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Metasploit
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Metasploit

by David Kennedy, Jim O'Gorman, Devon Kearns, Mati Aharoni
July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
328 pages
9h 1m
English
No Starch Press
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Meterpreter Commands

help

Open Meterpreter usage help.

run scriptname

Run Meterpreter-based scripts; for a full list check the scripts/meterpreter directory.

sysinfo

Show the system information on the compromised target.

ls

List the files and folders on the target.

use priv

Load the privilege extension for extended Meterpreter libraries.

ps

Show all running processes and which accounts are associated with each process.

migrate PID

Migrate to the specific process ID (PID is the target process ID gained from the ps command).

use incognito

Load incognito functions. (Used for token stealing and impersonation on a target machine.)

list_tokens -u

List available tokens on the target by user.

list_tokens -g

List available tokens on the target by group.

impersonate_token ...
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