Metasploit

Pivoting onto Other Systems

Pivoting is a Meterpreter method that allows for the attack of other systems on a network through the Meterpreter console. For example, if an attacker were to compromise one system, he could use pivoting to compromise other systems on the same network or to access systems to which he could not otherwise route traffic, for whatever reason.

For example, suppose you’re performing a penetration test from the Internet. You compromise a system through a vulnerability and have a Meterpreter console to the internal network. You can’t directly access other systems on the network, because the system you compromised did not provide you with everything you need to do so, but you need to penetrate the network further. Pivoting will ...