads 1.3.62
- #11149 Merged Pull Request: Fix PTY leak in Python meterpreter
- #9834 Merged Pull Request: bump payloads, add Python UDP channel support
- #9706 Merged Pull Request: fix #9497, bump metasploit payloads
- #9392 Merged Pull Request: python meterpreter whitespace normalization
- #9331 Merged Pull Request: bump payloads, various fixes
- #9290 Merged Pull Request: Fix OverrideLHOST/LPORT with http/s Meterpreter payloads.
- #8948 Merged Pull Request: Add custom http headers
- #8753 Merged Pull Request: Fix an issue where 'sleep' with Python Meterpreter appears to fail.
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8549 Merged Pull Request: Update to Mimikatz 2.1.1 20170608 for changentlm function
- #8523 Merged Pull Request: Add support for the session GUID in the UI
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- payload/python/meterpreter/bind_tcp
- payload/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp
- payload/python/meterpreter/bind_tcp_uuid
- payload/python/meterpreter/reverse_http
- payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_http
- payload/python/meterpreter/reverse_https
- payload/python/meterpreter_reverse_https
- payload/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
- payload/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_ssl
- payload/python/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_uuid
- payload/python/pingback_bind_tcp
- payload/python/pingback_reverse_tcp
- payload/python/shell_bind_tcp
- payload/python/shell_reverse_tcp
- payload/python/shell_reverse_tcp_ssl
- payload/python/shell_reverse_udp
Authors
- Spencer McIntyre
Version
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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