Mac OS X Persistent Payload Installer
Description
This module provides a persistent boot payload by creating a launch item, which can be a LaunchAgent or a LaunchDaemon. LaunchAgents run with user level permissions and are triggered upon login by a plist entry in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. LaunchDaemons run with elevated privilleges, and are launched before user login by a plist entry in the ~/Library/LaunchDaemons directory. In either case the plist entry specifies an executable that will be run before or at login.
Author(s)
- Marcin 'Icewall' Noga <marcin@icewall.pl>
- joev <joev@metasploit.com>
Platform
OSX,Python,Unix
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/osx/local/persistence
msf exploit(persistence) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(persistence) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(persistence) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(persistence) > exploit
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