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Meterpreter is a payload delivered to a target machine that communicates over a network using sockets. It's essentially an enhanced shell, and the client-side payload provides a Ruby API that enables it to be controlled with [[Metasploit]].
Meterpreter is a payload delivered to a target machine that communicates over a network using sockets. It's essentially an enhanced shell, and the client-side payload provides a Ruby API that enables it to be controlled with [[Metasploit]].
More details described here: https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/meterpreter-basics/
but I'm having trouble with some of that.


==Why Meterpreter is Better==
==Why Meterpreter is Better==

Revision as of 07:35, 3 April 2016

What Is It?

Meterpreter is a payload delivered to a target machine that communicates over a network using sockets. It's essentially an enhanced shell, and the client-side payload provides a Ruby API that enables it to be controlled with Metasploit.

More details described here: https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/meterpreter-basics/

but I'm having trouble with some of that.

Why Meterpreter is Better

Meterpreter is an entirely in-memory tool, and writes nothing to disk.

It uses encrypted communications - so replaces cryptcat.

It provides additional functionality that a basic netcat or cryptcat shell might not provide.

How To Use

Some commands and info here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Metasploit/MeterpreterClient

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