Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Reverse TCP - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Reverse TCP
Module: payload/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp
Source code: modules/payloads/singles/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-11-30 07:04:18 +0000
Supported architecture(s): x86
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Listen for a connection and spawn an interactive powershell session

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/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp
msf payload(powershell_reverse_tcp) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf payload(powershell_reverse_tcp) > generate

To learn how to generate payload/windows/powershell_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 windows/powershell_reverse_tcp payload looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use payload/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp

msf6 payload(windows/powershell_reverse_tcp) > show info

       Name: Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Reverse TCP
     Module: payload/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: x86
Needs Admin: No
 Total size: 1841
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Ben Turner
  Dave Hardy
  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)
LOAD_MODULES                   no        A list of powershell modules separated by a comma to download over the web
LPORT         4444             yes       The listen port

Description:
  Listen for a connection and spawn an interactive powershell session

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the windows/powershell_reverse_tcp payload:

msf6 payload(windows/powershell_reverse_tcp) > show options

Module options (payload/windows/powershell_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)
   LOAD_MODULES                   no        A list of powershell modules separated by a comma to download over the web
   LPORT         4444             yes       The listen port

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/powershell_reverse_tcp payload:

msf6 payload(windows/powershell_reverse_tcp) > show advanced

Module advanced options (payload/windows/powershell_reverse_tcp):

   Name                        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                        ---------------  --------  -----------
   HandlerSSLCert                               no        Path to a SSL certificate in unified PEM format
   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 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)
   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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References

See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Ben Turner
  • Dave Hardy
  • vlad902
  • sf

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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