Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook

Binding a shell to the target for remote access

In the previous recipe, we analyzed how to exploit a Windows SP2 machine and add a new user account. But the connection was terminated immediately after the execution of exploit. In this recipe, we will move a step ahead and bind a shell to the target so that we can set up a remote connectivity with the target and gain control over it. The process is similar to the one mentioned in the previous recipe. All we have to do is use a different payload that can start a shell for us on the target machine.

Getting ready

We will again start off by launching our msfconsole and our target is the same as in the Penetration testing on a Windows XP SP2 machine recipe. We will use the same dcom vulnerability and ...