Penetration Testing with the Bash shell

Preparing payloads with Metasploit

During penetration tests, you may often need to demonstrate that you have unbridled control of a host, or you may need to actually interact with them using some form of remotely—either from the local network or the wider Internet—accessible command-line interface. If you find yourself in a situation that allows you to execute the arbitrary code on a host, and you'd like to control it remotely, one of the most common ways to take advantage of the situation is to upload a shell that allows you to remotely interact with the command shell or prompt. Metasploit has a tool dedicated to catering to these situations called msfpayload.

The Metasploit payload generator (msfpayload) allows you to generate an executable package ...