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Linux Gather System and User Information

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module gathers system information. We collect installed packages, installed services, mount information, user list, user bash history and cron jobs

Author(s)

  • Carlos Perez <carlos_perez@darkoperator.com>
  • Stephen Haywood <averagesecurityguy@gmail.com>
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
  • ohdae <bindshell@live.com>
  • Roberto Espreto <robertoespreto@gmail.com>

Platform

Linux

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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