Mastering Metasploit - Third Edition

Using AutoRunScript in Metasploit

Metasploit offers another great feature of using AutoRunScript. The AutoRunScript option can be populated by issuing the show advanced command. The AutoRunScript automates post-exploitation, and executes once access to the target is gained. We can either set the AutoRunScript option manually by issuing set AutoRunScript [script-name], or in the resource script itself, which automates exploitation and post-exploitation together. The AutoRunScript can also run more than one post-exploitation script, by making use of the multi_script and multi_console_command modules as well. Let's take an example in which we have two scripts, one for automating the exploitation, and the other for automating the post-exploitation, ...