Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Automating Shellcode Generation with Metasploit

Now that you have learned “long division,” let’s show you how to use the “calculator.” The Metasploit package comes with tools to assist in shellcode generation and encoding.

Generating Shellcode with Metasploit

The msfpayload command is supplied with Metasploit and automates the generation of shellcode.

allen@IBM-4B5E8287D50 ~/framework
$ ./msfpayload
   Usage: ./msfpayload <payload> [var=val] <S|C|P|R|X>

Payloads:
  bsd_ia32_bind                     BSD IA32 Bind Shell
  bsd_ia32_bind_stg                 BSD IA32 Staged Bind Shell
  bsd_ia32_exec                     BSD IA32 Execute Command
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  linux_ia32_bind Linux IA32 Bind Shell linux_ia32_bind_stg Linux IA32 Staged Bind Shell linux_ia32_exec Linux IA32 Execute Command … truncated for ...