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Open a file or URL on the target computer

Created
07/25/2018

Description

This module will open any file or URL specified with the URI format on the target computer via the embedded commands such as 'open' or 'xdg-open'.

Author(s)

  • Eliott Teissonniere

Platform

Linux,OSX,Windows

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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