Metasploit Revealed: Secrets of the Expert Pentester

Global variables in Metasploit

Working on a particular range or a specific host, we can always use the setg command to specify the LHOST and RHOST options. Setting the options with the setg command will set the RHOST or LHOST options globally for every module loaded. Hence, the setg command eliminates the use of setting up these specific options repeatedly. We can also make use of the setg command over other options, such as LPORT, RPORT, and payload. However, different services run on different ports, and we may need to alter the payloads as well. Hence, setting up options that do not change from a module to another module is a better approach. Let us have a look at the following example:

We assigned RHOST with the setg command in the preceding ...