Metasploit Cheat Sheet

To supplement the courses in our Cyber Security Career Development Platform, here is our Metasploit Cheat Sheet.

You may download the PDF version of this cheat sheet here.

Table Of Contents

Networking Commands

ipconfig:	Show network interface configuration
portfwd:	Forward packets
route:	View / edit network routing table

BASIC AND FILE HANDLING COMMANDS
sysinfo	Display system in formation
ps	List and display running processes
kill (PID)	Terminate a running process
getuid	Display user ID
upload or download	Upload / download a file
pwd or lpwd	Print working directory ( local / remote)
cd or lcd	Change directory ( local or remote)
cat	Display file content
bglist	show background running scripts
bgrun	make a script run in the background
bgkill	terminate a background process
background	Move active session to background
edit <FILE Name>	Edit a file in vi editor
shell	Access shell on the target machine
migrate <PID>	Switch to another process
idletime	Display idle time of user
screenshot	Take a screenshot
clearev	Clear the system logs
? or Help	Help showing all the commands
exit / quit :	Exit the Meterpreter session
shutdown / reboot	Restart the system
use	Extension load
channel	Show active channels

COMMAND	DESCRIPTION
getpid:	Display the process ID
getuid:	Display the user ID
ps:	Display running process
Kill:	Stop and terminate a process
getprivs	Shows multiple privileges as possible
reg	Access target machine registry
Shell	Access target machine shell
execute:	Run a specified
migrate:	Move to a given destination process ID

enumdesktops	Show all available desktops
Getdesktop	Display current desktop
keyscan_ start	Start keylogger in target macahine
Keyscan_ stop	Stop keylogger in target machine
set _desktop	Configure desktop
keyscan_dump	Dump keylogger content

hashdump

Access content of password file – Hash file

SWITCH	SYNTAX	DESCRIPTION
-p	– p (Payload option)	Display payload standard options
– l	– l ( list type)	List module type i .e payload, encoders
– f	– f ( format )	output format
– e	-e (encoder)	Define which encoder to use
-a	– a (Architecture or platform	Define which platform to use
-s	-s (Space)	Define maximum payload capacity
-b	-b (characters)	Define set of characters not to use
– i	– i (Number of times)	Define number of times to use encoder
-x	-x (File name)	Define a custom file to use as template
– o	-o (output)	Save a payload
– h	-h	Help